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2fast4u
December 20, 2017
In December 2017, the Belgian motorcycle forum 2fast4u discovered a data breach of their system. The breach of the vBulletin message board impacted over 17k individual users and exposed email addresses, usersnames and salted MD5 passwords.
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Medhost
December 19, 2017
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The website of medhost.com is redirected to a page where the attackers post a message claiming to have stolen personal information from the servers. However they do not provide any evidence of the data.
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Youbit
December 19, 2017
The South Korean Bitcoin exchange Youbit, previously known as Yapizon quits its operation and files for bankruptcy due to two cyber attacks in the last eight months. The company suffers another data breach in which 17% of total assets have been stolen.
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Bitfinex
December 17, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Bitfinex is, once again hit by a massive DDoS attack.
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Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department
December 15, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
500 computers from Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department are quarantined after ransomware is detected in the network.
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Bitcoin Insiders in London
December 15, 2017
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
Secureworks reveals a new spearphishing campaign circulating across bitcoin industry insiders in London, carried on via a fake job opening, and aimed to steal their online credentials. The fingers are pointed to the North Korean hackers of the Lazarus Group.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
December 15, 2017
Students from 39 East Texas School Districts have their information compromised by an October hack of the Texas Department of Agriculture. The Department oversees school breakfast and lunch programs.
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Transneft
December 15, 2017
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[ hack, malware ]
Transneft reveals that its computers have been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or "mining", of the cryptocurrency Monero.
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John Kahlbetzer
December 14, 2017
John Kahlbetzer, one of Australia's richest men suffers a $1m loss after his assistant is taken in by a classic Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam.
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Fox-IT
December 14, 2017
Dutch security firm Fox-IT reveals to have fallen victim of a DNS Hijacking attack on September 19th 2017. The attacker modifies a DNS record for one particular server to point to a server in their possession and to intercept and forward the traffic to the original server that to Fox-IT.
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Petro Rabigh
December 14, 2017
Security firm FireEye and Schneider Electric SE reveal the details of a new operation targeting Triconex industrial safety technology widely used inside nuclear, oil and gas plants. The first victim is allegedly located in Saudi Arabia. The malware is dubbed "Triton". A June 2021 indictment charges Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, an employee of a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute and his co-conspirators, over causing two separate emergency shutdowns at a foreign targeted facility after deploying the Triton/Trisis malware.
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Osaka University
December 13, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
Osaka University says that personal data of around 80,000 students, graduates, staff, former workers and others may have been stolen by hackers.
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Anderson Cooper's Twitter account (@andersoncooper)
December 13, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
CNN says Anderson Cooper's Twitter account was hacked after a since-removed tweet from his handle called the president a "tool" and a "pathetic loser" following Democrat Doug Jones win in Alabama's Senate election.
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Bitfinex
December 12, 2017
Bitfinex is forced to shut down its ongoing operations after suffering a series of non-stop DDoS attacks.
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Midland Memorial Hospital
December 12, 2017
Midland Memorial Hospital announces a data security incident involving a limited number of patients' personal information after an unauthorized third party may have obtained access to an employee's e-mail account on or about Oct. 10.
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National Capital Poison Center
December 11, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
National Capital Poison Center reports a ransomware incident.
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Rose McGowan
December 11, 2017
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[ leak, hack ]
Another round of "The Fappening". Hackers leak alleged nude pics and sex tape of "Charmed" star Rose McGowan.
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Pinterest
December 11, 2017
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[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
Pinterest notifies users of suspicious activity due to attackers trying to compromise accounts using 'credential stuffing' (credentials obtained from other breaches).
