Recent Breaches
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February 8, 2018 • Researchers from Radiflow discover the first example of a malware attacking the operational network of a water utility company in order to mine the Monero cryptocurrency,
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February 7, 2018 • The city of Enumclaw accidentally sends an email to an "individual pretending to be a member of City administration" and compromises the W-2s of hundreds of employees.
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February 6, 2018 • The same hackers also claim to have hacked the website of Provincia di Milano (Province of Milan) in Italy.
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February 6, 2018 • The AnonPlus hacker group says they have hacked the Florence branch of the Italian centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and leaked data regarding leader Matteo Renzi online.
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February 4, 2018 • The City of Keokuk says a data breach resulted in the release of personal information of current and former city employees and elected leaders. An unauthorized party was able to obtain 2017 W-2 tax forms through the use of a "criminal phishing email."
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February 2, 2018 • Ron's Pharmacy Services notifies certain patients of the unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient names, Ron's Pharmacy internal account numbers, and payment adjustment information.
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February 1, 2018 • The City of Pittsburg in Kansas reveals to have been subjected to a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting employee payroll data. The attack results in the release of sensitive information for current and former city employees who received a W-2 for the 2017 fiscal year.
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January 31, 2018 • Users who were aiming to buy Bee Tokens during a Token Generation Event (i.e., an initial coin offering) are tricked into sending the money to scammers instead. The attackers steal nearly $1M worth of cryptocurrency.
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January 29, 2018 • The Dutch official online signature system DigID is also reportedly hit by the same wave of DDoS attacks.
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January 29, 2018 • Chester County School District posts on its Facebook page that ransomware hit the district's servers over the weekend.
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January 26, 2018 • An unknown attacker compromises download links for the phpBB forum software, according to a statement released today by the phpBB development team.
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January 23, 2018 • National Stores, Inc. announces that it has been the victim of a malware attack, enabling unauthorized parties to access payment card information. It appears that payment cards used by customers at some National Stores locations between July 16 and December 11, 2017 may be involved.
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January 23, 2018 • Ontario transit agency Metrolinx says it was the target of a cyberattack that originated in North Korea, but no personal information was compromised.
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January 23, 2018 • Another data breach in Malaysia. A technology forum publishes details of a trove of data which includes the personal information of more than 220,000 organ donors.
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January 22, 2018 • The Turkish Cyber Army hacking group strikes again and hijacks the Twitter account of vocal Donald Trump supporter and ex-Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.
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February 16, 2018 • The Russian Central Bank reveals that unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system.
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February 16, 2018 • 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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February 16, 2018 • The Davidson County computers are hit by an unspecified ransomware.
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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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February 13, 2018 • The city of Allentown is hit by the Emotet Trojan. The City believes that the cost of remediation is closeto $1 million.