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Northumbria University
August 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Northumbria University is hit with what appears to be a ransomware attack.
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American Payroll Association
August 31, 2020
The American Payroll Association (APA) disclosed a data breach affecting members and customers after attackers successfully planted a web skimmer on the organization's website login and online store checkout pages.
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Galstan & Ward Family and Cosmetic Dentistry
August 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Galstan & Ward Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in Georgia is the victim of a ransomware attack. The hacker demanded a ransom over the phone.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools
August 31, 2020
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) have suffered daily DDoS attacks since the start of the school year.
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Greenville Technical College
August 30, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Greenville Technical College claims to have recovered from a ransomware attack and that no personal data was affected. However, the hackers claim that they stole 600 GB of sensitive data.
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PayTM Group
August 30, 2020
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[ hack, finance ]
PayTM Group suffers a breach after hackers from John Wick access its internal database.
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Undisclosed American video delivery solutions provider
August 30, 2020
Researchers from Kela reveal that an undisclosed American Video Delivery Solutions Provider was hit with the REvil ransomware exploiting the CVE-2019-11510 vulnerability.
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Unknown Bitcoin user
August 30, 2020
A user loses 1400 Bitcoin ($16 million worth) via a fake bitcoin wallet.
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Hopamedia
August 30, 2020
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In 2024, data relating to an unknown service referred to as "Hopamedia" and dating back to 2020 appeared in a publicly exposed database. The data included almost 24M records of email address, name, phone number, the country of the individual and their telecommunications carrier.
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Paytm
August 30, 2020
In August 2020, the Indian payment provider Paytm was reported as having suffered a data breach and subsequent ransom demand, after which the data was circulated publicly. Further investigation into the data concluded that the breach was fabricated and did not originate from Paytm. The impacted data covered 3.4M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, genders, dates of birth, income levels and previous purchases.
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Livpure
August 29, 2020
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[ leak, retail ]
In August 2020, the Indian retailer Livpure suffered a data breach which exposed over 1 million customer purchases with 270 thousand unique email addresses. The data also included names, phone numbers, physical addresses and details of purchased items. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "white_peacock@riseup.net".
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Tirto
August 28, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
The website of the Tirto.id media outlet is defaced.
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Caiway
August 28, 2020
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[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Caiway is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
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Selma Unified School District
August 28, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Selma Unified School District is hit by ransomware.
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Clark County School District
August 28, 2020
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[ leak, education ]
Clark County schools in Las Vegas notify parents of a "data security incident" involving district computers.
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EDP
August 28, 2020
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
EDP is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack.
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FreedomNet
August 28, 2020
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[ financial, ddos, technology ]
FreedomNet is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
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Pandu Riono
August 28, 2020
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Twitter account of Pandu Riono, an epidemiologist from the University of Indiana, is hacked.
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Delta
August 28, 2020
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[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Delta is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
