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City of Unalaska
September 5, 2019
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[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.
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UC Health
September 4, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
UC Health discloses that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. Some e-mail accounts were accessed between July 6, 2019 and July 12, 2019.
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City of New Bedford
September 4, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a counter-offer of $400,000. The incident, due to the Ryuk ransomware, happened in early July.
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World Uyghurs Writers Union
September 3, 2019
Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.
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University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
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Russell Stover Chocolates
August 30, 2019
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Russell Stover Chocolates reveals that a malware infection to its POS systems compromised customer's data between February 9, 2019 and August 7, 2019.
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Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB)
August 27, 2019
Criminals steal more than 1.5 million ($1.65 million) from OLB by cloning customer debit cards and then cashing out user funds across Brazil, despite the original cards being protected by EMV (chip-and-PIN) technology.
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Imperva
August 27, 2019
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Imperva discloses a security incident that impacts customers of its cloud Web Application Firewall. Apparently the intruders made off with customer API keys and SSL certificates.
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Capital & Coast DHB
August 27, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
A Capital & Coast DHB staff member falls victim to an email phishing scam which took thousands of emails from their address.
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Australian PayID users
August 26, 2019
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[ hack, brute-force, finance ]
Tens of thousands of Australians have had their personal banking information hacked by fraudsters, after fraudulent accounts worked to generate a series of random numbers and retrieve the victims' PayID details.
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Lake County
August 24, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack forces emergency shutdown of Lake County government servers.
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Congressional Research Service
August 22, 2019
A threat actor targeted a number of foreign ministries, a Chinese technology company, Stanford University, think tanks in the United States and the United Kingdom, and other entities that have focused on North Korea's nuclear efforts or the related international sanctions. The threat actor created a network of malicious websites imitating the login portals of targets.
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Fortnite
August 22, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Cyren discover Syrk, a ransomware, in disguise of an aimbot cheat tool, targeting Fortnite players.
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Astro
August 22, 2019
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[ technology ]
Astro announces that its database was accessed impacting customer data.
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Hospice of San Joaquin
August 21, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Hospice of San Joaquin notifies the California Attorney General's Office that it had suffered a ransomware attack on July 2.
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PokerTracker
August 20, 2019
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The PokerTracker website is compromised and loaded with a Magecart script.
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Tu Ora Compass Health
August 17, 2019
A cyber attack takes down the websites of four Wairarapa medical practices: Tu Ora Compass Health, Kuripuni, Greytown, Featherston, and Carterton medical centres.
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NCH Healthcare System
August 15, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
NCH Healthcare System discloses a phishing attack to some employees' email accounts.
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Bayview Dental
August 13, 2019
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Bayview Dental is hit by an unspecified cyber attack. The attack was discovered on July 4.
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Argentine Naval Prefecture
August 12, 2019
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[ leak, hack, government ]
Hackers leak 700 GB of data obtained from the government of Argentina, including confidential documents, wiretaps and biometric information from the Argentine Federal Police, along with the personal data of police officers. The Twitter account of the Argentine Naval Prefecture was hacked as well and used to share the stolen information and post fake news stories.
