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Nintendo
December 11, 2020
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
Ryan Hernandez, a California man who admitted to hacking Nintendo and leaking proprietary data several times since 2016 has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Dassault Falcon Jet
December 11, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Dassault Falcon Jet has been attacked by the RagnarLocker ransomware operators.
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Amg Energia
December 11, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Amg Energia in Palermo is the victim of seems to be a ransomware attack.
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Lithuania
December 9, 2020
In a coordinated cyber-attack on Lithuania, hackers have breached multiple content management systems to gain access to 22 different websites operated by Lithuania's public sector. The attackers then published articles containing misinformation on the sites. Russia is identified as the likely culprit.
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European Medicines Agency
December 9, 2020
The European Medicines Agency, which is responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval, has been hit by a cyberattack. Pfizer and BioNTech have stated that documents related to their vaccines were accessed during the attack. The EMA later revealed that some of those documents were doctored by the threat actors to undermine the public's trust in the vaccines.
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Nevada Health Centers
December 7, 2020
Nevada Health Centers is notifying an unspecified number of patients after discovering an unauthorized person accessed an employee's email account between November 20 and December 7.
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Students at a Cardiff high school
December 6, 2020
A Cardiff high school teacher has been jailed for hacking his students' phones to steal pictures and storing them on his computer.
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Miller County
December 6, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack has affected city computers and caused outages across Miller County.
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Braunau am Inn
December 6, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The IT system of the municipality of Braunau am Inn was targeted by a cyberattack that encrypted all data on the servers.
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SSQ Insurance
December 4, 2020
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
A cyber attack has caused computer failure and paralyzed the online services at SSQ Insurance.
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Spotify
December 2, 2020
A hacker calling himself "Daniel" hijacked the Spotify pages of several artists to pledge his love for Taylor Swift.
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U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
December 1, 2020
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[ social, phishing, government ]
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) discloses that they suffered a data breach after falling for a phishing attack in December 2020.
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Commport Communications
December 1, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Canada Post informs 44 of its large commercial customers that a ransomware attack on Commport Communications, a third-party service provider, exposed shipping information for their customers. The ransomware group called Lorenz has leaked information on their data leak site.
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Huntsville City Schools district
November 30, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Ransomware operators attack the Huntsville City Schools district in Alabama, forcing them to shut down schools.
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Belden
November 25, 2020
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
Networking device manufacturer Belden has been with a cyberattack that allowed the hackers to steal employee and business partner information.
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RMD Kwikform
December 6, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
REvil (Sodinokibi) claims to have attacked RWD Kwikform, a construction company in Walsall.
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Hoff van Twente
December 6, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Hof van Twente has fallen to a ransomware attack.
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Bowie County
December 6, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack has affected city computers and caused outages across Bowie County.
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Philabundance
December 5, 2020
Philabundance, a Philadelphia food bank, has fallen victim to a BEC scam, and lost nearly $1,000,000 as a result.
