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Roblox
July 31, 2016
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In August 2016, Roblox disclosed a data breach that affected over 50k users. The security incident impacted email and IP addresses, usernames, purchases and Robux balances which were left exposed on a test server.
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Claudio X. Gonzlez
July 27, 2016
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Claudio X. Gonz lez, the director of Mexicans Against Impunity and Corruption.
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Interpark Corp.
July 25, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
Interpark, a South Korean online shopping mall, is the victim of a data breach with more 10 million customers affected.
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AKP Emails
July 19, 2016
In July 2016, a hacker known as Phineas Fisher hacked Turkey's ruling party (Justice and Development Party or "AKP") and gained access to 300k emails. The full contents of the emails were subsequently published by WikiLeaks and made searchable. HIBP identified over 917k unique email address patterns in the data set, including message IDs and a number of other non-user addresses.
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AdultSingleSites
July 15, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
In name of the same campaign ElSurveillance leaks 67,118 user records from adultsinglesites.com.au.
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Poland's Defence Ministry
July 15, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
This time Pravyy Sector threaten to release data stolen from Poland's Defence Ministry if the government doesn't pay $50,000. The hackers show a proof of the data they allegedly accessed.
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AfrikaDating
July 15, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
ElSurveillance continues his #EscortsOffline campaign and leaks 12,738 user records from afrikadating.com.
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PinkDate
July 15, 2016
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[ leak ]
In name of the same campaign ElSurveillance leaks 67,118 user records from PinkDate.co.uk.
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i-Dressup
July 15, 2016
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[ leak, sqlinjection, technology ]
In June 2016, the teen social site known as i-Dressup was hacked and over 2 million user accounts were exposed. At the time the hack was reported, the i-Dressup operators were not contactable and the underlying SQL injection flaw remained open, allegedly exposing a total of 5.5 million accounts. The breach included email addresses and passwords stored in plain text.
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Fernando Doval
July 14, 2016
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Fernando Doval, the communications secretary of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
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Steemit
July 14, 2016
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[ hack, financial, technology ]
Social media site Steemit temporarily shuts down after a major hack. The attackers compromise 260 accounts and make off with $85,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
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Democratic National Committee
July 14, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 leaks more documents reportedly stolen from the computer networks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including opposition research, political donor lists and internal memos.
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ubuntuforums
July 14, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Popular Ubuntu Forum ubuntuforums.org is hacked and 2 million user details that includes usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses are stolen.
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Clash of Kings
July 14, 2016
In July 2016, the forum for the game "Clash of Kings" suffered a data breach that impacted 1.6 million subscribers. The impacted data included usernames, IP and email addresses and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
July 13, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A report published by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology found that hackers purported to be from China had compromised computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation repeatedly between 2010 and 2013.
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Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
July 12, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack.
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HSBC
July 12, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hacker group OurMine, claims that it temporarily took down the servers of HSBC in the US and the UK.
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fourdollarclick
July 12, 2016
In a rage of hacking, SonnySpooks hacks threedollarclick.com, fourdollarclick.com and sevendollarclick.com and dumps more than 200K records with usernames and hashed passwords.
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UK Network Rail
July 12, 2016
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[ hack ]
Security firm DarkTrace reveals that four major cyberattacks have been reported on UK railway computer networks over the past year.
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Unnamed healthcare software company
July 12, 2016
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[ leak, healthcare ]
The Dark Overlord offers the source code, software signing keys, and customer license database for a firm that develops and markets healthcare software.
