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Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
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FunPlus
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker steals user account information (3.3 million records) and alleged product source code from FunPlus, the company that makes highly popular free-to-play mobile game Family Farm Seaside.
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International Trade Union Confederation
February 14, 2017
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[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Amnesty International reveals the details of Operation Kingphish: a campaign of cyberattacks mainly targeting activists and journalists in Qatar and Nepal. One of the named victims is the International Trade Union Confederation.
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Italian Foreign Ministry
February 10, 2017
Russia is suspected by Italian officials of being behind a sustained hacking attack against the Italian foreign ministry last year that compromised email communications and lasted for many months before it was detected.
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Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
February 10, 2017
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is the victim of a targeted attack. The attack is thought to originate from Pakistan.
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Hitachi Payment Services
February 9, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hitachi Payments Services confirms that its systems were compromised by a sophisticated malware in mid-2016, that led to one of the biggest cyber security breaches in the country with 3.2 million cards affected.
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Loblaws
February 9, 2017
Loblaw warns PC Plus rewards collectors to reset their passwords after points were stolen from some members' accounts.
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Arby's
February 9, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
The fast food restaurant chain Arby's has suffered a breach involving the payment card systems in up to 1,100 of its locations.
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FileSilo
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
UK magazine publisher Future's FileSilo website (FileSilo.co.uk) is raided by hackers, who make off with, among other information, unencrypted user account passwords.
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Sports Direct
February 8, 2017
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[ leak, retail ]
Sports Direct is accused to have suffered (and kept hidden) a data breach affecting 30,000 employees. The breach allegedly happened in September 2016.
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Alton Steel, Inc.
February 8, 2017
A security breach at Alton Steel, Inc. has left its employees open to identity theft, and more than one employee has already this year had fraudulent tax returns filed in their name.
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UPI
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
zerodark70 sells a database supposedly containing 83,000 compromised accounts from UPI.com, the website of the 110-year-old American news agency United Press International.
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Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA)
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
15,000 data files of Taiwanese nationals could have been hacked due to an intrusion in the email system.
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National Treasury Management Agency
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The National Treasury Management Agency temporarily suspends access to its website for several hours today after a suspected defacement attack.
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Austrian Parliament
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Austria's parliament says that a Turkish hackers' group dubbed Aslan Neferler Tim (ANT), or Lion Soldiers Team has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brought down its website for 20 minutes during the weekend.
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Canadian Tire
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Canadian Tire shuts down customer access to online accounts after detecting unusual traffic in their website.
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Darcy Vescio's Twitter account (@darcyvee)
February 7, 2017
AFL Women's league player Darcy Vescio's Twitter account is hacked.
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David Beckham
February 7, 2017
David Beckham's emails are held hostage by hackers, and published after his representatives refuse to pay a ransom of 1 million ( 860,000). The 'Beckileaks' came as part of a breach on sports and entertainment agency, Doyen Global (18.6 million emails).
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Six NHS Websites
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The Independent reveals that, over the past six weeks, six NHS websites were defaced showing gruesome images of the conflict in Syria with the hashtags: #Op_Russia and #save_aleppo.
