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Minnesota Department of Human Services
October 9, 2018
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[ social, phishing, government ]
The Minnesota Department of Human Services falls victim to a phishing email scam. The attackers accessed the information of approximately 21,000 individuals in two incidents back in June and July.
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SpankChain
October 6, 2018
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[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
SpankChain, an adult industry focused cryptocurrency, has $38,000 worth of Ethereum stolen due to a smart contract bug.
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Hetzner South Africa
October 5, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
The South African branch of Hetzner, a well-known web hosting provider, suffers a new security breach. The attacker manages to gain access to customer details.
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Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
October 4, 2018
A threat actor compromised the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in December 2016 and January 2017. Seven of the individuals alleged to be behind this incident, believed to be Russian military intelligence (known as GRU), were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Black History Month Website
October 3, 2018
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[ hack, education ]
The Black History Month website falls victim to two cyber attacks in just 24 hours.
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SBM Holdings (State Bank of Mauritius India)
October 2, 2018
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[ financial, finance ]
Mauritius banking group SBM Holdings unveils that its Indian operations suffered a cyber fraud earlier in the week, and that the bank has potentially lost up to $14 million worth. The bank is able to recover $10 million.
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Austal
November 1, 2018
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[ ransomware, manufacturing ]
Australian defence shipbuilder Austal is the victim of a data breach and an extortion attempt. The attackers gain access to ship designs and to some staff email addresses and mobile phone numbers. Fingers point to Iran.
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Tomorrowland Festival
October 28, 2018
Hackers breach computer security at the Tomorrowland festival organizers, and steal the data of 64,000 people who signed up for tickets for the 2004 edition.
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70 Gabon Government Websites
October 28, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacktivist group Anonymous takes down 70 Gabon government websites as part of its "anti-dictatorships" campaign.
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A primary company in the Italian naval industry
October 17, 2018
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[ espionage, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers from Yoroi discover a new targeted campaign against one of the most important companies in the Italian naval industry. The malware is dubbed MartyMcFly.
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Henderson School District
October 12, 2018
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[ financial, phishing, education ]
The Henderson school district in Texas is hit with a business email compromise (BEC) attack resulting in a $600,000 loss for the district. The attack took place on September, 26th.
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Sodexo Motivation Solutions
October 10, 2018
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[ hack, malware ]
Sodexo Motivation Solutions' internal IT systems are hit by malware and as a consequence the Sodexo Engage's website lifestylehub.co.uk is pulled offline.
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City of St. Petersburg
October 5, 2018
The City of St. Petersburg notifies a data breach of the third-party Click2Gov self-service payment which affected users who made payments between August 11, 2018, and September 25, 2018, using their credit cards.
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Omar Abdulaziz
October 1, 2018
A report from The Citizen Lab reveals that the Canadian permanent resident and Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz was targeted by an attack infecting his phone with NSO's Pegasus spyware.
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Apollo
October 1, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200 million contact records, is hacked and sends an email to its affected customers.
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Radisson Hotel Group
October 31, 2018
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[ leak, retail ]
The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information of the members of its loyalty scheme. The incident happened on September 11, but was identified only on October first.
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Jones Eye Clinic and Surgery Center
October 23, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
40K users are affected by a ransomware attack, occurred on August 23, targeting Jones Eye Clinic and Surgery Center.
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Eurostar
October 23, 2018
Eurostar has reset its customers' login passwords after detecting attempts to break into an unspecified number of accounts taking place between 15 and 19 October.
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8 Adult Websites
October 20, 2018
Eight poorly secured websites are hacked, exposing megabytes of personal data. 1.2 million users are exposed.
