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Augusta University
May 28, 2017
A phishing attack hits Augusta University faculty email accounts containing the health information of patients.
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Fast Health
May 28, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Fast Health reports a security breach that could affect over 700 of their patients, when a third-party altered a code on their server, stealing the credit card information of close to 700 customers who paid bills online from January 14, 2016 to December 20, 2016.
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Prairie Mountain Health
May 27, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The personal and medical information of more than 1,000 Prairie Mountain Health patients are at risk after an internal website is hacked.
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Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments
May 26, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments computer network is hacked and more than 200,000 records in are compromised.
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Ismael Borquez
May 26, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
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Trump Organization
May 26, 2017
ABC News reveals that the FBI is investigating an attempted overseas cyberattack against the Trump Organization, summoning President Donald Trump's sons, Don Jr. and Eric, for an emergency session with the bureau's cybersecurity agents and representatives.
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Griselda Triana
May 25, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
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University of Wisconsin Health
May 25, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
UW Health says that 2,036 patients had information compromised after an employee's email account was used by an unauthorized user on March 28, 2017.
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The Harvard Crimson
May 25, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The website of Harvard's 144-year-old newspaper is defaced and posts fake stories and an altered picture of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (who was visiting the institution).
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Qatar News Agency Website
May 24, 2017
Unknown hackers break into the website of the Qatar state-run news agency and publish a fake story quoting the ruling emir making comments that expressed support for Iran, Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas. The agency's Twitter feed is also compromised posting fake quotes from Qatar's foreign minister alleging a plot against the country by other Arab nations. US intelligence believes the hack was carried out by the United Arab Emirates.
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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
May 23, 2017
Florida officials reveal that hackers may have stolen the names of over 16,000 people who have concealed weapon permits in the state. The breach occurred two weeks ago through its online payment system, which processes payments for customers' permits and other applications.
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Salem State University Twitter Account
May 20, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
Salem State University officials apologize after several racist tweets (against Black Lives Matter) were sent out when the school's Twitter account was hacked (@SalemState).
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Blackburn High School
May 19, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
Police investigate a major privacy breach at Blackburn High School, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online.
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PureMatrimony
May 18, 2017
Muslim focused site PureMatrimony.com says it has informed its users of an apparent data breach, and asked them to reset their passwords. 120,000 accounts are compromised.
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DaFont
May 18, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
The popular font sharing site DaFont.com is hacked, exposing the site's entire database of 699,464 user accounts.
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Equifax
May 18, 2017
Equifax reveals the details of an unauthorized access to customers' employee tax records happened that between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. The list of victims includes including defense contractor giant Northrop Grumman; staffing firm Allegis Group; Saint-Gobain Corp.; Erickson Living; and the University of Louisville.
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Panic
May 18, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Apple app maker Panic's CEO Steven Frank says he mistakenly downloaded the malware-laced DVD-ripping app HandBrake resulting in some of the company's source code being stolen.
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University of California Los Angeles
May 18, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
UCLA reports a cyberattack against a Summer Sessions & International Education Office server that contains personal information provided by students. The attack happened on May 18 and affects potentially up to 32,000 students.
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US Department of Defense
May 18, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Times report suggests that Russia may have used Twitter as a tool of international espionage: agents of the Russian government could have sent malware-laced Twitter messages to more than 10,000 employees of the US Department of Defense.
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Andres Villarreal
May 17, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Andres Villarreal, a journalist at R'o Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
