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Electroneum
November 6, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
UK cryptocurrency startup Electroneum is the victim of a DDoS attack immediately after having raised $40m ( 30m).
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Maria Kanellis
November 5, 2017
Another WWE Diva has her private photos leaked. This time the victim is Maria Kanellis.
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Joseann 'JoJo' Offerman
November 5, 2017
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[ leak ]
And Joseann 'JoJo' Offerman is the third WWE Diva who suffers nude photo leaked.
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WWE Diva Paige
November 5, 2017
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[ leak ]
A new file containing more x-rated photos of WWE Diva Paige is leaked online. Although it is unclear who is behind the leak this time it can be confirmed that the leaked content belongs to Paige.
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Crunchyroll
November 4, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Crunchyroll.com is the victim of a DNS hijack attack, so the visitors are redirected to a malicious website designed to infect them with malware.
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NIC Asia Bank
November 4, 2017
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[ financial, hack, malware ]
NIC Asia Bank, based in Kathmandu, suffers a hack on its computer networks, which abused the SWIFT financial messaging system to help steal approximately $4.4m
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The Times of Israel
November 2, 2017
The Times of Israel and Asia Times websites are hijacked and defaced by suspected Turkish hackers, who post messages in favor of Palestine, on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
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Verticalscope
November 2, 2017
For the second time since June 2016, hackers compromise Verticalscope.com, a Canadian company that manages hundreds of popular Web discussion forums totaling more than 45 million user accounts, and sell the stolen account in the black market.
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Clarkson Plc
November 1, 2017
British shipping services provider Clarkson Plc reveals to have been the victim of a cyber security hack and warns that the person or persons behind the attack may release some data shortly.
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Family and Children's Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville
November 1, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Two Ontario children's aid societies (Children's Aid Society of Oxford County and Family and Children's Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville) are hit by ransomware.
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University of Fraser Valley (UFV)
November 1, 2017
An unknown attacker (or groups of attackers) breaches the network of University of Fraser Valley (UFV) and threatens to dump student information unless university top brass pay 30,000 CAD (23,000 USD).
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Hetzner
November 1, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
A key database operated by large South African data centre operator and website hosting service provider Hetzner is compromised, and the company advises clients to change their passwords immediately. Compromised data includes customer and bank account details.
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd
October 31, 2017
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[ espionage, manufacturing ]
North Korea is suspected to have stolen South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd's database in April last year.
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Line 204
October 30, 2017
Line 204, a Hollywood film and television production and rental company, reveals that hackers from The Dark Overlord collective have stolen its client database. The breach probably happened in September 2017.
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Midland County
October 27, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Midland County District Attorney warns residents after their third-party payment system is hacked.
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T-Mobile
October 27, 2017
T-Mobile warns customers targeted by hackers trying to take control of their SIM cards, exploiting a vulnerability on its website.
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Catholic Charities
October 27, 2017
The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked as early as 2015.
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blog
October 26, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Two hackers going by the online handle of "n3tr1x" and "str0ng" deface the official blog (blog.jquery.com) of jQuery.
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MyHeritage
October 26, 2017
In October 2017, the genealogy website MyHeritage suffered a data breach. The incident was reported 7 months later after a security researcher discovered the data and contacted MyHeritage. In total, more than 92M customer records were exposed and included email addresses and salted SHA-1 password hashes. In 2019, the data appeared listed for sale on a dark web marketplace (along with several other large breaches) and subsequently began circulating more broadly. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "BenjaminBlue@exploit.im".
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Aviva
October 25, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
According to the security group RedLock, a group of hackers managed to breach Amazon Web Services belonging to two companies on the Amazon Cloud: Aviva and Gemalto. The breach was due to poor password policy and aimed to use the resources to mine cryptocurrency.
