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Edmodo
May 11, 2017
A hacker steals millions of user account details from popular education platform Edmodo, and the data is apparently for sale on the so-called dark web. The organization claims to have over 78 million members.
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Edmodo
May 11, 2017
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[ leak, hack, education ]
In May 2017, the education platform Edmodo was hacked resulting in the exposure of 77 million records comprised of over 43 million unique customer email addresses. The data was consequently published to a popular hacking forum and made freely available. The records in the breach included usernames, email addresses and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
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Reincubate
May 11, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In October 2020, the app data company Reincubate suffered a data breach which exposed a backup from November 2017 (the newest record in the data appeared several months earlier). The data included over 616k unique email addresses, names and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes.
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Cedexis
May 10, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A DDos attack against Cedexis knocks out several major French news websites including Le Monde and Le Figaro.
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FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
May 7, 2017
The FCC website is hit by a DDoS Attack.
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Confluence Charter Schools
May 6, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The network servers for Confluence Charter Schools are hacked, but school leadership say there is no evidence that student or employee data have been compromised.
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Emmanuel Macron's Staff
May 6, 2017
The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is targeted by a "massive and coordinated" hacking attack, hours before voters go to the polls. Tens of thousands of internal emails and other documents (9Gb) are released online.
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Debenhams
May 5, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Malware infects the backend systems used by British high street chain Debenhams, and steals 26,000 people's personal information in the process. The hack happened after compromising the systems at Ecomnova, the firm that runs the Debenhams Flowers business, for more than six weeks.
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Aesthetic Dentistry OC Gastrocare Tampa Bay Surgery Center
May 4, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients' records from 3 hacks. The victims are: Aesthetic Dentistry, OC Gastrocare, Tampa Bay Surgery Center.
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Charlotte Flair, Victoria
May 4, 2017
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[ leak ]
WWE divas Charlotte Flair and Victoria are the latest victims of the Celebgate leak.
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Ge.tt
May 4, 2017
In May 2017, the file sharing platform Ge.tt suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019 alongside a raft of other breaches. The Ge.tt breach included names, social media profile identifiers, SHA256 password hashes and almost 2.5M unique email addresses. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to BreachDirectory.
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German O2-Telefonica users
May 3, 2017
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[ financial, ss7, technology ]
O2-Telefonica in Germany confirms to S ddeutsche Zeitung that some of its customers have had their bank accounts drained using a two-stage attack that exploits SS7.
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Tufts University
May 3, 2017
A group calling itself TuftsLeaks publishes documents online that contain sensitive financial information from Tufts. The leak includes department budgets, the salaries of thousands of staff and faculty and the ID numbers of student employees with salaries listed.
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City of Fitchburg
May 2, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
Fitchburg, Mass. city officials report that the Social Security numbers of 1,800 residents were compromised during a data breach that was discovered on April 14, but took place more than three years ago.
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HandBrake
May 2, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The popular DVD-ripping HandBrake app, is hacked to install a new variant of the Proton malware.
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UK Banks
May 2, 2017
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
DomainTools reveals that hundreds of fake website domains are being used by hackers to mimic some of the most popular banking services in the UK in an attempt to trick victims into handing over personal details and sensitive login credentials.
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Gannett Co.
May 2, 2017
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[ social, phishing, technology ]
A phishing email attack potentially compromises the accounts of as many as 18,000 current and former employees of media company Gannett Co.
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Wellington's Victoria University
May 2, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
Students and staff of Wellington's Victoria University have been warned their usernames and passwords may have been compromised following a data breach following an unauthorised access to the university's IT systems.
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Sabre Corp. Hospitality Unit
May 2, 2017
Travel industry giant Sabre Corp. disclosed what could be a significant breach of payment and customer data tied to bookings processed through a reservations system that serves more than 32,000 hotels and other lodging establishments.
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Unity 3D Forum
April 30, 2017
OurMine hackers deface the official domain of Unity 3D Forums leaving a deface page along with a note.
