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Timr Municipality
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with thedecryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
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Tiong Bahru Plaza
May 12, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Message Manipulation; Data Attack
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Nissan
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down a Nissan factory in Sunderland.
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Renault
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The attack shut down Renault operations in several countries.
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Russian Central Bank
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system. The Russian Central Bank detected an attack on its systems, but was able to thwart it.
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Energy networks of the Baltic states
May 11, 2017
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[ espionage, energy ]
Reuters reports that suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states.
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Ukrainian Soldiers
May 11, 2017
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[ social, government ]
Ukrainian soldiers are hit by an ongoing campaign of propaganda-texting. The campaign is attributed to Russian forces equipped with cell site simulators (IMSI-catchers).
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Edmodo
May 11, 2017
A hacker steals millions of user account details from popular education platform Edmodo, and the data is apparently for sale on the so-called dark web. The organization claims to have over 78 million members.
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Edmodo
May 11, 2017
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[ leak, hack, education ]
In May 2017, the education platform Edmodo was hacked resulting in the exposure of 77 million records comprised of over 43 million unique customer email addresses. The data was consequently published to a popular hacking forum and made freely available. The records in the breach included usernames, email addresses and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
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Reincubate
May 11, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In October 2020, the app data company Reincubate suffered a data breach which exposed a backup from November 2017 (the newest record in the data appeared several months earlier). The data included over 616k unique email addresses, names and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes.
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Cedexis
May 10, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A DDos attack against Cedexis knocks out several major French news websites including Le Monde and Le Figaro.
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FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
May 7, 2017
The FCC website is hit by a DDoS Attack.
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Confluence Charter Schools
May 6, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The network servers for Confluence Charter Schools are hacked, but school leadership say there is no evidence that student or employee data have been compromised.
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Emmanuel Macron's Staff
May 6, 2017
The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is targeted by a "massive and coordinated" hacking attack, hours before voters go to the polls. Tens of thousands of internal emails and other documents (9Gb) are released online.
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Debenhams
May 5, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Malware infects the backend systems used by British high street chain Debenhams, and steals 26,000 people's personal information in the process. The hack happened after compromising the systems at Ecomnova, the firm that runs the Debenhams Flowers business, for more than six weeks.
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Aesthetic Dentistry OC Gastrocare Tampa Bay Surgery Center
May 4, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients' records from 3 hacks. The victims are: Aesthetic Dentistry, OC Gastrocare, Tampa Bay Surgery Center.
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Charlotte Flair, Victoria
May 4, 2017
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[ leak ]
WWE divas Charlotte Flair and Victoria are the latest victims of the Celebgate leak.
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Ge.tt
May 4, 2017
In May 2017, the file sharing platform Ge.tt suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019 alongside a raft of other breaches. The Ge.tt breach included names, social media profile identifiers, SHA256 password hashes and almost 2.5M unique email addresses. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to BreachDirectory.
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German O2-Telefonica users
May 3, 2017
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[ financial, ss7, technology ]
O2-Telefonica in Germany confirms to S ddeutsche Zeitung that some of its customers have had their bank accounts drained using a two-stage attack that exploits SS7.
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Tufts University
May 3, 2017
A group calling itself TuftsLeaks publishes documents online that contain sensitive financial information from Tufts. The leak includes department budgets, the salaries of thousands of staff and faculty and the ID numbers of student employees with salaries listed.
