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The Buckle Inc.
June 17, 2017
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Buckle Inc., a clothier that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, discloses that its retail locations have been hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data.
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University College London
June 15, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
University College London is hit by a "major" ransomware attack which brings down its shared drives and student management system. The attack also leads to a number of hospital trusts suspending their email servers as a precautionary measure, in an attempt to prevent the repetition of last month's damaging WannaCry epidemic.
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Google News
June 12, 2017
Legitimate news sites listed on Google News replace articles with spam ads for drugs and dating sites. The incident occurred after two online wine magazine (Palate Press and the Boyne City Gazette) were hacked.
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Al Jazeera Media Network
June 8, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The websites and digital platforms of Al Jazeera Media Network are undergoing "systematic and continual hacking attempts". Internal sources reveal that the network is facing a DDoS attack.
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University of Alaska
June 1, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
A phishing scam in December 2016 resulted in a data breach at the University of Alaska, affecting around 25,000 students, staff and faculty members.
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Liverpool One Shopping Centre
May 30, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Liverpool One shopping centre is forced to shut down a slew of digital billboards after an unknown hacker tampers with the signage.
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Prairie Mountain Health
May 27, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The personal and medical information of more than 1,000 Prairie Mountain Health patients are at risk after an internal website is hacked.
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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
May 23, 2017
Florida officials reveal that hackers may have stolen the names of over 16,000 people who have concealed weapon permits in the state. The breach occurred two weeks ago through its online payment system, which processes payments for customers' permits and other applications.
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Salem State University Twitter Account
May 20, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
Salem State University officials apologize after several racist tweets (against Black Lives Matter) were sent out when the school's Twitter account was hacked (@SalemState).
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Blackburn High School
May 19, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
Police investigate a major privacy breach at Blackburn High School, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online.
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Zomato
May 17, 2017
Zomato, the popular restaurant and event listing service, is hacked and 17 million accounts are listed for sale on the dark web. The data on sale includes emails and hashed passwords of Zomato users, but the company said no payment or credit card data was not affected.
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UK Parliament
May 17, 2017
The Telegraph reveals that members of UK Parliament have been deliberately targeted by hackers trying to break into online accounts, earlier this year.
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University of New Mexico Foundation
May 16, 2017
A month after discovering a computer server breach that may have compromised personal information for about 23,000 people, the University of New Mexico Foundation begins sending notification letters about the incident.
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Unnamed military contractor
May 15, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
TrapX reveals to have repelled an attack against an unnamed military contractor carried on by Iranian hackers using a Russian Toolset.
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Docusign
May 15, 2017
DocuSign acknowledges that a series of recent malware phishing attacks targeting its customers and users was the result of a data breach at one of its computer systems.
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Russian Central Bank
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The Russian Central Bank detected an attack on its systems, but was able to thwart it.
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Renault
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down Renault operations in several countries.
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Nissan
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down a Nissan factory in Sunderland.
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Tiong Bahru Plaza
May 12, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Message Manipulation; Data Attack
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Timr Municipality
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with thedecryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
