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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.
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University of Hawaii
March 5, 2019
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[ espionage, 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 the University of Hawaii.
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Thomas County School District
March 5, 2019
Thomas County School District notifies employees of an online banking system breach.
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University of Washington
March 5, 2019
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[ espionage, 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 the University of Washington.
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Duke 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 Duke University.
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Hollywood Park, TX
March 5, 2019
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[ financial, government ]
The town of Hollywood Park, TX is still trying to recover a portion of nearly half a million dollars that were stolen from it in March 2019.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 5, 2019
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[ hack, espionage, 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 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Turkish government entity
March 4, 2019
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal that the Iran-linked Chafer APT group used a new Python-based backdoor in recent attacks aimed at a Turkish government entity.
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90 Indian Government Websites
March 4, 2019
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers from Pakistan attack over 90 Indian government websites and critical systems few hours after the Pulwama suicide strike.
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Chinese rail control system
March 3, 2019
Researchers at Sixgill's threat intelligence team discover an "experienced threat actor" selling access to the admin panel of a Chinese rail control system on the Dark Web.
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BambooHR
March 3, 2019
BambooHR discloses a breach involving tax payroll.
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Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
March 1, 2019
Patients of a Bon Secours St. Francis Health System medical practice are being that their personal information may be at risk after a data breach at the practice.
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MalindoAir
March 1, 2019
In early 2019, the Malaysian airline Malindo Air suffered a data breach that exposed tens of millions of customer records. Containing 4.3M unique email addresses, the breach also exposed extensive personal information including names, dates of birth, genders, physical addresses, phone numbers and passport details. The data was later extensively shared on popular hacking forums.
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Newsquest Media Group
February 28, 2019
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[ hack, technology ]
Several websites belonging to Newsquest Media Group, the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom, are apparently defaced.
