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David Min
August 18, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
Reuters reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of David Min, a Democratic candidate in California.
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Bossier City
August 18, 2018
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Some Bossier City water customers may have had their information compromised due to a possible breach of an online billing payment system.
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TelAlaska
August 16, 2018
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[ espionage, technology ]
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
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Michael Terpin
August 15, 2018
Michael Terpin, a bitcoin investor is suing AT&T for $240m after it allegedly ported his phone number to a hacker, allowing the criminal to steal $24m in cryptocurrency.
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Hans Keirstead
August 15, 2018
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[ hack, cyberattack, government ]
Rolling Stone reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a series of cyberattacks over the past year that targeted Dr. Hans Keirstead, a Democratic candidate in California.
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Cosmos Bank
August 11, 2018
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Cyber criminals hack the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphon off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries. Unidentified hackers stole customer information through a malware attack on its ATM server.
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Adams County
August 10, 2018
Adams County officials release a media statement and a detailed notification regarding a security breach affecting 258,120 individuals in the Adams County. The investigations revealed that the breach, due to an unauthorized access, lasted for around six years.
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Mention
August 3, 2018
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
Mention CEO Matthieu Vaxelaire informs users of the occurrence of a data security breach involving a third-party provider. The breach occurred in July and Mention promptly reported details to the French data protection authorities.
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Vantiv
August 3, 2018
Researchers from Oracle publish the details of three DNS hijacks against three payment processors.
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Reddit
August 1, 2018
Reddit discloses a breach of its systems that compromised user data including some current email addresses and salted and hashed passwords from a 2007 database backup. The attacker gained access to several employee accounts via SMS intercept between June 14 and June 18.
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Ghanem al-Masarir
August 1, 2018
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
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Jersey Mike's Subs
July 31, 2018
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[ leak, retail ]
Jersey Mike's Subs warns some of their customers to change their account passwords to ensure account security. According to the email, the firm suspected a possible data breach at some third party.
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Spiez Laboratory
July 30, 2018
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[ espionage, government ]
The state-run Spiez laboratory near Bern, which analyzed the nerve agent samples from Salisbury, reveals to have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to the Russian government ahead of a conference of chemical and biological warfare.
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Altex Exchange
July 30, 2018
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[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Altex Exchange acknowledges that a double-counting bug in Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency did result in a major undisclosed financial loss.
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma
July 28, 2018
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[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Alleged personal details of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma are leaked after he tweeted his 12-digit Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI number and challenged hackers.
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Confluence Health
July 28, 2018
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Confluence Health discloses a patient data breach after an employee email account is hacked on March 30 and May 28, 2018.
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Government agency in the Middle East
July 27, 2018
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 unveils a targeted attack against a government agency in the Middle East carried out by a threat actor dubbed DarkHydrus.
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COSCO
July 25, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware ]
A ransomware attack severely disables the U.S. network of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), one of the world's largest shipping companies.
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Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
July 24, 2018
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[ leak, government ]
The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) International Mission Board announces to have suffered a data breach earlier this year (on April 11) exposing the personally identifiable information on its current and former employees, volunteers and applicants.
