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Fortnite
August 22, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Cyren discover Syrk, a ransomware, in disguise of an aimbot cheat tool, targeting Fortnite players.
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Congressional Research Service
August 22, 2019
A threat actor targeted a number of foreign ministries, a Chinese technology company, Stanford University, think tanks in the United States and the United Kingdom, and other entities that have focused on North Korea's nuclear efforts or the related international sanctions. The threat actor created a network of malicious websites imitating the login portals of targets.
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Alberta Health Services
August 22, 2019
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Alberta Health Services warns 7,000 patients their personal health information is compromised in an email hack.
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Unnamed leading India-based healthcare website
August 22, 2019
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[ healthcare, hack ]
Researchers from FireEye reveal that back in February, a hacker broke into a leading India-based healthcare website, stealing 6.8 million records containing patient and doctor information.
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
August 22, 2019
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[ leak, healthcare ]
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) exposed private data, including genetic information, on 9,900 people participating in research programs, after an "unauthorized third party" gained access to the data between June 10 and June 16.
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Sonoma Valley Hospital
August 22, 2019
The domain of Sonoma Valley Hospital is hijacked.
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Hospice of San Joaquin
August 21, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Hospice of San Joaquin notifies the California Attorney General's Office that it had suffered a ransomware attack on July 2.
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ToonDoo
August 21, 2019
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[ hack, technology ]
In August 2019, the comic strip creation website ToonDoo suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently redistributed on a popular hacking forum in November where the personal information of over 6M subscribers was shared. Impacted data included email and IP addresses, usernames, genders, the location of the individual and salted password hashes.
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PokerTracker
August 20, 2019
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The PokerTracker website is compromised and loaded with a Magecart script.
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City of Saskatoon
August 20, 2019
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[ social, phishing, education ]
A scammer is able to successfully fool the City of Saskatoon into transferring them a little over $1 million. Part of the money is recovered though.
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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.
