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OVH
September 26, 2016
Hosting company OVH is subject to the biggest attack DDoS known to date, with peaks of over 1 Tb per second of traffic.
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i-dressup
September 26, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Un unknown hacker downloads more than 2.2 million of improperly stored account credentials from i-dressup.com, a social hangout website for teenage girls.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
September 25, 2016
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) leak personal details of several Azeri government officials and also deface several Azeri embassy and government sites to celebrate 25 years of Armenian independence.
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
September 24, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 releases a new cache of documents from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee).
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apple.afsmith.bm
September 23, 2016
Office supplies firm AF Smith suspends sales on its Apple website amid fears over credit-card hacking.
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Unnamed Afghan mobile operator
September 23, 2016
Der Spiegel reveals that the Bundeswehr's (German Armed Forces) special cyber unit is believed to have conducted the nation's first known "offensive" cyber operation in 2015, when it hacked into the network of an Afghan mobile network provider.
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floridabar
September 22, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker or hackers associated with a former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy who has a long-standing dispute with Florida law enforcement that appears to have gotten him raided by the FBI managed to access and acquire what appears to be the Florida Bar Association's entire database.
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Michelle Obama
September 22, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport is leaked online alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
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Yahoo!
September 22, 2016
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) confirms that a copy of certain user account information was stolen by a state-sponsored actor from the company's network in late 2014. The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.
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Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic
September 22, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic warns its users to have been hacked on September 22, even if some evidences suggests the hack could have happened several months earlier.
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Ethereum
September 22, 2016
Ethereum, a public blockchain-based decentralised computing platform for the cryptocurrency Ether is targeted by a DDoS attack on its network, causing all mining activities to slow down.
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H&L Australia
September 20, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Hackers claim to have hacked Australian point-of-sale technology (PoS) company H&L Australia, and offer the database for sale. They were already offering it for sale for AU$22,000 ($16,580, 12,723) more than two months ago.
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justformen[.]com
September 20, 2016
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
The website for Just For Men, a company that sells various products for men is compromised to serve malware to its visitors.
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modaco
September 20, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Modaco.com, a UK-based forum dedicated to the Android operating system is breached, with nearly 800,000 usernames and passwords stolen by hackers. The attack dates back to January 2016.
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Saint Francis Health System
September 19, 2016
Saint Francis Health System acknowledges the hack of 6,000 names and addresses.
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Unknown Organization
September 18, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Blizzard's Battle.net servers are knocked offline by yet another denial-of-service (DDoS) attack claimed by hacking group PoodleCorp.
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American Muslim Leadership Council
September 17, 2016
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[ hack ]
A hacker going by the name MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida) defaces the American Human Rights Council (AHRC) and 62 other websites, leaving a message calling for jihad.
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SS&C Technologies
September 16, 2016
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[ financial, social, phishing ]
SS&C Technologies, falls victim to China-based hackers who sent fake emails to company staffers in order to trick them into releasing client money, according to a complaint.
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St. Francis Health System
September 14, 2016
St. Francis Health System is hacked and the data is sold on the Dark Web for 24 BTC (14,500 USD, 11,000 GBP, 13,000 EUR).
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World Anti-Doping Agency
September 14, 2016
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[ hack, espionage ]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a suspected Russian hacking group illegally accessed its "administration and management system" - known as "Adams" and stole troves of sensitive data on athletes. Among those targeted are Serena and Venus Williams.
