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Middle East Airlines
November 14, 2018
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[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
An unknown actor with a connection to Iran hijacked DNS records to target the traffic of governments and telecommunications organizations around the world. One of the victims is Middle East Airlines, a Lebanese airline.
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Democratic National Committee
November 14, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) claims that Russian hackers tried to break into its servers in November 2018, shortly after the conclusion of the US midterm elections.
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Christian Ehring
November 14, 2018
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[ hack, leak, government ]
German security officials detected a cyberattack, believed to be by the Russian group Snake, on the email accounts of German celebrities, lawmakers, military officials, and staff of several German embassies. As a result of the hack, the personal details of the victims were leaked online by the hackers. One of the victimis is TV presenter Christian Ehring.
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Angela Merkel
November 14, 2018
German security officials detected a cyberattack, believed to be by the Russian group Snake, on the email accounts of German celebrities, lawmakers, military officials, and staff of several German embassies. As a result of the hack, the personal details of the victims were leaked online by the hackers. One of the victimis is German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Midlands State University
November 12, 2018
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[ hack, education ]
Midlands State University is forced to postpone its Student Representative Council Elections after hackers breach the security system.
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Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center
November 8, 2018
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[ leak, phishing, healthcare ]
Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center notifies 2,393 patients after phishing attack exposed their PHI.
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Bankers Life
November 7, 2018
Bankers Life notifies more than 566,000 individuals after the hack of some employees' email results in a breach of PHI. The breach occurred between May 30 and September 13, 2018.
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www
November 5, 2018
After unauthorized charges are done with cards used on www.myidentifiers.com, a site responsible for issuing ISBNs, an investigation reveals that unauthorized code was added to the checkout page affecting transactions between May 1 and October 23.
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News site associated with the Internet Research Agency (IRA)
November 5, 2018
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The Washington Post reveals that a cyber-attack by a US security agency against Russia's infamous troll factory (Internet Research Agency) has resulted in a destroyed server RAID controller and formatted hard drives.
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Telcotech
November 5, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Several of Cambodia's biggest internet service providers (EZECOM, SINET, Telcotech, and Digi) are hit by large-scale DDoS attacks.
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Society of Authors and Publishers
November 2, 2018
AnonPlus hacks the website of the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) and leak 4Gb of data.
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FIFA
October 30, 2018
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[ hack ]
FIFA acknowledges that its computer systems were hacked earlier in March, for the second time, and officials from European soccer's governing body fear they also might have suffered a data breach.
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Bank Islami
October 27, 2018
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Karachi-based Bank Islami acknowledges of suffering a security breach of its payment cards system but denies reports of having lost an alleged $6 million in what local press have called the biggest cyber-attack in the country's history.
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kasvyksta.lt
October 26, 2018
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[ espionage, hack, government ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
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Axa Mexico
October 23, 2018
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[ hack, finance ]
Insurer Axa reveals it suffered a cyber attack that prompted an alert from the Mexico central bank, however clients' information and resources are safe and have not been affected.
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Davos in the Desert
October 22, 2018
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[ hack, finance ]
The website of the Saudi Arabian investment conference, referred to as "Davos in the Desert", is defaced with anti-Saudi messages, to protest against the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery
October 9, 2018
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery reports a data breach occurred back in May, when an employee's email account was improperly accessed. 2,800 employees and patients may have been compromised.
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Cork City Council
October 9, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
5,000 people's personal information, who used a parking app, collected by Cork City Council, is illegally accessed by a hacker.
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City of Lake Worth Utilities
October 9, 2018
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[ financial, malware, government ]
Customers of the City of Lake Worth Utilities who utilized the online option to pay their bill, between August 28 and October 9, may have experienced a possible breach of their credit card information.
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National Ambulatory Hernia Institute
October 5, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
National Ambulatory Hernia Institute notifies almost 16,000 patients of Gamma ransomware attack
