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Pearson PLC
July 31, 2019
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[ leak, education ]
Pearson PLC, the British maker of educational software, warns school districts that a 2018 data breach has exposed details on thousands of students, chiefly in the U.S.
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Gadsden Independent School District
July 31, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Gadsden Independent School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Randolph County
July 30, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
The Randolph County website is defaced.
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Tangipahoa Parish School District
July 30, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tangipahoa Parish School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Cabarrus County
July 29, 2019
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[ social, phishing, government ]
After falling for a BEC scam, Cabarrus County in North Carolina loses $1,728,082.60 after sending $2.5 million to scammers pretending to be contractors building the county's new high school.
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Los Angeles Police Department
July 29, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
A suspected hacker claims to have stolen the personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, trainees, and recruits, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants.
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Capital One
July 29, 2019
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[ hack, finance ]
Capital One discloses a data breach impacting 100 million people in the United States, and 6 million in Canada. Data between 2005 and 2019 was accessed and related to information on consumers at the time when they applied for a credit card.
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Sure
July 29, 2019
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[ leak, phishing, technology ]
Sure is the victim of a phishing attack that steals around 400 suppliers', employees' and former employees' data.
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Watertown City School District
July 27, 2019
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[ hack, education ]
The Watertown City School District is the latest to be hit with a cyberattack.
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Comodo
July 27, 2019
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
A hacker gain access to internal files and documents owned by security company and former SSL certificate issuer Comodo by using an email address and password mistakenly exposed on the internet (GitHub).
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ProtonMail
July 27, 2019
ProtonMail reveals that Reporters investigating Russian military intelligence have been targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks through their encrypted email accounts, with evidence suggesting Moscow was responsible.
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Club Penguin Rewritten (July 2019)
July 27, 2019
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[ hack, technology ]
In July 2019, the children's gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten (CPRewritten) suffered a data breach (note: CPRewritten is an independent recreation of Disney's Club Penguin game). In addition to an earlier data breach that impacted 1.7 million accounts, the subsequent breach exposed 4 million unique email addresses alongside IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
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Anson County
July 26, 2019
The Anson County website is defaced with offensive images.
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Puerto Rico Women And Children's Hospital
July 26, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Bayamn Medical Center and its affiliated Puerto Rico Women And Children's Hospital are hit by a ransomware attack.
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Georgia Capitol Police
July 26, 2019
The same attack also hits the State Capitol Police.
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DNForum
July 26, 2019
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[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
DNForum.com sends out password reset requests to its users after attempts to access the accounts.
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Club Penguin Rewritten
July 26, 2019
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[ insider, hack, leak ]
A disgruntled administrator leaves a backdoor in Club Penguin Rewritten (a kids' gaming website) that enabled hackers to steal login data for a little over 4 million accounts.
