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National Capital Poison Center
December 11, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
National Capital Poison Center reports a ransomware incident.
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Jeffree Star
December 10, 2017
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[ hack, leak, insider ]
Jeffree Star is the victim of a data hack, after a member of staff at cosmetics store Sephora allegedly hacks into her account and leaks sensitive information about his spending habits.
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Oromia Media Network
December 6, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, technology ]
A threat actor targeted Ethiopian dissidents for the purpose of espionage, using commercially available spyware sold by Cyberbit, an Israel-based company. Most notably, the actor targeted the Oromia Media Network and some individuals associated with it.
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WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis
December 4, 2017
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[ leak ]
A new batch of explicit photos of WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis is leaked.
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TIO Networks
December 1, 2017
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[ leak, finance ]
PayPal Holdings suspends the operations of TIO Networks, a publicly traded payment processor PayPal acquired in July 2017, after a review of TIO's network has identified a potential compromise of personally identifiable information for approximately 1.6 million customers.
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Union Grove School District
November 30, 2017
Several East Texas school districts are affected by ransomware, according to a notice from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Affected school districts include New Diana, Ore City, Gilmer, Gladewater, Harleton, Harrison County Juvenile Services, Karnack, Union Grove and Union Hill.
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Medical College of Wisconsin
November 17, 2017
The Medical College of Wisconsin reveals that the confidential medical information or other personal data of 9,500 patients was compromised by a targeted attack on the school's email system in July.
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Cash Converters
November 16, 2017
Cash Converters warns customers about a data breach on its website. The company says customer usernames, passwords and addresses have potentially been accessed by a third party. The breach happened on the company's old UK website, which was replaced in September 2017.
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UPMC Susquehanna
November 15, 2017
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[ leak, healthcare ]
UPMC Susquehanna notifies 1,200 patients treated at various locations that their personal information, including names, dates of birth, contact information and Social Security numbers, may have been inappropriately accessed.
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McAfee ClickProtect
November 13, 2017
Security firm McAfee blocks access to the website of its service McAfee ClickProtect after reposts suggested the site was used to distribute the Emotet malware.
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Italian government
November 11, 2017
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[ leak, phishing, government ]
The Anonymous collective publishes some internal documents stolen from the email accounts of some government employees.
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North Korean Radio station on 6400kHz
November 9, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
A North Korean radio station is reportedly hijacked by an unknown hacker to play the 1980's hit song "The Final Countdown". The short-wave radio station, 6400kHz is known to be used by Pyongyang to transmit secret codes.
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Electroneum
November 6, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
UK cryptocurrency startup Electroneum is the victim of a DDoS attack immediately after having raised $40m ( 30m).
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WWE Diva Paige
November 5, 2017
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[ leak ]
A new file containing more x-rated photos of WWE Diva Paige is leaked online. Although it is unclear who is behind the leak this time it can be confirmed that the leaked content belongs to Paige.
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd
October 31, 2017
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[ espionage, manufacturing ]
North Korea is suspected to have stolen South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd's database in April last year.
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Catholic Charities
October 27, 2017
The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked as early as 2015.
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blog
October 26, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Two hackers going by the online handle of "n3tr1x" and "str0ng" deface the official blog (blog.jquery.com) of jQuery.
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Tarte Cosmetics
October 25, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, retail ]
Tarte Cosmetics exposes nearly two million customers' personal data to the public via two unsecured MongoDB databases. Unfortunately the gang Cru3lty get hold of the data, demanding 0.2 Bitcoins for recovering the database once the data had been deleted or encrypted.
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FirstHealth
October 20, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The network of FirstHealth is hit by WannaCry and forced to suspend operations.
