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Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
July 10, 2018
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[ espionage, hack, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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Macy's Inc.
July 9, 2018
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[ hack, phishing, retail ]
Macy's Inc. warns customers that hackers compromised the login information of some users of the retailer's websites. The suspicious activity took place from April 26 to June 12. A third party obtained valid usernames and passwords through websites not related to macys.com.
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Timehop
July 8, 2018
Timehop discloses a security breach that has compromised the personal data of 21 million users (essentially its entire user base). Around a fifth of the affected users have also had a phone number that was attached to their account breached in the attack.
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VSDC
July 6, 2018
Research from Qihoo 360 Total Security reveal that hackers have breached the website of VSDC, a popular company that provides free audio and video conversion and editing software. Three different incidents have been recorded during which hackers changed the download links on the VSDC website with links that initiated downloads from servers operated by the attackers.
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Australian National University
July 6, 2018
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[ hack, espionage, education ]
China-based hackers have successfully infiltrated the IT systems at the Australian National University, potentially compromising the home of Australia's leading national security college and key defence research projects.
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Whitbread
July 2, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Whitbread's online recruitment system has suffered a data breach, affecting a number of the company's brands including Premier Inn, and the UK outlets of Costa Coffee. The breach is a consequence of the attack to PageUp.
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BtcTurk
July 1, 2018
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[ leak, finance ]
Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk confirms a data breach from mid-2018 that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users.
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Hunt Regional Medical Center
June 29, 2018
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Hunt Regional Medical Center notifies patients of a possible breach due to the hack of an employee email occurred on May 1st, 2018.
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Adidas
June 28, 2018
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[ leak, retail ]
Adidas alerts customers about a possible data breach on its U.S. website. On June 26, the company became aware that an unauthorized party claimed to have acquired limited data associated with certain consumers.
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Z Energy Ltd
June 27, 2018
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[ hack, energy ]
New Zealand-based fuel supplier Z Energy Ltd says it has been presented with evidence that customer data from its Z Card Online database was accessed by a third party in November 2017.
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Red Hen Restaurant
June 27, 2018
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[ hack, retail ]
Researchers from Malwarebytes discover that the Red Hen restaurant that refused to serve Sarah Sanders is hit by a SEO Spam cyberattack.
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ProtonMail
June 27, 2018
ProtonMail is hit by a DDoS attack.
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Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET)
June 27, 2018
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[ financial, education ]
Unauthorized individuals gain access to 21 accounts of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) and make 44 withdrawals, for a total of $1,416,635, of which, $442,540 is recovered or stopped.
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Ben Hubbard
June 21, 2018
The Saudi hackers KINGDOM launched a phishing attack to attempt to trick journalist Ben Hubbard into installing NSO Group's Pegasus malware onto his phone. Hubbard does not recall clicking on the infected link sent to him via text message and it is unknown if his phone was infected.
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Bithumb
June 20, 2018
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb says that 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins have been stolen by hackers.
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Med Associates
June 19, 2018
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[ financial, healthcare ]
Med Associates notifies its patients that the facility suffered a data breach on March 22, when unusual activity was detected, potentially exposing PII, including medical diagnosis and payment card information of about 270,000 patients.
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AcFun
June 13, 2018
According to a statement by the company, millions of user accounts of the Chinese video sharing platform AcFun are hacked. According to the same statement, the accessed data includes the user IDs, nicknames and passwords of nearly 10 million users.
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Terros Health
June 8, 2018
Terros Health warns that 1,600 patient records were exposed in a data breach earlier this spring. The breach, due to a phishing attack, was discovered on April 12 and happened November 16, 2017.
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Elmcroft Senior Living
June 8, 2018
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[ leak, healthcare ]
The personal information of Elmcroft Senior Living residents and their family members, employees and others could have been stolen in a data breach that occurred in mid-May.
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RISE Wisconsin
June 7, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
RISE Wisconsin (formerly Community Partnerships and Center for Families) notifies its participants of a ransomware attack occurred on April 8, 2018.
