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Raymond Houndjo
April 1, 2019
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Raymond Houndjo, a prominent member of the opposition party.
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Belgian Interior Ministry
April 1, 2019
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[ espionage, government ]
Belgian officials said that hackers breached the network of its interior ministry in a security incident that took place in April 2019. The investigation found that the threat actor's motive was likely espionage.
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Bithumb
March 30, 2019
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[ hack, insider, financial ]
Bithumb is hacked for the second time in less than a year as attackers (probably an insider job) manage to steal $21 million worth (3 million EOS coins and 20 million XRP).
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Toyota (Japan)
March 29, 2019
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[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
The personal information of roughly 3.1 million Toyota customers may have been leaked following an authorized access of multiple Toyota and Lexus sales subsidiaries.
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Palmetto Health
March 29, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Palmetto Health reports that a phishing attack sometime in November 2018, hit 23,811 patients.
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Earl Enterprises
March 29, 2019
Earl Enterprises admits having suffered a payment card data breach from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Victims include: Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken Guy!, Mixology and Tequila Taqueria.
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Brookside ENT and Hearing Center
March 29, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Oregon government
March 26, 2019
Oregon state government employees on regain the ability to email after a state employee fell victim to a phishing attack that briefly resulted in the state being blacklisted by email services offered by Microsoft.
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ASUS
March 25, 2019
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[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab reveal the details of Operation #ShadowHammer: ASUS, one of the world's largest computer makers, was used to install a malicious backdoor on thousands of its customers' computers between June and November 2018.
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Police Federation of England and Wales
March 21, 2019
The Police Federation of England and Wales is hit by a malware..
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Oregon Department of Human Services
March 21, 2019
The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) announces that roughly 2 million emails with Protected Health Information from more than 350,000 customers have been potentially exposed after 9 employee mailboxes were compromised in a spear phishing attack.
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Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency
March 20, 2019
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency reveals that a phishing attack may have exposed personal info for roughly 1,100 customers.
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Saudi Government Agencies
March 19, 2019
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[ social, phishing, government ]
Researchers from Anomali reveal the details of Bad Tidings, a three-years-long phishing campaign targeting Saudi Government Agencies.
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Norsk Hydro
March 19, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
One of the largest aluminum producers in the world, Norsk Hydro, is forced to switch to partial manual operations after suffering a cyber attack allegedly pushing LockerGoga ransomware.
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Haylands Primary School
March 18, 2019
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Haylands Primary School in Ryde become aware of a malware virus affecting their IT systems. Upon investigation they realize there had been unauthorised log-ins to the school server.
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Amnesty International Hong Kong
March 15, 2019
A threat actor associated with the Chinese government compromised Amnesty International Hong Kong's system to steal the personal information of supporters.
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Kathmandu Holdings
March 14, 2019
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[ hack, retail ]
Clothing retailer Kathmandu Holdings confirms it is currently conducting an "urgent" investigation into a security incident that may have captured the personal information of customers, after an unidentified third party gained access to the website.
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Ballard Northwest Senior Center
March 14, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Ballard Northwest Senior Center has its server wiped just by a ransomware attack, just weeks before their biggest fundraiser of the year.
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Maffi Clinics
March 13, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Maffi Clinics, alerts 10,465 patients that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised as a result of a September 11, 2018 ransomware attack.
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Japanese Banking Customers
March 12, 2019
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[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers from Cybereason discover a new variant of the Ursnif malware, using most new evasion techniques and targeting Japanese Users.
