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MeetMindful
January 26, 2020
In early 2020, the online dating service MeetMindful suffered a data breach that exposed 1.4 million unique customer email addresses. Included in the data was an extensive array of personal information used to find romantic matches including physical attributes, use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, marital statuses, birthdates, genders and the gender being sought. Additional personal information such as names, geographical locations and IP addresses were also exposed, along with passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
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Brandywine Urology Consultants
January 25, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Brandywine Urology Consultants notify about a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on January 25, and the practice became aware of it on January 27.
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Tampa Bay Times
January 24, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
The Tampa Bay Times suffers a Ryuk ransomware attack.
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U.S. government agency
January 24, 2020
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 discover a new campaign dubbed "Fractured Statue", carried out via a malware called CARROTBALL, used in targeted attacks, against a U.S. government agency and non-US foreign nationals professionally affiliated with current activities in North Korea.
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Official website of the Greek National Police
January 24, 2020
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
A new DDoS attack hits the official state websites of the Greek prime minister, the national police and fire service and other ministries.
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City of Potsdam
January 24, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Potsdam severs the administration servers' Internet connection following a ransomware attack carried out exploiting the CVE-2019-1978 vulnerability.
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Site belonging to a reseller of tickets for theTokyo Summer Olympics
January 23, 2020
The sites belonging to a reseller of tickets for Euro Cup and the Tokyo Summer Olympics (olympictickets2020[.]com), are the victims of a magecart attack.
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Gedia Automotive Group
January 23, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Parts manufacturer Gedia Automotive Group shuts down its network after being hit with a Sodinokibi ransomware attack.
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Ben Gurion International Airport
January 23, 2020
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[ hack ]
As Israel hosted dozens of world leaders last week for the World Holocaust Forum, the country's cyber defense system fended off hundreds of cyberattacks targeting the country's international airport and the planes of the world leaders.
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Bitcoin Gold
January 23, 2020
Bitcoin Gold experiences a 51% attack. A total amount of over $70,000 is double-spent.
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Will Smith
January 22, 2020
The Twitter account of Will Smith is hacked by the OurMine group.
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Bobby Berk
January 22, 2020
The Twitter account of "Queer Eye" star Bobby Berk, is hacked by the OurMine group.
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Enrique Hernandez
January 22, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of second-baseman for the LA Dodgers, Enrique Hernandez, is hacked by the OurMine group.
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Greenville Water
January 22, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
Greenville Water is hit by a cyber attack.
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Dave Moss
January 22, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of Dave Moss is hacked by the OurMine group.
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Eduardo Saverin
January 22, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, is hacked by the OurMine group.
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Matt Raub
January 22, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of director Matt Raub is hacked by the OurMine group.
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An Ukrainian government job portal
January 21, 2020
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[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
The https://career.gov.ua has leaked the personal data of an unidentified number of job applicants. It is unclear whether the leak was a result of cyberattack or human error.
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Citibank customers
January 21, 2020
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
Researchers discover a new Citibank phishing scam that utilizes a convincing domain name, TLS certs, and even requests OTP codes that could easily trick their victims.
