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Guardant Health
September 14, 2018
Guardant Health suffered a phishing attack in July 2018 according to an SEC filing for the firm's initial public offering, where private information from about 1,100 individuals was compromised.
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Unknown Organization
September 12, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
The website of Edinburgh University is down after the institution suffered a major DDoS attack.
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DEOSGames
September 10, 2018
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[ financial, technology ]
Betting platform DEOSGames is drained of a significant chunk of its operating funds in a heist that netted one 'lucky' punter almost $24,000.
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Mammoth Screen
September 6, 2018
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[ hack ]
A threat actor targeted Mammoth Screen, a UK production company that produced Opposite Number, a television drama set in North Korea.
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Rousseau
September 5, 2018
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[ leak, government ]
Rousseau, the online platform of the Italian Five Star Movement is hacked again by rogue0, who leaks private data related to the donors.
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Town of Midland
September 1, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The small Canadian town of Midland, Ontario plans to pay off a $35,000 ransom to the malicious actors who shut down the municipalities computer system with a ransomware attack.
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C&A
August 30, 2018
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[ leak, retail ]
The Brazilian operation of international fashion retail clothing chain C&A confirms a cyberattack to its gift card platform. Data from 36,000 customers who purchased gift cards is leaked on Pastebin.
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University of Oregon
August 29, 2018
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[ social, phishing, education ]
University of Oregon is target of a phishing campaign.
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Cloquet School District
August 29, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Cloquet school district is hit by a ransomware attack second time in the past three years.
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Undisclosed cryptocurrency exchange
August 22, 2018
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Kaspersky Lab reveals the details of Operation AppleJeus, an attack against cryptocurrency exchanges carried out via a trojanized cryptocurrency trading application distributing the Fallchill malware.
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Butlin's
August 10, 2018
Butlin's has confirmed that the records of up to 34,000 guests have been accessed by hackers. The stolen data does not include payment details, but customers' names, holiday dates, postal and email addresses and telephone numbers.
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Hennepin County
August 9, 2018
Officials reveal that cyber attackers have infiltrated e-mail accounts for about 20 Hennepin County employees since late June, and may have accessed the private information of people who rely on the county's services.
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recruitmilitary
August 1, 2018
A user called booloop a publishes a database containing over 850,000 US military officers personal information.
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Amnesty International
August 1, 2018
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Amnesty International reveals to have been targeted by a campaign carried out via the surveillance malware developed by the Israel surveillance vendor, NSO Group.
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Hwera High School
July 30, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An anonymous computer hacker demands US$5000 from a Hwera High School to return course work they are holding for ransom.
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Yale University
July 26, 2018
Yale University notifies members of breach that took place between 2008 and 2009, when a threat actor managed to access a database and exfiltrate names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The breach was discovered on June 16 this year.
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Prison-issued tablets
July 26, 2018
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[ hack, financial, government ]
Idaho prison officials announce in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability in their prison-issued tablets and have used it to assign nearly $225,000 worth of digital credits to their tablet accounts.
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Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS)
July 25, 2018
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[ leak, finance ]
The Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) announces to have suffered a breach. The breach occurred in 2013 and that the NRIC numbers, home addresses, email addresses, mobile and landline numbers of 70,000 people were compromised in the incident.
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City of Medford
July 25, 2018
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[ leak, malware, government ]
1,842 Medford residents are impacted by a City of Medford data breach after the city's online utility billing service is infected with malware. The breaches happened between February 18th through March 14th and March 29th through April 16th.
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U.S. Utility Control Rooms
July 23, 2018
Homeland Security Officials reveal that attackers from the malicious actor Dragonfly AKA Energetic Bear might have accessed the control rooms of U.S. Energetic Utilities.
