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Lori Sattler
June 20, 2017
Lori Sattler, a state Supreme Court judge, is scammed out of more than $1 million after being fooled by an email she thought had been sent by her real estate lawyer, sending the money to an account to Commerce Bank of China.
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Col. Richard Downie
June 20, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Col. Richard Downie (ret.), the former director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies at the National Defense University. He worked on the 2014 presidential campaign of Juan Carlos Navarro.
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Argentinian Army Website
June 19, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Argentina's army says that its website has been hacked and images purported to be of members of the Islamic State militant group were posted on it.
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Nayana
June 19, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
A South Korean Web-hosting service provider, Nayana, agrees to pay $1 million to a ransomware operation that encrypted data stored on 153 Linux servers and 3,400 customer websites via the Erebus ransomware.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools
June 18, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
It looks like two months before the U.S. Presidential Elections. MoRo, a group of hackers from Morocco allegedly tried to hack the US voting systems. In an attempt, they hacked four school districts from Florida, including the Miami-Dade School District.
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The Buckle Inc.
June 17, 2017
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Buckle Inc., a clothier that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, discloses that its retail locations have been hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data.
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Bitfinex
June 15, 2017
Bitfinex, the world's largest US dollar-based Bitcoin exchange, is still suffering from the effects of a DDoS attack on its systems earlier this week, rendering IOTA deposits unavailable for users.
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University College London
June 15, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
University College London is hit by a "major" ransomware attack which brings down its shared drives and student management system. The attack also leads to a number of hospital trusts suspending their email servers as a precautionary measure, in an attempt to prevent the repetition of last month's damaging WannaCry epidemic.
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ATMs in India
June 14, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
ATMs in India are under attack via Rufus, a Chinese malware targeting cash machines running outdated Windows XP.
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CashCrate
June 14, 2017
Motherboard reveals that hackers made off with 6 million user accounts for CashCrate, a site where users can be paid to complete online surveys.
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Waverly Health Center
June 14, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Waverly Health Center is hit by ransomware, causing the medical facility to shut down their IT systems.
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U.S. Electoral System
June 13, 2017
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[ espionage, government ]
New investigations reveal that Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
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Google News
June 12, 2017
Legitimate news sites listed on Google News replace articles with spam ads for drugs and dating sites. The incident occurred after two online wine magazine (Palate Press and the Boyne City Gazette) were hacked.
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Select Restaurant
June 9, 2017
Ohio-based Select Restaurant chain reports it suffered a point-of-sale breach during which customer payment card information was compromised. The breach took place between October 36, 2016 and February 3, 2017 at 12 of the company's restaurants.
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Al Jazeera Media Network
June 8, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The websites and digital platforms of Al Jazeera Media Network are undergoing "systematic and continual hacking attempts". Internal sources reveal that the network is facing a DDoS attack.
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CD Projekt Red
June 8, 2017
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[ ransomware, technology ]
CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio maker behind the popular The Witcher 3 RPG, suffers a data breach and the attacker is holding the company for ransom, threatening to release stolen files if the game maker doesn't pay an undisclosed sum of money.
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Gordon Ramsay
June 7, 2017
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[ financial, hack, insider ]
The father-in-law of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is jailed for six months after pleading guilty to attempting to hack into his computer to steal financial information and 'dirty' secrets on the star for the hacking plot to crack into Ramsay's private email.
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Southern Oregon University
June 7, 2017
Southern Oregon University announces that it is the latest organization to fall victim to a business email compromise (BEC) attack after fraudsters tricked the educational establishment into transferring money into a bank account under their control.
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Montenegro
June 6, 2017
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[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Security firm FireEye reveals the details of a wave of attacks targeting Montenegro using spear-phishing, after its decision to join NATO.
