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Belgian Interior Ministry
April 1, 2019
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[ espionage, government ]
Belgian officials said that hackers breached the network of its interior ministry in a security incident that took place in April 2019. The investigation found that the threat actor's motive was likely espionage.
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Raymond Houndjo
April 1, 2019
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Raymond Houndjo, a prominent member of the opposition party.
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Elliott Ohin
April 1, 2019
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[ hack, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Elliott Ohin who has served in several cabinet roles.
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Father Pierre Marie-Chanel Affognon
April 1, 2019
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Father Pierre Marie-Chanel Affognon, a Catholic priest.
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Monseigneur Benot Comlan Alowonou
April 1, 2019
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Monseigneur Beno t Comlan Alowonou, the Bishop of Kpalim .
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Lumin PDF
April 1, 2019
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In April 2019, the PDF management service Lumin PDF suffered a data breach. The breach wasn't publicly disclosed until September when 15.5M records of user data appeared for download on a popular hacking forum. The data had been left publicly exposed in a MongoDB instance after which Lumin PDF was allegedly been "contacted multiple times, but ignored all the queries". The exposed data included names, email addresses, genders, spoken language and either a bcrypt password hash or Google auth token. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "JimScott.Sec@protonmail.com".
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City of Albany
March 31, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, is hit by a ransomware attack, with city officials working over the weekend to respond to the incident.
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Vastaamo
March 31, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
In October 2020, the Finnish psychotherapy service Vastaamo was the subject of a ransomware attack targeting first the company itself, followed by their patients directly. The original security incident dates back to a period between late 2018 and early 2019 and exposed data including 30k unique email addresses, names, social security numbers and notes on individuals' psychotherapy sessions. This breach has been flagged as "sensitive" and is only searchable by owners of the email addresses and domains exposed in the incident.
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Bithumb
March 30, 2019
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[ hack, insider, financial ]
Bithumb is hacked for the second time in less than a year as attackers (probably an insider job) manage to steal $21 million worth (3 million EOS coins and 20 million XRP).
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Donald Trump
March 30, 2019
Federal authorities investigate a possible Chinese intelligence operation targeting President Donald Trump, after a Chinese woman is arrested while trying to enter the Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago with a thumb drive infected with malware.
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Jill Halfpenny
March 30, 2019
Jill Halfpenny is targeted by hackers who post 19 intimate photos of her online.
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Brookside ENT and Hearing Center
March 29, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is hit by a ransomware attack.
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Earl Enterprises
March 29, 2019
Earl Enterprises admits having suffered a payment card data breach from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Victims include: Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken Guy!, Mixology and Tequila Taqueria.
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Palmetto Health
March 29, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Palmetto Health reports that a phishing attack sometime in November 2018, hit 23,811 patients.
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Toyota (Japan)
March 29, 2019
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[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
The personal information of roughly 3.1 million Toyota customers may have been leaked following an authorized access of multiple Toyota and Lexus sales subsidiaries.
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Nigerian National Assembly (NASS)
March 29, 2019
Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam discover a DHL phishing page hosted in the web page of the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS).
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Womens' Health USA
March 29, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Womens' Health USA notifies 17,531 patients, after disclosing that its employees were hit by a phishing attack that began in April, 2018 and also occurred in August.
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DePaul
March 29, 2019
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Local housing and health provider DePaul experiences a phishing attack in February that exposed some clients' sensitive information.
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Southern Hills Eye Care
March 29, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Southern Hills Eye Care notifies patients of a ransomware attack occurred in January 2019.
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Canada's Natural Health Services (NHS)
March 28, 2019
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[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
A data breach at Canada's Natural Health Services (NHS) exposes personal information of roughly 34,000 medical marijuana users after a record is accessed by an "unauthorized user".
