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Mastercard Priceless Specials
August 20, 2019
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[ leak, finance ]
In August 2019, the German Mastercard bonus program "Priceless Specials" suffered a data breach. Personal data on almost 90k program members was subsequently extensively circulated online and included names, email and IP addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card data. Following the incident, the program was subsequently suspended.
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Embassy of Russia in the United Kingdom
August 19, 2019
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Russian Embassy is taken down by a DDoS attack and remains unreliable for nearly 20 hours.
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Macon County Circuit Clerk
August 19, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
The Macon County Circuit Clerk's website is defaced.
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Portland Public Schools
August 19, 2019
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[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Portland Public Schools district falls victim of a BEC scam costing around $2.9 million (but manages to recover the stolen amount).
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Tu Ora Compass Health
August 17, 2019
A cyber attack takes down the websites of four Wairarapa medical practices: Tu Ora Compass Health, Kuripuni, Greytown, Featherston, and Carterton medical centres.
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Tivoli (My Tivoli)
August 17, 2019
Tivoli, the popular amusement park in Denmark, reveals that its website was compromised early August and up to a thousand guests had their personal information stolen.
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23 Texas government agencies
August 16, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A coordinated ransomware attack takes down 23 government ggencies across Texas.
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Cable One
August 16, 2019
Cable One Inc. reveals that the compromise of 14 email accounts earlier this year could have affected the personal information of some current and former employees and their family members.
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Michigan Medicine
August 16, 2019
Michigan Medicine notifies approximately 5,500 patients about a phishing email campaign that may have exposed some of their health information. The attack was discovered between July 9 and July 12.
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NCH Healthcare System
August 15, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
NCH Healthcare System discloses a phishing attack to some employees' email accounts.
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European Central Bank
August 15, 2019
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[ hack, finance ]
The European Central Bank uncovers a data breach in its Bank newsletter. The attackers had access for months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers to the Banks' Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website.
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San Dieguito Union High School District
August 15, 2019
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[ hack, malware, education ]
The San Dieguito Union High School District sends out an email alerting them of a malware attack on August 9.
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KNEO Radio Station
August 15, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware ]
KNEO radio station is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Spotsylvania County
August 15, 2019
Virginia State Police announces to have recovered part of the money ($600,000) stolen from Spotsylvania County in a phishing attack earlier in July.
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Virginia Gay Hospital
August 15, 2019
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Virginia Gay Hospital notifies patients after discovering a compromised employee email account.
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Eye Care Associates Inc.
August 14, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Eye Care Associates Inc., is the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack occurred approximately two weeks before.
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Hy-Vee
August 14, 2019
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[ financial, retail ]
Supermarket chain Hy-Vee publishes a warning to customers, after staff discovered a security breach on some of its point-of-sale (PoS) systems.
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Audi
August 14, 2019
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[ leak, misconfiguration, automotive ]
In August 2019, Audi USA suffered a data breach after a vendor left data unsecured and exposed on the internet. The data contained 2.7M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and vehicle information including VIN. In a disclosure statement from Audi, they also advised some customers had driver's licenses, dates of birth, social security numbers and other personal information exposed.
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Bayview Dental
August 13, 2019
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Bayview Dental is hit by an unspecified cyber attack. The attack was discovered on July 4.
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Choice Hotels
August 13, 2019
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[ hack, misconfiguration ]
Hackers claim to have stolen 700,000 guest records belonging to Choice Hotels, one of the largest hotel chains in the world. The data was left exposed in an unsecured MongoDB.
