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Union Grove School District
November 30, 2017
Several East Texas school districts are affected by ransomware, according to a notice from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Affected school districts include New Diana, Ore City, Gilmer, Gladewater, Harleton, Harrison County Juvenile Services, Karnack, Union Grove and Union Hill.
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Open CS:GO
November 28, 2017
In December 2017, the website for purchasing Counter-Strike skins known as Open CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) suffered a data breach (address since redirects to dropgun.com). The 10GB file contained an extensive amount of personal information including email and IP addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses and purchase histories. Numerous attempts were made to contact Open CS:GO about the incident, however no responses were received.
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Bulletproof Coffee
November 27, 2017
Bulletproof Coffee, the company behind the trendy energy-boosting, butter-infused java, says it has suffered a data breach, compromising the personal and financial details of its customers. The company discovered "unauthorised computer code" added to the software that operates the checkout page on its website.
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Siemens
November 27, 2017
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[ espionage, hack, manufacturing ]
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted three members of Boyusec, a China-based internet security firm, on charges including conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse and conspiring to commit trade-secret theft. The victims included Moody's Analytics, Siemens, and Trimble. Though not mentioned in the indictment, Boyusec is believed to work on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security and be a front for APT3.
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Imgur
November 23, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
Imgur is notified of a potential security breach that occurred in 2014 and affected the email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accounts.
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Bitcoin Gold
November 22, 2017
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[ financial, phishing, finance ]
More than $3.3 million worth of Cryptocurrency is stolen as part of an elaborate scam that took advantage of bitcoin users seeking to claim their share of the newly created cryptocurrency Bitcoin Gold.
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Loake Shoes
November 22, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Loake Shoes warns its customers to have been the victim of a cyber attack. Apparently the email server has been compromised even if no other details are disclosed.
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Single individual's Bitcoin wallet
November 22, 2017
Austrian police say cyber-thieves transferred bitcoin worth more than 100,000 ($117,000) from a man's account while he was logged in on a restaurant's public WiFi network.
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YMCA of Central Florida
November 22, 2017
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[ leak ]
The YMCA of Central Florida (YMCA) announces it is notifying individuals related to an isolated security incident involving certain personal information.
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CoinPouch
November 22, 2017
Hackers allegedly steal over $655,000 worth of Verge cryptocurrency from the CoinPouch wallet.
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Uber
November 21, 2017
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[ hack, ransomware, technology ]
Bloomberg reveals that hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber, a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year, after paying $100,000 to the attackers.
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TheTVDB.com
November 21, 2017
In November 2017, the open television database known as TheTVDB.com suffered a data breach. The breached data was posted to a hacking forum and included 182k records with usernames, email addresses and MySQL password hashes.
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Tether
November 19, 2017
Tether, a start-up known for offering dollar-backed cryptocurrency, announces that hackers have breached their security and stole a whopping $30 million worth of tokens. The breach took place on 19th November 2017.
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Sacramento Regional Transit system
November 19, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Sacramento Regional Transit system is hit by destructive ransomware, and the attackers threaten to do more damages if the SacRT doesn't pay them the equivalent of $8,000 in bitcoins.
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Islamic State
November 18, 2017
A group of Iraqi hackers called Daeshgram places pornographic images into the terror group's communication networks in order to undermine ISIS credibility.
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Xinmin Secondary School
November 18, 2017
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[ leak, education ]
Xinmin Secondary School is discovered to have been breached when names and identity card numbers of its students have been leaked on pastebin.
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Melbourne International Shooting Club
November 18, 2017
Police investigate the hacking of Melbourne International Shooting Club, a gun club database that may have exposed where more than 1500 semi-automatic handguns are stored. The breach happened in September.
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Medical College of Wisconsin
November 17, 2017
The Medical College of Wisconsin reveals that the confidential medical information or other personal data of 9,500 patients was compromised by a targeted attack on the school's email system in July.
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Algerie Telecom
November 17, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Algerian state telecom operator Algerie Telecom is hit by a prolonged DDoS attack.
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Montgomery County, IL
November 17, 2017
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[ hack, malware, government ]
The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reported that much of the county's computer system went down last week due to what it is calling a malware incident.
