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Bingham County
February 17, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Hackers demand $25K-$30K after ransomware attack takes down Bingham County servers.
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FreeOnes
February 16, 2017
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[ leak ]
In February 2017, the forum for the adult website FreeOnes suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The data included 960k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.
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Yahoo!
February 15, 2017
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[ espionage, misconfiguration, technology ]
Yahoo sends out another round of notifications to users, warning some that their accounts may have been breached as recently as last year. The accounts were affected by a flaw in Yahoo's mail service that allowed an attacker, most likely a "state actor", according to Yahoo, to use a forged cookie created by software stolen from within Yahoo's internal systems to gain access accounts without a password.
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PharmaNet
February 15, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, when an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."
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Unknown Organization
February 15, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The websites of the Montenegrin government and several state institutions, as well as some pro-government media, are targeted with multiple cyberattacks started since February 15th. Among the victims is the web portal of the Government of Montenegro (www.gov.me).
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Citizens Memorial Hospital
February 14, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Citizens Memorial Hospital employees' data are compromised by a W-2 phishing scam.
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San Antonio Symphony
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, leak ]
Computer hackers break into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony, stealing the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and W-2 tax forms for about 250 employees.
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Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
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FunPlus
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker steals user account information (3.3 million records) and alleged product source code from FunPlus, the company that makes highly popular free-to-play mobile game Family Farm Seaside.
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International Trade Union Confederation
February 14, 2017
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[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Amnesty International reveals the details of Operation Kingphish: a campaign of cyberattacks mainly targeting activists and journalists in Qatar and Nepal. One of the named victims is the International Trade Union Confederation.
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Italian Foreign Ministry
February 10, 2017
Russia is suspected by Italian officials of being behind a sustained hacking attack against the Italian foreign ministry last year that compromised email communications and lasted for many months before it was detected.
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Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
February 10, 2017
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is the victim of a targeted attack. The attack is thought to originate from Pakistan.
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Hitachi Payment Services
February 9, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hitachi Payments Services confirms that its systems were compromised by a sophisticated malware in mid-2016, that led to one of the biggest cyber security breaches in the country with 3.2 million cards affected.
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Loblaws
February 9, 2017
Loblaw warns PC Plus rewards collectors to reset their passwords after points were stolen from some members' accounts.
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Arby's
February 9, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
The fast food restaurant chain Arby's has suffered a breach involving the payment card systems in up to 1,100 of its locations.
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FileSilo
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
UK magazine publisher Future's FileSilo website (FileSilo.co.uk) is raided by hackers, who make off with, among other information, unencrypted user account passwords.
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Sports Direct
February 8, 2017
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[ leak, retail ]
Sports Direct is accused to have suffered (and kept hidden) a data breach affecting 30,000 employees. The breach allegedly happened in September 2016.
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Alton Steel, Inc.
February 8, 2017
A security breach at Alton Steel, Inc. has left its employees open to identity theft, and more than one employee has already this year had fraudulent tax returns filed in their name.
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UPI
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
zerodark70 sells a database supposedly containing 83,000 compromised accounts from UPI.com, the website of the 110-year-old American news agency United Press International.
