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Tesla
February 20, 2018
Researchers at security firm RedLock say hackers accessed one of Tesla's Amazon cloud accounts and used it to run currency-mining software. The breach started with a Kubernetes console left exposed.
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HardwareZone (HWZ) Forum website
February 20, 2018
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
The HardwareZone (HWZ) Forum website is hacked and approximately 685,000 user profiles are affected. A senior moderator's account has been compromised by an unidentified hacker, and used to access the user profiles since September 2017.
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Los Angeles Times
February 20, 2018
Troy Mursch, a security researcher at Bad Packets Report, finds cryptojacking code hidden (based on Coinhive) on the Los Angeles Times' interactive Homicide Report webpage.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
February 20, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
CDOT is hit with a ransomware attack, attributed to SamSam, which forces the organization to shut down 2,000 computers.
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Blac Chyna
February 19, 2018
American model and entrepreneur Blac Chyna falls victim of The Fappening, having intimate content posted online.
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2,844 Separate Data Breaches
February 19, 2018
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In February 2018, a massive collection of almost 3,000 alleged data breaches was found online. Whilst some of the data had previously been seen in Have I Been Pwned, 2,844 of the files consisting of more than 80 million unique email addresses had not previously been seen. Each file contained both an email address and plain text password and were consequently loaded as a single "unverified" data breach.
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India's City Union Bank
February 18, 2018
India's City Union Bank reveals that cyber criminals have been able to hack its systems and transfer nearly $2 million through three unauthorized remittances to lenders overseas via the SWIFT financial platform.
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Davidson County
February 16, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Davidson County computers are hit by an unspecified ransomware.
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Roomsurf
February 16, 2018
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[ hack, technology ]
Roomsurf notifies its users of a data breach in which the attacker has been able to obtain usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses.
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Unnamed Russian bank
February 16, 2018
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Russian Central Bank reveals that unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system.
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Laufer Group International
February 16, 2018
Laufer Group International is the victim of a W-2 scam.
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Jemison Internal Medicine
February 16, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Jemison Internal Medicine notifies 6,550 patients of a ransomware attack. However the investigation reveals that the systems had already been compromised.
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White and Bright Family Dental
February 16, 2018
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[ hack, healthcare ]
White and Bright Family Dental notifies patients of a hack occurred on January 30, 2018.
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Retina-X Studios
February 15, 2018
A vigilante hacker claims to have wiped 1 Terabyte of data from Retina-X Studios, a company that sells spyware products.
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Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel
February 14, 2018
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel is hit with what appears to be a point of sales data breach that occurred when several devices at the hotel were hit with malware.
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Atos
February 14, 2018
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Reports emerge that the Olympic Destroyer malware might be used months before to target Atos, the IT provider of Winter Olympics.
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Western Union
February 14, 2018
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
Western Union warns that some customers' information may have been accessed without authorization as a result of a computer intrusion against an external vendor system formerly used by Western Union for secure data storage.
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City of Allentown
February 13, 2018
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[ malware, government ]
The city of Allentown is hit by the Emotet Trojan. The City believes that the cost of remediation is closeto $1 million.
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Advertisement screen in London
February 13, 2018
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
And the last victim of the cryptocurrency frenzy is an advertisement screen in London that is infected by a miner.
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City of Savannah
February 13, 2018
The city of Savannah is in recovery mode after being hit by a malware attack when a city worker most likely opened a malicious email.
