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Taiwan Government Ministries
August 19, 2020
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[ espionage, government ]
Chinese hackers have gained access to around 6,000 email accounts beloning to at least 10 Taiwan government agencies.
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Expanscience
August 19, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
French pharmaceutical company Expanscience has been hit by the Maze ransomware operators.
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Experian
August 19, 2020
Experian has experienced a breach of data which has exposed personal information of as many as 24 million South Africans and 793,749 business entities to a suspected fraudster.
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GEO Group
August 19, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The GEO Group, a company known for running private prisons and immigration detention centers in the US and other countries, says it suffered a ransomware attack over the summer.
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The Donkey Sanctuary
August 19, 2020
Hackers may have seized childrens' personal details after targeting the Donkey Sanctuary, as a consequence of the Blackbaud breach.
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Unico Campania
August 19, 2020
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[ hack ]
In August 2020, the Neapolitan public transport website Unico Campania was hacked and the data extensively circulated. The breach contained 166k user records with email addresses and plain text passwords.
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Experian (South Africa)
August 19, 2020
In August 2020, Experian South Africa suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of tens of millions of individuals. Only 1.3M of the records contained email addresses, whilst most contained government issued identity numbers, names, addresses, occupations and employers, amongst other person information.
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
August 18, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Even the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is affected by the Blackbaud ransomware breach.
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Ponca City Public Schools
August 18, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Ponca City Schools is recovering from a ransomware attack that hit PowerSchool, the system the district uses to determine schedules, contain information, and keep parents informed.
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Rezzan Pharmacy
August 18, 2020
The Turkish data protection authority (KVKK) announced a data breach suffered by Rezzan G nday (?im?ek Pharmacy). The breach resulted from the misconduct of a former employee and involved obtaining the identification numbers of patients and transferring them to another pharmacy without their knowledge in order to provide the supply of drugs from other pharmacies.
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Canva
August 18, 2020
Australian design platform Canva unwittingly provided phishing campaigns with graphics, making threat actors' schemes appear more legitimate as they pilfer credentials through social engineering trickery. Hackers hijacked the graphic design site and used it to leverage other brands like Sharepoint, Microsoft Office and Docusign in their messages.
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ACT schools
August 17, 2020
Students in Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) schools are unable to access Google Classroom as a result of being spammed with offensive content.
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GCKey
August 17, 2020
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[ hack, brute-force, government ]
According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted GCKey, a service that is used by some 30 federal departments, with credential stuffing.
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East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
August 17, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) joins the victims of the Blackbaud ransomware cyber attack.
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Tennessee State Univesity
August 17, 2020
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[ financial, insider, education ]
A former admissions worker at Tennessee State University (TSU) was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to student loan, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was arrested for managing an elaborate scheme to steal and divert $84,506 in student loans into a bank account set up using a false name and Social Security number.
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Baugo Community Schools
August 17, 2020
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
Cyber attacks directed at the internent service for Baugo Community Schools have disrupted virtual learning.
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Utah Gun Exchange
August 17, 2020
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[ leak, retail ]
Earlier this month, datasets containing over 240,000 records of the Utah Gun Exchange website were posted openly on a popular hacking forum.
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Carnival Corporation
August 15, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend.
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The Ritz hotel in London
August 15, 2020
Diners at the luxury Ritz hotel in London have been targeted by "extremely convincing" scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal payment card details.
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Rochester City School District
August 15, 2020
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The Rochester City School District's first parent forum of the 2020-2021 school year, which was held over Zoom, was interrupted by attackers posting racist comments and hurtful symbols.
