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FC Barcelona
February 19, 2014
The official Twitter Account of FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) is hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army who also post a message against Qatar.
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National Portal of India
February 19, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers of ZCompany Hacking Crew (ZHC) hack india.gov.in, the National Portal of India, posting a message in favor of Kashmir.
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University of Maryland, College Park
February 19, 2014
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Maryland announces that a database containing 309,079 records of faculty, staff, students and affiliated personnel from the College Park and Shady Grove campuses has been breached.
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Well
February 18, 2014
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[ financial, retail ]
Well.ca, a Canadian online retailer for health and beauty products, declares to have suffered a data breach, compromising the credit card information of a few thousand of its customers.
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Snecma
February 18, 2014
French aerospace engine maker Snecma, is attacked by hackers with a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer.
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Wurm Online
February 18, 2014
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[ ddos, technology ]
After being knocked down by a DDoS attack, the operator of the online playing-game Wurm online offer a bounty of 10,000 euros ($13,000) to gather any information about the author of the attack.
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Muslim Directory
February 17, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
A hacker using the handle @th3inf1d3l announces a leak of data from muslimdirectory.co.uk resulting in 38,903 user credentials being leaked online.
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Muslim Directory
February 17, 2014
In February 2014, the UK guide to services and business known as the Muslim Directory was attacked by the hacker known as @th3inf1d3l. The data was consequently dumped publicly and included the web accounts of tens of thousands of users which contained data including their names, home address, age group, email, website activity and password in plain text.
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Kickstarter
February 16, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Kickstarter announces that it has become aware of a security breach resulting in the loss of personal customer data like usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Potentially 5.6 million users have been affected.
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Kickstarter
February 16, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
In February 2014, the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained almost 5.2 million unique email addresses, usernames and salted SHA1 hashes of passwords.
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United Socialist Party of Venezuela
February 15, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The verified Twitter account (@PartidoPSUV) of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is hacked by LulzSec Peru.
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Forbes
February 15, 2014
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[ leak, technology ]
In February 2014, the Forbes website succumbed to an attack that leaked over 1 million user accounts. The attack was attributed to the Syrian Electronic Army, allegedly as retribution for a perceived "Hate of Syria". The attack not only leaked user credentials, but also resulted in the posting of fake news stories to forbes.com.
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Bank of the West
February 14, 2014
An undisclosed number of individuals who applied online for a position with San Francisco-based Bank of the West have their personal information (including Social Security numbers) compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to a job application system.
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Forbes
February 14, 2014
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes, stealing user data and posting fake stories to its Web site. Forbes acknowledges the hack stating that e-mail addresses may have been exposed but passwords are encrypted. Apparently 1 million user records are spilled.
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National-Socialist Party of Canada
February 13, 2014
nairb AKA @SQLiNairb hacks the National-Socialist Party of Canada official (nspcanada.nfshost.com) and leaks around 1,500 accounts.
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Ukranian Democratic Alliance for Reform
February 13, 2014
In name of OpIndepenence, the collective Anonymous Ukraine hacks Vitali Klitschko's UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform) party and leaks some confidential emails.
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Silk Road
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, financial, retail ]
Using a known Bitcoin vulnerability the popular marketplace Silk Road is hacked, losing approximately 4,400 bitcoins, presently worth around $2.6 million.
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UK Ministry of Justice
February 13, 2014
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice website, justice.gov.uk, is disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The Ministry of Justice was targeted for not condemning the NSA's surveillance operations.
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ReadingRockets
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, leak, education ]
DeleteSec hacks ReadingRockets.org and leaks around 5,800 accounts. Leaked credentials contain full names, addresses, contact information, email addresses and clear text passwords.
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Presidential Adviser
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, leak, government ]
Again an action in name of Opindependence. This time Anonymous Ukraine hacks the e-mail account of Laurynas Jonavicius (adviser of the President of Lithuania), leaking some emails.
