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Elliot J. Martin Chiropractic
March 14, 2016
Elliot J. Martin Chiropractic notifies 1,200 patients of a data breach.
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Naughty America
March 14, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In March 2016, the adult website Naughty America was hacked and the data consequently sold online. The breach included data from numerous systems with various personal identity attributes, the largest of which had passwords stored as easily crackable MD5 hashes. There were 1.4 million unique email addresses in the breach.
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Salt Lake City Police
March 13, 2016
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[ hack, government, finance ]
Hackers from New World Hackers group (NWH) claim to have taken down the official website of Salt Lake City police, the airport, First Utah Bank and Downtown Alliance in a form of protest against the shooting of the teenager Abdi Mohamed.
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Hi-Tec Sports
March 11, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, retail ]
Hi-Tec Sports notifies customers about a compromise affecting its online ordering system and payment card data.
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Staminus
March 11, 2016
Staminus, a security company specialized in hosting and DDoS protection, is the victim of unknown hackers who breach their network, reset the routers to factory settings and dump customer data.
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West Bloomfield School District
March 11, 2016
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[ leak, education ]
West Bloomfield School District officials send an email to parents saying a security breach to their network exposed certain student information.
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worldchess
March 11, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Controversial website worldchess.com, broadcasting in exclusive the World Chess Candidates Tournament, is the target of a DDoS attack.
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Staminus
March 11, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
In March 2016, the DDoS protection service Staminus was "massively hacked" resulting in an outage of more than 20 hours and the disclosure of customer credentials (with unsalted MD5 hashes), support tickets, credit card numbers and other sensitive data. 27k unique email addresses were found in the data which was subsequently released to the public. Staminus is no longer in operation.
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Bangladesh Central Bank
March 10, 2016
Reuters reports that unknown hackers were able to breach the Bangladesh Bank's systems and steal its credentials for payment transfers, using them to transfer money to entities in the Philippines and Sri Lanka. The hackers were able to get away with about $80 million. The attackers were later revealed to be from North Korea.
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Litecointalk Forum
March 10, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
The Litecointalk forum is hacked, and all users are forced to reset their passwords.
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21st Century Oncology
March 10, 2016
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[ leak, healthcare ]
US cancer clinic 21st Century Oncology admits that a breach on its systems may have exposed private information on 2.2 million patients and employees. The breach happened in November 2015 but the FBI asked 21st Century to hold off from disclosing the incident until a thorough investigation had been completed.
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buzzmachines
March 10, 2016
SonnySpooks hacks buzzmachines.com and dumps nearly 37,000 usernames and passwords.
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Unnamed American Express third-party card processor
March 10, 2016
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[ leak, misconfiguration, finance ]
American Express warns some customers that their personal details may have been exposed due to a data breach of a third-party service provider.
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virtualworldlets
March 10, 2016
An unknown hacker hacks virtualworldlets.net and dumps 13,421 usernames and clear text passwords.
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1-800-FLOWERS
March 8, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
1-800 Flowers sends out data breach letters notifying customers that a hacker might have stolen their personal information.
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Hawking Technology
March 8, 2016
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[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
An unknown hacker hacks hawkingtech.com and dumps 12,548 records with usernamens and hashed passwords.
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Finland Foreign Ministry
March 8, 2016
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[ espionage, government ]
Finland foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja reveals to the media that the foreign ministry computer network has been infiltrated by spies. The breach has apparently been going on for four years. Suspects are directed to Russia or China.
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Senior South Korean government officials
March 8, 2016
The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) claims that North Korea hacked the smartphones of senior South Korean government officials and stole call history, texts, and even voice calls.
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Illinois Valley Podiatry Group
March 8, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Illinois Valley Podiatry Group warns 26,588 patients after a contractor hacked.
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Whiting-Turner
March 8, 2016
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[ leak ]
Whiting-Turner notifies employees of a potential breach to a vendor.
