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Ismael Borquez
May 26, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
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University of Wisconsin Health
May 25, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
UW Health says that 2,036 patients had information compromised after an employee's email account was used by an unauthorized user on March 28, 2017.
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Griselda Triana
May 25, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
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Panic
May 18, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Apple app maker Panic's CEO Steven Frank says he mistakenly downloaded the malware-laced DVD-ripping app HandBrake resulting in some of the company's source code being stolen.
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Equifax
May 18, 2017
Equifax reveals the details of an unauthorized access to customers' employee tax records happened that between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. The list of victims includes including defense contractor giant Northrop Grumman; staffing firm Allegis Group; Saint-Gobain Corp.; Erickson Living; and the University of Louisville.
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DaFont
May 18, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
The popular font sharing site DaFont.com is hacked, exposing the site's entire database of 699,464 user accounts.
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Edmodo
May 11, 2017
A hacker steals millions of user account details from popular education platform Edmodo, and the data is apparently for sale on the so-called dark web. The organization claims to have over 78 million members.
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Confluence Charter Schools
May 6, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The network servers for Confluence Charter Schools are hacked, but school leadership say there is no evidence that student or employee data have been compromised.
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Debenhams
May 5, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Malware infects the backend systems used by British high street chain Debenhams, and steals 26,000 people's personal information in the process. The hack happened after compromising the systems at Ecomnova, the firm that runs the Debenhams Flowers business, for more than six weeks.
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Tufts University
May 3, 2017
A group calling itself TuftsLeaks publishes documents online that contain sensitive financial information from Tufts. The leak includes department budgets, the salaries of thousands of staff and faculty and the ID numbers of student employees with salaries listed.
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Wellington's Victoria University
May 2, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
Students and staff of Wellington's Victoria University have been warned their usernames and passwords may have been compromised following a data breach following an unauthorised access to the university's IT systems.
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Gannett Co.
May 2, 2017
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[ social, phishing, technology ]
A phishing email attack potentially compromises the accounts of as many as 18,000 current and former employees of media company Gannett Co.
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Unity 3D Forum
April 30, 2017
OurMine hackers deface the official domain of Unity 3D Forums leaving a deface page along with a note.
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Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR)
April 29, 2017
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[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection affecting servers belonging to the Virginia State Police (VSP) shuts down the department's email system, along with its ability to update the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR).
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Two German think tanks with ties to Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD)
April 26, 2017
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[ espionage, government ]
Trend Micro reveals that Kremlin-linked Fancy Bear hackers targeted two German think tanks with ties to Angela Merkel's ruling coalition parties Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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Ciphr
April 26, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
Customer data from encrypted phone company Ciphr is dumped online.
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Emmanuel Macron
April 25, 2017
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[ espionage, government ]
The same reports reveals that French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was targeted by APT28.
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Blowout Cards
April 25, 2017
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[ hack, financial, retail ]
Blowout Cards issues a security alert to customers, warning that their payment card details may have been compromised after an attacker hacked its website and customers began reporting related card fraud.
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Lori Sattler
June 20, 2017
Lori Sattler, a state Supreme Court judge, is scammed out of more than $1 million after being fooled by an email she thought had been sent by her real estate lawyer, sending the money to an account to Commerce Bank of China.
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Christian Ferry
June 20, 2017
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Christian Ferry, a political consultant who advised the 2014 campaign of Martinelli's successor: Juan Carlos Varela.
