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Kaspersky Lab
October 10, 2017
The New York Times reveals that Israeli hackers broke into the Kaspersky network back in 2014 and advised the US about the NSA breach.
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U.S. Electric Power Companies
October 10, 2017
FireEye says in a new report to private clients that hackers linked to North Korea recently targeted U.S. electric power companies with spearphishing emails.
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Musgrave Group
October 10, 2017
Musgrave Group, the owner of Ireland's most popular supermarket is hit by a cyber attack, with criminals trying to get shoppers' credit and debit card details.
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Rivermend Health
October 10, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Rivermend Health notifies 1,300 patients who had information in an employee's email account that was compromised.
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Far Eastern International Bank
October 9, 2017
A hacking gang abuses the SWIFT banking network to steal $60 million after planting malware on a Taiwanese bank's servers. Two arrests are made in Sri Lanka related to the attack. The Lazarus Group is believed to be behind the attack.
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Forrester Research
October 6, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Forrester, one of the world's leading market research and investment advisory firms, admits that a security breach took place during the past week. An unidentified attacker (or attackers) has gained access to the infrastructure hosting its website stealing site credentials and proprietary research.
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Disqus
October 6, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
Disqus confirms a data breach that appears to have taken place in the summer of 2012, and during which an unknown attacker(s) made off with details for at least 17.5 million user accounts.
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Movimento 5 Stelle
October 5, 2017
A new attack takes down Rousseau, the online voting platform used by the Italian Movimento 5 Stelle. Some internal screenshots are also posted online.
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National Security Agency
October 5, 2017
The Wall Street Journal reveals that hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer.
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John Kelly's personal cellphone
October 5, 2017
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[ hack, espionage, government ]
White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.
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Austin Manual Therapy Associates
October 4, 2017
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[ leak, healthcare ]
The Dark Overlord claims to have hacked Austin Manual Therapy Associates and leaks a sample data.
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4,000 NATO soldiers
October 4, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russian hackers have so far accessed the phones of 4,000 NATO troops in Europe.
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Etherparty
October 1, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
Hackers disrupt the Etherparty ICO (Initial Coin Offering) after hijacking the platform's website, displaying their own Ethereum address, tricking 59 ICO participants into sending funds to the wrong wallets.
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OKEx
October 1, 2017
After victims reported collectively losing over 600 Bitcoins, worth around 20 million Chinese yuan, at the time of the thefts, or around 3 million USD, OKEx, a Bitcoin exchange based in China, issues a statement, denying it was hacked earlier in August.
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Legendas.TV
October 1, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration ]
In October 2017, the now defunct Brazilian service for retrieving subtitles in Portuguese Legendas.TV suffered a data breach that exposed nearly 4M customer records. The impacted data included names, usernames, email and IP addresses and unsalted SHA-1 hashes.
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North Korea's Reconaissance General Bureau
September 30, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
U.S. government officials told the Washington Post that the United States had launched a denial of service campaign against North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency.
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General Confederation of Italian Industry
September 30, 2017
The director of the General Confederation of Italian Industry group in Brussels falls victim of an email scam and transfers 500,000 EUR (590,000 USD) to an unknown bank account.
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national-lottery
September 30, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Camelot reveals that a DDoS attack took down the website of the National Lottery.
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R6DB
September 30, 2017
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[ ransomware, hack ]
R6DB, a fan-powered online gaming service that provides statistics for players of Ubisoft's tactical FPS Rainbow Six Siege, is hit by hackers, who wipe its databases and hold the data for ransom.
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Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA)
September 29, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA), says that its website had been the target of cyber attacks from outside the kingdom.
