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UK think tanks
February 26, 2017
Crowdstrike reveals that some UK think tanks specializing in international security were hacked by China-based group 'Deep Panda' beginning in April 2017.
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Roberts Hawaii
February 26, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, retail ]
The tour company Roberts Hawaii warns its customers about a security breach that may have affected people who purchased tours and other services on its website between July 2015 and December 2016.
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Porsche Japan
February 26, 2017
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
The Japanese arm of Porsche says more than 28,000 email addresses have been leaked via a hack.
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U.S. Residents in 20 states
February 26, 2017
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[ financial, malware ]
According to federal court documents, Russian hackers operating in Colorado and 15 other states used data-mining viruses to steal thousands of credit card numbers from U.S. residents in 20 states and sold them on the darknet for more than $3.6 million.
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Inland Revenue Department
February 25, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Thousands of Inland Revenue files are locked up after New Zealand's tax department becomes the target of a Cryptolocker attack in November.
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Jorgie Porter
February 25, 2017
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[ leak ]
English actress and model Jorgie Porter is the latest victim of The Fappening hackers, who manage to steal her intimate pictures and videos and post them online.
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Ohio state government websites
February 25, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #opUSA, hacktivists from the Anonymous collective take down some Ohio State websites.
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Apple
February 23, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
A mid-2016 security incident led to Apple purging its data centers of servers built by Supermicro, including returning recently purchased systems, after malware-infected firmware was reportedly detected in an internal development environment of Apple's technical infrastructure, which powers its web-based services and holds customer data.
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Retina-X
February 23, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In February 2017, the mobile device monitoring software developer Retina-X was hacked and customer data downloaded before being wiped from their servers. The incident was covered in the Motherboard article titled Inside the 'Stalkerware' Surveillance Market, Where Ordinary People Tap Each Other's Phones. The service, used to monitor mobile devices, had 71k email addresses and MD5 hashes with no salt exposed. Retina-X disclosed the incident in a blog post on April 27, 2017.
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Bitfinex
February 22, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Top Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex is hit by a "severe DDoS attack."
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South Washington County School District
February 22, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The South Washington County school district tightens security after a high school student hacks into the district's server and takes names, Social Security numbers and some addresses.
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Coachella Music Festival
February 22, 2017
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[ leak ]
Nearly one million Coachella accounts are reportedly currently up for sale on the dark web.
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Coachella
February 22, 2017
In February 2017, hundreds of thousands of records from the Coachella music festival were discovered being sold online. Allegedly taken from a combination of the main Coachella website and their vBulletin-based message board, the data included almost 600k usernames, IP and email addresses and salted hashes of passwords (MD5 in the case of the message board).
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Unknown Organization
February 20, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
A hacker claims to have hacked the official web forum of a gun retailer Airsoft GI (airsoftgiforum.com) and uploaded its data on Dropbox.
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Asiana Airlines
February 19, 2017
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[ hack ]
Kuroi'SH defaces the official website of Asiana Airlines, one of the major airlines in South Korea.
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secure2donaldjtrump
February 19, 2017
A hacked dubbed Pro_Mast3r defaces a server associated with President Donald Trump's presidential campaign donations.
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Unnamed Oklahoma agency
February 18, 2017
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services confirms that an unnamed agency has been targeted by ransomware.
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Family Service Rochester
February 18, 2017
Family Services Rochester notifies individuals that portions of its computer systems that contained personal information have been compromised by ransomware.
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Zcoin
February 17, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
A simple one-digit typo within the source code of a cryptocurrency called Zcoin has allowed a hacker to make a profit of over $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
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Lexington Medical Center
February 17, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Lexington Medical Center notifies employees of a breach affecting its database.
