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Roomsurf
February 16, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Roomsurf notifies its users of a data breach in which the attacker has been able to obtain usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses.
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Davidson County
February 16, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Davidson County computers are hit by an unspecified ransomware.
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Retina-X Studios
February 15, 2018
A vigilante hacker claims to have wiped 1 Terabyte of data from Retina-X Studios, a company that sells spyware products.
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City of Allentown
February 13, 2018
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[ malware, government ]
The city of Allentown is hit by the Emotet Trojan. The City believes that the cost of remediation is closeto $1 million.
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Entergy
February 12, 2018
Entergy notifies employees of a W-2 breach involving the TALX portal (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equifax). The breach involves 2016 W-2 data.
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BitGrail
February 10, 2018
Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail reports a loss of 17 million Nano, valued at over $170 million at the time of the hack. However, conflicting reports surface with some believing the exchange to be insolvent for a number of months.
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Mikaela Hoover
February 8, 2018
The Fappening scandal continues even in 2018, and Guardians of the Galaxy actress Mikaela Hoover appears to be the most recent victim.
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Smith Dental
February 7, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Smith Dental notifies of a ransomware attack affecting 1,500 patients.
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Nova Poshta
February 7, 2018
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[ leak ]
Personal data of 500,000 Nova Poshta clients, the largest private delivery company in Ukraine, is allegedly leaked to dark web.
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Purchase Line School District
February 1, 2018
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[ social, phishing, education ]
The Purchase Line School District is the victim of a email spoofing attack by an individual pretending to be a school district employee.
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Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates
February 1, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates notifies HHS of a ransomware incident that impacted 925 patients.
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City of Batavia
February 1, 2018
The city of Batavia reports employees' personal and financial information was compromised through an email phishing of W-2 tax forms. The information includes names, social security numbers, addresses and earnings.
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Aperio
February 1, 2018
Aperio informs of a data breach that occurred when two employees' email accounts were compromised by successful phishing attacks that resulted in auto-forwarding email from those accounts to two external accounts.
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Spartanburg Public Library
January 30, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Spartanburg Public Library system is shut down after it is hit with a ransomware attack.
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ING
January 30, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
And during the same wave of DDoS attacks, also ING is targeted (once again).
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ABN Ambro
January 30, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
ABN Ambro is targeted by a new DDoS attack. Now the fingers are pointed to Russia.
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Rabobank
January 29, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Rabobank is the third of the big Dutch banks to be targeted by a DDoS attack.
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Dutch tax authority
January 29, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Dutch Tax Authority is also taken down by a DDoS attack.
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ABN Ambro
January 27, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
ABN Ambro is the victim of a sustained DDoS attack. The wave of cyberattacks comes just days after local media reported that Dutch intelligence agency AIVD spied on Russia-linked hacker group Cozy Bear, also known as APT29, as early as 2014.
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Bell Canada
January 23, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Police are investigating a new data breach at Bell Canada (the second in eight months), which says hackers have illegally obtained customer information, primarily subscriber names and e-mail addresses of up to 100,000 users.
