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Unnamed Indian bank
August 2, 2016
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[ hack, finance ]
A pro-Pakistani hacker dubbed Afzal Faizal claims to have obtained access to the e-payment system of a nationalized bank.
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Unknown Organization
August 2, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
123-Reg is taken down by a massive DDoS attack.
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Banner Health
August 2, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Arizona healthcare group Banner Health reveals that hackers may have accessed records of 3.7 million of its customers. The attack was initiated on 17 June.
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Bitfinex
August 2, 2016
The price of bitcoin plummets after Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Bitfinex was hit by hackers who stole $65m ( 48m, 57m) of the digital currency.
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Irina Petrushova
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Irina Petrushova, a publisher of an independent Kazakh newspaper.
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Unknown Organization
August 2, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
A hacking crew that goes by the name of PeggleCrew compromises Fosshub and embedded malware inside the files hosted on the website and offered for download.
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parsiva
August 2, 2016
An Israeli hacker going by the handle of Zurael_sTz hacks the official website of Iranian Internet services provider Daba and leaks login credentials of thousands of registered users. The total hack should include 52K users.
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Peter Sahlas
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Peter Sahlas, a human rights attorney.
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Alexander Petrushov
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Alexander Petrushov, a publisher of an independent Kazakh newspaper.
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Astolfo di Amato
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Astolfo di Amato, an Italian attorney who spearheaded anti-corruption litigation against Kazakhstan.
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Iranian Telegram users
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage, hack, leak ]
Iranian hackers linked to the state sponsored group called Rocket Kitten have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users.
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Mukhtar Ablyazov's family
August 2, 2016
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[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. The victims include members of dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov's family.
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Penam
August 1, 2016
In name of OpBlokada, the Czech and the Slovakian divisions of the Anonymous DDoS the websites of private companies owned by Andrej Babis, the Czech Republic's Finance Minister. Targets include: Agrofert, Hyza, Cepro, Preol, Penam, Uniles, and Wotan Forest.
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Yahoo!
August 1, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
Peace, the hacker who has previously sold dumps of Myspace and LinkedIn, lists 200 million supposed credentials of Yahoo users on The Real Deal marketplace. Yahoo confirms to be aware of the claim.
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Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
August 1, 2016
Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants advises guests of a possible credit card breach.
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South Korea
August 1, 2016
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[ espionage, hack, finance ]
North Korean hackers gain access to data of dozens of South Korean officials including diplomats and top security personnel. Emails and passwords of as many as 56 people are leaked.
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Unknown Organization
August 1, 2016
UK debt relief charity Christians Against Poverty notifies supporters following a data breach that exposed personal details including phone and bank account numbers, and banking sort codes. Unidentified hackers broke into the charity's systems in late July.
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GSM Hosting
August 1, 2016
In August 2016, breached data from the vBulletin forum for GSM-Hosting appeared for sale alongside dozens of other hacked services. The breach impacted 2.6M users of the service and included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes.
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GTAGaming
August 1, 2016
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[ leak, hack, technology ]
In August 2016, the Grand Theft Auto forum GTAGaming was hacked and nearly 200k user accounts were leaked. The vBulletin based forum included usernames, email addresses and password hashes.
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DLH.net
July 31, 2016
In July 2016, the gaming news site DLH.net suffered a data breach which exposed 3.3M subscriber identities. Along with the keys used to redeem and activate games on the Steam platform, the breach also resulted in the exposure of email addresses, birth dates and salted MD5 password hashes. The data was donated to Have I Been Pwned by data breach monitoring service Vigilante.pw.
