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National Security Agency
October 5, 2017
The Wall Street Journal reveals that hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer.
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John Kelly's personal cellphone
October 5, 2017
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[ hack, espionage, government ]
White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.
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Austin Manual Therapy Associates
October 4, 2017
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[ leak, healthcare ]
The Dark Overlord claims to have hacked Austin Manual Therapy Associates and leaks a sample data.
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4,000 NATO soldiers
October 4, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russian hackers have so far accessed the phones of 4,000 NATO troops in Europe.
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Etherparty
October 1, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
Hackers disrupt the Etherparty ICO (Initial Coin Offering) after hijacking the platform's website, displaying their own Ethereum address, tricking 59 ICO participants into sending funds to the wrong wallets.
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OKEx
October 1, 2017
After victims reported collectively losing over 600 Bitcoins, worth around 20 million Chinese yuan, at the time of the thefts, or around 3 million USD, OKEx, a Bitcoin exchange based in China, issues a statement, denying it was hacked earlier in August.
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Legendas.TV
October 1, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration ]
In October 2017, the now defunct Brazilian service for retrieving subtitles in Portuguese Legendas.TV suffered a data breach that exposed nearly 4M customer records. The impacted data included names, usernames, email and IP addresses and unsalted SHA-1 hashes.
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North Korea's Reconaissance General Bureau
September 30, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
U.S. government officials told the Washington Post that the United States had launched a denial of service campaign against North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency.
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General Confederation of Italian Industry
September 30, 2017
The director of the General Confederation of Italian Industry group in Brussels falls victim of an email scam and transfers 500,000 EUR (590,000 USD) to an unknown bank account.
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national-lottery
September 30, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Camelot reveals that a DDoS attack took down the website of the National Lottery.
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R6DB
September 30, 2017
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[ ransomware, hack ]
R6DB, a fan-powered online gaming service that provides statistics for players of Ubisoft's tactical FPS Rainbow Six Siege, is hit by hackers, who wipe its databases and hold the data for ransom.
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Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA)
September 29, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA), says that its website had been the target of cyber attacks from outside the kingdom.
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San Ysidro School District
September 29, 2017
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Malware infects the San Ysidro School District, deleting emails and forcing the district to temporarily shut down part of its systems.
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Minsk Operational Administration of the Armed Forces
September 28, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted the government of Belarus for espionage purposes, using a tool known as Travle or PYLOT, which is believed to be an update of malware used by NetTraveler. Between June and August the threat actor sent a total of 20 unique emails to various government entities. The emails contained a series of subject lines revolving around Zapad-2017, a joint exercise between the Russian and Belarusian militaries.
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Toms River Police Department
September 28, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The township of Toms River plans to notify about 3,700 people that their personal information may have been compromised by a data breach inside the police department over the summer.
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Danish Ministry Foreign Affairs
September 28, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, are hit by a DDoS attack thought to have come from a Turkish hacker group dubbed Aslan Neferler Tim.
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Whole Foods Market
September 28, 2017
Whole Foods Market says payment card information has been stolen from taprooms, restaurants and other venues located within some of its stores.
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Free Press Fight For the Future
September 27, 2017
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals the details of "Phish For The Future," an advanced persistent spearphishing campaign targeting digital civil liberties activists at Free Press and Fight For the Future discovered between July 7th and August 8th of 2017.
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Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center
September 27, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center disclose a ransomware incident that may or may not have resulted in access to protected health information of as many as 128,000 patients.
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Sonic Drive-In
September 26, 2017
Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with nearly 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. states, acknowledges a breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems.
