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Exmo
December 28, 2017
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[ financial, ddos, finance ]
A UK-based Bitcoin exchange called Exmo is hit by a targeted DDoS attack. The attack happens just days after one of Exmo's leading analysts, a blockchain expert named Pavel Lerner, is kidnapped in Kiev while leaving his office.
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John McAfee Twitter Account (@officialmcafee)
December 28, 2017
John McAfee has his Twitter account hacked and used to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies.
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Jones Memorial Hospital
December 28, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
A cyberattack disrupts computer systems at Jones Memorial Hospital.
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hounddawgs
December 27, 2017
hounddawgs.org, a popular torrent tracker is hacked. The attacker claims to have downloaded the entire database and the site source code.
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Longs Peak Family Practice
December 27, 2017
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[ ransomware, hack, healthcare ]
Longs Peak Family Practice notifies patients following a ransomware and hacking incident that were first detected on November 5.
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Offset iCloud account
December 26, 2017
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[ hack, leak ]
Migos' Offset's iCloud is hacked and nude images of fianc Cardi B leaked.
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Veyna & Forschino
December 23, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, finance ]
Veyna & Forschino disclose a breach involving an unauthorized access to a company email. Compromised information includes individuals' name, date of birth, telephone numbers, address, Social Security number, W-2 information, 1099 records (including account number if provided), and direct deposit bank account information.
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Jason's Deli
December 22, 2017
Jason's Deli notifies its customers that a large quantity of payment card information has appeared for sale on the "dark web," and that an analysis of the data indicated that at least a portion of the data may have come from various Jason's Deli locations.
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Colorado Mental Health Institute
December 22, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Colorado Mental Health Institute notifies 650 patients after a phishing incident.
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Globex
December 21, 2017
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[ hack, finance ]
Hackers try to steal 55 million rubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system. At the end the hackers only withdraw around $100,000.
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Nissan Canada Finance
December 21, 2017
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[ hack, financial, manufacturing ]
Nissan Canada's vehicle-financing wing has been hacked, putting personal information of as many as 1.13 million customers at risk. The exposed data includes at least customer names, addresses, vehicle makes and models, vehicle identification numbers (VINs), credit scores, loan amounts and monthly payment figures.
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WWE Diva Paige
December 21, 2017
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[ leak ]
Unknown hackers leaked a new private photo of WWE Diva Paige.
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Lyrics Mania
December 21, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In December 2017, the song lyrics website known as Lyrics Mania suffered a data breach. The data in the breach included 109k usernames, email addresses and plain text passwords. Numerous attempts were made to contact Lyrics Mania about the incident, however no responses were received.
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EtherDelta
December 20, 2017
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta is hacked, with many users unknowingly sending their tokens to the hacker instead of the exchange. At least 308 ETH ($266,789) were stolen, as well as a large number of tokens potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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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.
