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Unnamed Bitcoin exchange in South Korea
August 24, 2017
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[ hack, espionage, finance ]
The CWIC Cyber Warfare Research Center in South Korea reveals that a domestic exchange for bitcoin has been the target of an attempted hacking. Suspects are directed to North Korea.
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FC Barcelona Twitter account
August 23, 2017
The OurMine collective takes over the official Twitter and Facebook accounts of Barcelona and falsely announce the signing of Angel Di Maria from Paris Saint-Germain.
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MacEwan University
August 23, 2017
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[ financial, social, phishing ]
MacEwan University staffers are tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers' bank accounts. The majority of the money, $11.4 million, has been traced to bank accounts in Montreal and Hong Kong.
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Crystal Finance Millennium
August 23, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hackers breach the servers of Crystal Finance Millennium (CFM), another Ukraine company that makes accounting software for local businesses, sparking fear of a new global cyberattack.
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Loopia
August 22, 2017
Swedish web hosting provider Loopia reveals to have been hacked with the attackers able to access part of the customer database.
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Enigma Blockchain Project
August 21, 2017
Another attack exploiting an Initial Coin Offering. As much as $500,000 in ether is stolen from supporters of the Enigma blockchain project following a security compromise. Attackers are able to take control of the project's website domain, one of the administrator accounts on its Slack channel and its mailing lists.
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LG
August 21, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Global consumer electronics manufacturer LG confirms it had to shut down some parts of its network after systems fell victim to WannaCry ransomware. Ransomware is also found on an LG self-service kiosk in South Korea.
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Official PlayStation Twitter account
August 21, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
The official Twitter and Facebook PlayStation accounts are taken over by the hacking group OurMine. The attackers also claim to have managed to access a PSN database.
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Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield
August 21, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield says it will cut its Internet connection for some of its offices after a ransomware attacked 21 of its Internet terminals.
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Bittrex
August 19, 2017
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[ financial, phishing, finance ]
A fake website pretends to be the official site for Bittrex exchange, but in reality, it is a phishing domain not only stealing login credentials of unsuspecting users, but also the money saved in the exchange.
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Pacific Alliance Medical Center
August 19, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Pacific Alliance Medical Center notifies 266,123 patients of a ransomware incident that occurred on June 14.
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22 GOP Senators
August 18, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
Hacktivist collective Anonymous reportedly leaks the private contact details of 22 GOP senators, in the wake of the Charlottesville violence and US President Donald Trump's controversial response to the event, asking for Trump's impeachment.
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National Health Service
August 18, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
A member of the Anonymous hacking collective claims to have stolen data belonging to 1.2 million patients of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). The breach affected SwiftQueue, a software provider of dashboard and metrics solutions to healthcare providers.
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"Girls" Twitter account
August 17, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Several HBO Twitter accounts are taken over by the notorious OurMine hacking group, posting #HBOHacked messages and warnings about security. Affected accounts include the main HBO Twitter account, as well as those for TV shows including Game of Thrones and Girls.
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OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
August 17, 2017
OSHA suspends user access to the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) after the Department of Homeland Security notifies the Department of Labor of a potential compromise of user information.
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Blizzard Entertainment
August 15, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The web servers of Blizzard Entertainment suffer a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
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Scottish Parliament
August 15, 2017
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[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Officials reveal that the Scottish Parliament has been targeted by a "brute force" cyber attack. The attack, from "external sources", was similar to that which affected Westminster in June.
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FireEye
August 14, 2017
A group of hackers called 31337 leaks a second dump of data allegedly stolen from security company FireEye.
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Namaste Health Care
August 14, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Namaste Health notifies about 1,600 patients its office experienced a security incident over the weekend of Aug. 12-13, when, when the file server was targeted by ransomware.
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Official website of Charlottesville
August 12, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim responsibility for carrying out a DDoS attack on the official website of Charlottesville city Virginia. The attack is conducted under the banner of #OpDomesticTerrorism.
