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Toms River Police Department
September 28, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The township of Toms River plans to notify about 3,700 people that their personal information may have been compromised by a data breach inside the police department over the summer.
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Sonic Drive-In
September 26, 2017
Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with nearly 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. states, acknowledges a breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems.
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The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO)
September 19, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The Irish National Teachers Organisation warns users of its online learning portal that their personal data may have been compromised following the hacking of the website. Around 30,000 users details were potentially compromised by the hack.
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UAE government
September 17, 2017
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[ leak, espionage, government ]
A trove of leaking emails belonging to the UAE government reveals an alleged plot to "conquer" Qatar.
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Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports
September 15, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Switzerland's Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports reveals to have detected a cyber attack carried on by the infamous Turla APT.
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Tettegouche State Park
September 7, 2017
The popular Tettegouche State Park says its computer systems have been infected with malware and warns visitors to check their credit cards.
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lzinios.lt
September 6, 2017
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
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Community Memorial Health System
September 5, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
The Community Memorial Health System sends out a notice regarding a data security breach involving patient information after a phishing attack happened on June 23.
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Verrit
September 4, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Verrit, a political fact-checking site is DDoSed almost immediately after it was endorsed by Hillary Clinton.
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Far Eastern International Bank
October 9, 2017
A hacking gang abuses the SWIFT banking network to steal $60 million after planting malware on a Taiwanese bank's servers. Two arrests are made in Sri Lanka related to the attack. The Lazarus Group is believed to be behind the attack.
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Forrester Research
October 6, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Forrester, one of the world's leading market research and investment advisory firms, admits that a security breach took place during the past week. An unidentified attacker (or attackers) has gained access to the infrastructure hosting its website stealing site credentials and proprietary research.
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National Security Agency
October 5, 2017
The Wall Street Journal reveals that hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer.
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Movimento 5 Stelle
October 5, 2017
A new attack takes down Rousseau, the online voting platform used by the Italian Movimento 5 Stelle. Some internal screenshots are also posted online.
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North Korea's Reconaissance General Bureau
September 30, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
U.S. government officials told the Washington Post that the United States had launched a denial of service campaign against North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency.
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Minsk Operational Administration of the Armed Forces
September 28, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted the government of Belarus for espionage purposes, using a tool known as Travle or PYLOT, which is believed to be an update of malware used by NetTraveler. Between June and August the threat actor sent a total of 20 unique emails to various government entities. The emails contained a series of subject lines revolving around Zapad-2017, a joint exercise between the Russian and Belarusian militaries.
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Free Press Fight For the Future
September 27, 2017
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals the details of "Phish For The Future," an advanced persistent spearphishing campaign targeting digital civil liberties activists at Free Press and Fight For the Future discovered between July 7th and August 8th of 2017.
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showtimeanytime
September 25, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Two Showtime domains are found serving Coinhive, a JavaScript library that mines Monero using the CPU resources of users visiting Showtime's websites. It is not clear if the event is the consegue of a hack or an experiment.
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Deloitte
September 25, 2017
The Guardian reveals that Deloitte, one of the world's "big four" accountancy firms has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients.
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SMART Physical Therapy
September 23, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
SMART ("Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapy") Physical Therapy is the n-th victim of The Dark Overlord.
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Augusta Medical Center
September 18, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Nearly five months after it happened, Augusta Medical Center announces that some patients may have had their personal information compromised by an attack on faculty email accounts.
