Hamden Schools
January 6, 2020
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Public schools in Hamden are taken down by a malware attack.
Unknown Organization
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
For the same reason, a group of Iranian hackers dubbed "Shield Iran" defaces the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank.
Contra Costa County Library System
January 3, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Contra Costa County Library System is hit by ransomware
Adam Sandler's Twitter account
January 2, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Adam Sandler's Twitter account is hacked and used to post offensive messages against Mariah Carey, President Obama, and President Trump.
Travelex
December 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Travelex is forced to take down its website after a ransomware attack.
Mariah Carey
December 31, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Mariah Carey's Twitter account appears to have been hacked.
Landry's
December 31, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Landry's discloses a security incident that involved the discovery of malware on the network of 63 restaurants. The malware was designed to collect payment card data from cards swiped at its bars and restaurants, and was active from March 13 to October 2019.
The Center for Health Care Services (CHSC)
December 24, 2019
•[ hack, healthcare ]
San Antonio's The Center for Health Care Services (CHSC) shuts down computing systems for all its clinics in response to a larger-scale cyber-attack.
Synoptek
December 23, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Synoptek, a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services, suffers a Sodinokibi ransomware attack that disrupts operations for many of its clients. The company reportedly pays a ransom demand in a bid to restore operations as quickly as possible.
Roosevelt General Hospital
December 23, 2019
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Roosevelt General Hospital informs its patients to monitor their credit reports after the healthcare unit discovered malware on a digital imaging server on November 14, 2019.
Moss Adams
December 22, 2019
The accounting, consulting and wealth management firm Moss Adams posts a cybersecurity incident notice centered on an employee email account that was accessed by an unauthorized person compromising PII.
Entercom
December 22, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Entercom is targeted in a new cyberattack that may have impacted the back-office functions.
ST Logistics
December 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, phishing, healthcare ]
The Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) announce that two of its vendors, HMI Institute of Health Sciences and ST Logistics, have suffered a data breach, respectively a ransomware and phishing attack. Over 120,000 individuals are involved.
Sinai Health System
December 19, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Sinai Health System discovers that the email accounts of two of its employees have been compromised as a result of responses to phishing emails discovered on October, 16.
Ring
December 19, 2019
The log-in credentials for 3,672 Ring camera owners are compromised, exposing log-in emails, passwords, time zones, and the names people give to specific Ring cameras.
baltictimes
December 19, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, technology ]
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.
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
December 17, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Department is forced to shutter most of its network after it is struck with ransomware.
KH - Katholische Hochschule Freiburg (Catholic University in Freiburg)
December 17, 2019
•[ malware, education ]
Katholische Hochschule Freiburg is also hit with an Emotet infection.
Enloe Medical Center
January 7, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Enloe Medical Center is hit by a ransomware attack that causes the hospital to reschedule some elective procedures.
Office of Mark McGowan
January 3, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Using a new exploit named Aria-body, APT 30 attempted to compromise networks belonging to governments and state-owned companies in Australia and Southeast Asia. One of the group's targets is the office of Mark McGowan, Western Australia's premier. The hackers compromised a computer at the Indonesian embassy in Canberra and sent a malicious document to a staff member at McGowan's office from that machine.