City of New Bedford
July 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of New Bedford is hit by what appears to be a ransomware attack.
SyTech
July 13, 2019
A hacking group under the name 0v1ru$ breaches SyTech, a major FSB contractor, defaces the web site, manages to steal 7.5 terabytes of data, exposing secret FSB project to de-anonymize Tor browsing.
Bitpoint
July 12, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint suspends all services after losing about 3.5 billion yen ($32 million) in a hack that involved Ripple and other cryptocurrencies.
Unknown Organization
July 12, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
MyDashWallet.org recommends that its users remove any funds from their wallets as the site has been compromised for the past two months, between May 13 and July 12.
Onondaga County Libraries
July 12, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Onondaga County Libraries are hit by a ransomware attack.
Nemadji Research Corporation
July 11, 2019
•[ social, leak, phishing ]
The personal data of 14,591 L.A. County patients is exposed after an employee of Nemadji Research Corporation, a contractor that identifies and verifies patient eligibility for programs that reimburse care provided by DHS, is victim of a phishing attack.
Northwest Indian College
July 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Northwest Indian College is hit by a Ryuk ransomware attack.
Monroe College
July 10, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Monroe College is hit by a ransomware attack.
KHSU
July 10, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
KHSU the radio of Humboldt State University, is hit by a ransomware attack.
Arlington County
July 10, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
Arlington County has revealed a cyber attack that penetrated the county's payroll system. The attack is the result of phishing.
Government in Eastern Europe
July 10, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from ESET discover a zero-day exploit (CVE-2019-1132), deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe.
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
July 9, 2019
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms a security breach involving 400 card holders.
Syracuse City School
July 9, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Syracuse City School is hit by ransomware.
Gila County
July 9, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Gila County is hit by a ransomware attack.
A vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York.
July 8, 2019
•[ 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.
Vedantu
July 8, 2019
•[ 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.
La Porte County
July 6, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
La Porte County is hit by a ransomware attack and pays $130,000 to recover data.
Croatian government
July 5, 2019
•[ 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.
Maryland Department of Labor
July 5, 2019
•[ 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.
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.