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Coachella
February 22, 2017
In February 2017, hundreds of thousands of records from the Coachella music festival were discovered being sold online. Allegedly taken from a combination of the main Coachella website and their vBulletin-based message board, the data included almost 600k usernames, IP and email addresses and salted hashes of passwords (MD5 in the case of the message board).
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Unknown Organization
February 20, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
A hacker claims to have hacked the official web forum of a gun retailer Airsoft GI (airsoftgiforum.com) and uploaded its data on Dropbox.
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Asiana Airlines
February 19, 2017
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[ hack ]
Kuroi'SH defaces the official website of Asiana Airlines, one of the major airlines in South Korea.
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secure2donaldjtrump
February 19, 2017
A hacked dubbed Pro_Mast3r defaces a server associated with President Donald Trump's presidential campaign donations.
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Unnamed Oklahoma agency
February 18, 2017
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services confirms that an unnamed agency has been targeted by ransomware.
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Family Service Rochester
February 18, 2017
Family Services Rochester notifies individuals that portions of its computer systems that contained personal information have been compromised by ransomware.
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Zcoin
February 17, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
A simple one-digit typo within the source code of a cryptocurrency called Zcoin has allowed a hacker to make a profit of over $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
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Lexington Medical Center
February 17, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Lexington Medical Center notifies employees of a breach affecting its database.
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Bingham County
February 17, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Hackers demand $25K-$30K after ransomware attack takes down Bingham County servers.
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FreeOnes
February 16, 2017
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[ leak ]
In February 2017, the forum for the adult website FreeOnes suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The data included 960k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.
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Yahoo!
February 15, 2017
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[ espionage, misconfiguration, technology ]
Yahoo sends out another round of notifications to users, warning some that their accounts may have been breached as recently as last year. The accounts were affected by a flaw in Yahoo's mail service that allowed an attacker, most likely a "state actor", according to Yahoo, to use a forged cookie created by software stolen from within Yahoo's internal systems to gain access accounts without a password.
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PharmaNet
February 15, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, when an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."
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Unknown Organization
February 15, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The websites of the Montenegrin government and several state institutions, as well as some pro-government media, are targeted with multiple cyberattacks started since February 15th. Among the victims is the web portal of the Government of Montenegro (www.gov.me).
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Citizens Memorial Hospital
February 14, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Citizens Memorial Hospital employees' data are compromised by a W-2 phishing scam.
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San Antonio Symphony
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, leak ]
Computer hackers break into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony, stealing the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and W-2 tax forms for about 250 employees.
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Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
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FunPlus
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker steals user account information (3.3 million records) and alleged product source code from FunPlus, the company that makes highly popular free-to-play mobile game Family Farm Seaside.
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International Trade Union Confederation
February 14, 2017
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[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Amnesty International reveals the details of Operation Kingphish: a campaign of cyberattacks mainly targeting activists and journalists in Qatar and Nepal. One of the named victims is the International Trade Union Confederation.
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Italian Foreign Ministry
February 10, 2017
Russia is suspected by Italian officials of being behind a sustained hacking attack against the Italian foreign ministry last year that compromised email communications and lasted for many months before it was detected.
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Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
