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Sizmek Inc.
March 13, 2019
Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers.
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Carmel Unified School District
March 13, 2019
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Carmel Unified School District notifies employees that a successful phishing attack had gained access to an employee's email account containing sensitive documents.
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Sir John Colfox Academy
March 13, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Sir John Colfox Academy is the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypts some files, causing to lose some students' GCSE coursework.
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Maffi Clinics
March 13, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Maffi Clinics, alerts 10,465 patients that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised as a result of a September 11, 2018 ransomware attack.
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Lancaster tornado emergency sirens
March 12, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker sets off the tornado emergency sirens for the cities of DeSoto and Lancaster.
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Committee for Public Counsel Services
March 12, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston is crippled by a ransomware attack for two weeks.
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Momentive
March 12, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Momentive, a chemical company controlled by the same fund than Hexion, is also hit by the LockerGoga ransomware.
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Japanese Banking Customers
March 12, 2019
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[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers from Cybereason discover a new variant of the Ursnif malware, using most new evasion techniques and targeting Japanese Users.
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Grinnell College
March 11, 2019
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[ ransomware, education ]
Students at three elite colleges Hamilton, Grinnell, and Oberlin are delivered ransom notes and informed by the hackers that they have gained access to their students' application files.
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The Piccadilly
March 11, 2019
Cybercriminals block the computer system of The Piccadilly, a five-star hotel in Lucknow.
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People's Government of Yiling District
March 11, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A statement issued by the People's Government of Yiling District, Yichang reveals that Chinese officials have been the target of a Gandcrab ransomware attack.
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Intelimost
March 10, 2019
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[ leak, misconfiguration ]
In March 2019, a spam operation known as "Intelimost" sent millions of emails appearing to come from people the recipients knew. Security researcher Bob Diachenko found over 3 million unique email addresses in an exposed Elasticsearch database, alongside plain text passwords used to access the victim's mailbox and customise the spam.
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Jackson County
March 8, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A Ryuk ransomware attack hits the computers of Jackson County, Georgia, reducing government activity to a crawl until officials decide to pay cybercriminals $400,000 in exchange for the file decryption key.
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Columbia Surgical Specialists
March 7, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Columbia Surgical Specialists confirms to have paid a $15,000 ransom after being infected by a ransomware on January 9, and having the information of 400,000 patients encrypted.
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Citrix
March 6, 2019
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[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
FBI informs Citrix of a data breach that appears to have begun with a 'password spraying' attack aimed to steal weak credentials to access the company's network.
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Health Alliance Plan
March 6, 2019
Health Alliance Plan notifies more than 120,000 patients of Wolverine Solutions Group breach.
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Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
March 6, 2019
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Nearly 4,800 patients at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are notified of the ransomware attack to Wolverine Solutions.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
March 5, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
The official website of India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is down after reports it was hacked.
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Pennsylvania State University
March 5, 2019
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[ espionage, hack, education ]
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use. Among the victimis is Pennsylvania State University.
