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Decatur County General Hospital
February 8, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tenn., publicly discloses that an unauthorized party accessed the server for its electronic medical record system and secretly implanted cryptomining malware.
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The Sacramento Bee
February 7, 2018
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[ ransomware, information ]
The Sacramento Bee deletes two databases hosted by a third party after a ransomware attack exposed the voter records of 19.5 million California voters and 53,000 current and former subscribers to the newspaper.
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Swisscom
February 7, 2018
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[ leak, technology ]
Swisscom, the biggest telecom company in Switzerland, suffers a data breach that resulted in the compromise of personal data of some 800,000 customers, i.e., nearly ten percent of the entire Swiss population. The breach dates back to Autumn 2017.
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University of Northern Colorado
February 5, 2018
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[ hack, education ]
The private information of 12 University of Northern Colorado employees is compromised after an "unknown person or group" accessed their profiles on Ursa, UNC's online portal.
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Partners HealthCare System
February 5, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Partners HealthCare System reveals to have discovered a malware attack, occurred in May, 2017 that may have exposed 2,600 patients' information.
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HORNE LLP
February 1, 2018
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[ leak, phishing, finance ]
HORNE LLP notifies an incident affecting the security of protected health information of certain Forrest General Hospital patients. On November 1, 2017, the company discovered that the email account of one of its employees was sending phishing emails.
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GoGet
January 31, 2018
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[ hack, automotive ]
Car-sharing company GoGet discloses a major data breach seven months after it was first detected in June 2017 as the alleged hacker is arrested by Australian police this week. In an email sent to customers, the firm says its IT team identified "unauthorised activity" on its system on 27 June last year and immediately launched a full internal investigation.
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Laufer Group International
February 16, 2018
Laufer Group International is the victim of a W-2 scam.
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Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel
February 14, 2018
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel is hit with what appears to be a point of sales data breach that occurred when several devices at the hotel were hit with malware.
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Business Wire
February 7, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Press release network Business Wire admits suffering an ongoing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack lasting a week.
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Waldo County
February 5, 2018
A phishing attack compromised the information of 100 Waldo County employees.
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Kinetics Systems
February 1, 2018
Kinetics Systems falls victim of a phishing attack. The personal information of 11 residents of New Hampshire, including their W-2 forms, is compromised.
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Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
January 28, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party's internal database is locked up by a ransomware attack in early November. The incident is first being acknowledged now.
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Experty
January 28, 2018
A hacker tricks Experty ICO participants into sending Ethereum funds to the wrong wallet address. He is able to do this by sending emails with a fake pre-ICO sale announcement to Experty users who signed up for notifications. The bounty amounts to $150,000.
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ING
January 27, 2018
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[ finance ]
During the same weekend, also ING is targeted.
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Coincheck
January 26, 2018
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[ hack, finance ]
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck confirms that some $524 million worth of digital coins (a cryptocurrency called NEM) has been stolen "likely making it the largest single hack on an exchange.
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SVR (COZYBEAR)
January 25, 2018
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[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor successfully compromised the networks of the Dukes (Cozy Bear), gaining visibility into the Dukes' targeting methods and operations. This compromise allegedly helped the U.S. intelligence community to attribute the 2016 compromise of the Democratic National Committee and other entities to Russian state-sponsored actors.
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Harris County
January 24, 2018
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[ financial, phishing, government ]
Harris County lose almost $900K in a phishing scam. The attack dates back to September 2017.
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Advertisement screen in London
February 13, 2018
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
And the last victim of the cryptocurrency frenzy is an advertisement screen in London that is infected by a miner.
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Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
February 10, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirm that the Games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday's opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source. US intelligence the attack was carried by Russia while trying to make it appear as though North Korea was responsible.
