Atrium Hospitality
March 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware ]
Atrium Hospitality notifies 376 hotel guests of a ransomware attack that occurred on December 2017.
UK National Lottery
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The UK National Lottery advises all 10.5 million people with online accounts to change their passwords following an attempt by hackers to access accounts using credential stuffing.
TheDarkOverlord
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
TheDarkOverlord claims to have breached H-E Parts Morgan. The breach seems to have occurred in November.
U.S. Maritime Entities
March 16, 2018
Security firm FireEye reveals the details of TEMP.Periscope, a Chinese group focused on U.S. maritime entities that were either linked to -- or have clients operating in -- the South China Sea.
Frost Bank
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Frost Bank investigates a breach after the company discovered unauthorized access to digital images stored in those customers' commercial image archives.
Family Health Clinic of Carroll County
March 15, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County receive notices that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. A malicious file was installed on some computers on September 1st.
Unnamed petrochemical company in Saudi Arabia
March 15, 2018
•[ hack, energy ]
The New York Times reveals that back in August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a cyberattack aimed to sabotage the firm's operations and trigger an explosion.
Unnamed European government
March 15, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal a new campaign carried on by the infamous APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear AKA Sofacy) targeting an unnamed European Government, exploiting an updated version of DealersChoice, a platform that exploits a Flash vulnerability.
Svitzer
March 15, 2018
•[ insider, misconfiguration ]
The shipping company Svitzer suffers a significant data breach affecting almost half its Australian employees when three employees have had emails auto-forwarded in the past 11 months.
Meghan Markle
March 15, 2018
•[ leak, hack ]
The Fappening saga continues with new photo leaks published online. The most recent victim is none other than Meghan Markle, the soon-to-be Mrs. Prince Harry. Some believe ISIS could be involved in the hack, even if no official claim is made.
Nampa School District
March 15, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
The Nampa School District informed its employees of a potential security issue involving personally identifiable information of about 3,983 of its current and past employees.
Fortnite
March 14, 2018
•[ hack, financial, technology ]
Several news reports surface of the suspected hacking of player accounts of popular video game Fortnite, with some gamers apparently faced with large credit card charges from fraudulent purchases.
Queensland Transport Department
March 13, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
ABC News reveals that overseas hackers breached the Queensland Transport Department's security network last year, before attempting to steal information from staff members from other sections of government.
Gwent Police
March 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Gwent Police is being investigated after failing to inform up to 450 people that hackers may have accessed their confidential reports to the force.
Port of Longview
March 13, 2018
•[ hack ]
The Port of Longview is hit by a cyber attack that may have affected hundreds of past and current employees and dozens of vendors.
Okaloosa Water and Sewer
March 12, 2018
Okaloosa Water and Sewer warns its users of a security breach involving external vendors which process electronic credit/debit card payments for water and sewer bills.
ATI Physical Therapy
March 12, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
ATI Physical Therapy notifies patients of a security incident that appears to have targeted employees' email accounts.
National Rifle Association (NRA)
March 10, 2018
•[ hack, ddos ]
According to a report released by Netlab, three different National Rifle Association (NRA) websites experienced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Mississippi Valley State University
March 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Mississippi Valley State University's campus was temporary without internet service this week after university officials said the school was hit by a SamSam ransomware attack.
Florida Virtual Learning School (FVLS)
March 9, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
Florida Virtual Learning School notifies 368,000 current and former students, after an individual with the moniker $2a$45 uploads information of 35,000 students on a forum. Leon County Schools is among the affected organizations.