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Facepunch
October 17, 2018
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[ leak, technology ]
As reported by Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned breach notification service, the Facepunch game studio was the victim of a data breach in June 2016 which led to sensitive information of 396,650 users being exposed.
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City of Muscatine
October 17, 2018
The City of Muscatine is hit with a ransomware attack on October 17. Financial and other servers are affected.
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Madison County Government Services
October 7, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack hits Madison County Government services.
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Cancer Research UK
October 7, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The Magecart gang hit the Cancer Research UK back in 2016 with the same modus operandi.
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Anne Arundel County Public Library
October 6, 2018
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Anne Arundel County Public Library officials announce that nearly 600 staff and public library computers have been hit by the Emotet virus. 4,768 customers who used public computers since September 17 are also notified.
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North American Risk Services
October 5, 2018
North American Risk Services, suffers a data breach between February 7 and March 27, when the company notices suspicious emails being sent from one of their employee's accounts.
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey
October 5, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey's launch is disrupted by a DDoS attack on the day of its release.
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US Department of Defense
October 4, 2018
Roughly 30,000 DOD military and civilian personnel are believed to be affected by a cyber attack. A third-party contractor is compromised, granting the attackers access to the Pentagon network to steal travel data for DOD personnel.
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Tillamook Chiropractic Clinic
October 4, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Tillamook Chiropractic Clinic reveals that on May 2016, malware was installed on the primary insurance billing system, which hackers then used as a staging area to collect patient records.
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Square Enix
October 4, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The same day Square Enix also announces to be fighting off a DDoS attack aimed towards its popular game, Final Fantasy XIV.
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Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
October 4, 2018
A threat actor compromised the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Seven of the individuals alleged to be behind this incident, believed to be Russian military intelligence (known as GRU), were indictedby the U.S. Justice Department. Canada issued a statement attributing the incident to Russian military intelligence.
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US Banks
October 2, 2018
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[ financial, malware, finance ]
A joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and the Treasury warns about a new ATM cash-out scheme, dubbed "FASTCash," used by the Hidden Cobra APT.
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City of Regina
October 2, 2018
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
A city of Regina email is hacked, and used as a phishing tool to try and get passwords and emails from other city of Regina staff as well as external groups.
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Virat Kohli's official website
September 29, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Following the defeat of the Bangladeshi cricket team against India at the 2018 Asia Cup final, a group of Bangladeshi hackers defaces Virat Kohli's official website (the current captain of India's team) to protest against an 'unfair decision' during the match.
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Burgerville
September 30, 2018
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[ financial, retail ]
Burgerville reveals a data breach impacting the chain which may have led to the theft of detailed credit card information belonging to customers.
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Chegg
September 25, 2018
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[ leak, education ]
Educational technology company Chegg resets the passwords for 40 million of its users after news broke that the firm was breached in April of this year.
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Aspire Health
September 25, 2018
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Aspire Health, is hacked earlier this month and loses at least some patient information to an unknown cyber attacker.
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Infinite Campus
September 21, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
Infinite Campus, one of the largest student information management systems used by schools in America, is coping with the latest in a string of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
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Arran Brewery
September 20, 2018
Arran Brewery says it was locked out of its own computer system after being duped into opening an email attachment that contained a ransomware. The attackers then demanded a 2BTC ransom.
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Perth Mint
September 17, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
A data breach at Perth Mint sees hackers take the personal details of about 3200 customers, far more than initially suspected. The breach occurred on the system of a third-party technology provider and only involved 13 customers initially.
