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Northwest Indian College
July 11, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Northwest Indian College is hit by a Ryuk ransomware attack.
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KHSU
July 10, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
KHSU the radio of Humboldt State University, is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Arlington County
July 10, 2019
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
Arlington County has revealed a cyber attack that penetrated the county's payroll system. The attack is the result of phishing.
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Government in Eastern Europe
July 10, 2019
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from ESET discover a zero-day exploit (CVE-2019-1132), deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe.
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Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
July 9, 2019
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms a security breach involving 400 card holders.
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A vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York.
July 8, 2019
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[ hack ]
The US Cost Guard publishes an alert after it was made aware of a cyber-security incident that impacted a vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York.
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Vedantu
July 8, 2019
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[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
In mid-2019, the Indian interactive online tutoring platform Vedantu suffered a data breach which exposed the personal data of 687k users. The JSON formatted database dump exposed extensive personal information including email and IP address, names, phone numbers, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. When contacted about the incident, Vedantu advised that they were aware of the breach and were in the process of informing their customers.
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La Porte County
July 6, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
La Porte County is hit by a ransomware attack and pays $130,000 to recover data.
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Croatian government
July 5, 2019
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A new report reveals that Croatian government employees have been targeted by a state-sponsored actor between February and April this year, via the Empire and SilentTrinity backdoors.
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Maryland Department of Labor
July 5, 2019
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[ leak, government ]
The Maryland Department of Labor (Maryland DoL) publishes a press release explaining that sensitive information of roughly 78,000 customers including names and social security numbers was accessed by an unauthorized party.
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American Land Title Association (ALTA)
July 3, 2019
American Land Title Association (ALTA) publishes a warning about hundreds of title company records having been supposedly stolen as part of a phishing campaign targeting ALTA members.
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City of Griffin
July 3, 2019
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[ financial, phishing, government ]
Over $800,000 are stolen from the City of Griffin, Georgia, by scammers in a BEC (Business Email Compromise) attack by redirecting two transactions to their own bank accounts.
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Prime Bank
July 3, 2019
Three banks in Bangladesh are hit by the Silence group in May, suffering losses up to $3M.
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Canonical Ltd.
July 2, 2019
The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is hacked.
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7-Eleven Japan
July 2, 2019
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[ financial, retail ]
Approximately 900 customers of 7-Eleven Japan have lost a collective of 55 million ($510,000) after hackers hijacked their 7pay app accounts and made illegal charges in their names.
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St. John Ambulance
July 2, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
A ransomware attack temporarily blocks St. John Ambulance staff from accessing its systems. The attack was detected and was resolved within half an hour.
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Chilean Ministry of Agriculture
July 1, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Chilean Ministry of Agriculture is hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware.
