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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.
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Czech Foreign Ministry
August 13, 2019
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[ espionage, government ]
According to a parliamentary committee, a foreign state is believed to be behind a cyberattack on the Czech Foreign Ministry.
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Cracked
August 13, 2019
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[ hack, technology ]
Hackers from Raidforums breach the site of rival hacking forum Cracked.to and spill data for more than 321,000 of its members. The breach occurred in July.
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Indian Army
August 13, 2019
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[ hack, malware, government ]
The Indian Army detects a cybersecurity incident involving the computer of a senior office infected with malware.
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Argentine Federal Police
August 12, 2019
Hackers leak 700 GB of data obtained from the government of Argentina, including confidential documents, wiretaps and biometric information from the Argentine Federal Police, along with the personal data of police officers. The Twitter account of the Argentine Naval Prefecture was hacked as well and used to share the stolen infomration and post fake news stories.
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Argentine Naval Prefecture
August 12, 2019
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[ leak, hack, government ]
Hackers leak 700 GB of data obtained from the government of Argentina, including confidential documents, wiretaps and biometric information from the Argentine Federal Police, along with the personal data of police officers. The Twitter account of the Argentine Naval Prefecture was hacked as well and used to share the stolen information and post fake news stories.
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europa.jobs
August 11, 2019
In August 2019, the now defunct European jobs website europa.jobs (Google cache link) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 226k unique email addresses alongside extensive personal information including names, dates of birth, job applications and passwords. The data was subsequently redistributed on a popular hacking forum.
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University of Florida
August 10, 2019
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[ hack, education ]
VandaTheGod defaces multiple sites associated with the University of Florida.
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Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Networks (BCN)
August 9, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Nearly 11,000 Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Networks (BCN) are notified of a potential breach of their data, after a phishing attack on two employee email accounts.
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Air New Zealand
August 9, 2019
Air New Zealand sends e-mails to customers enrolled in its Airpoints loyalty program?????? to warn them of a phishing attack that successfully compromised the email accounts of two staff members.
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Transport for London (TfL)
August 8, 2019
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[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Transport for London (TfL) is forced to temporarily suspend the website for its Oyster system after an apparent credential stuffing attack on customers.
