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Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA)
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
15,000 data files of Taiwanese nationals could have been hacked due to an intrusion in the email system.
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National Treasury Management Agency
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The National Treasury Management Agency temporarily suspends access to its website for several hours today after a suspected defacement attack.
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Austrian Parliament
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Austria's parliament says that a Turkish hackers' group dubbed Aslan Neferler Tim (ANT), or Lion Soldiers Team has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brought down its website for 20 minutes during the weekend.
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Canadian Tire
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Canadian Tire shuts down customer access to online accounts after detecting unusual traffic in their website.
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Darcy Vescio's Twitter account (@darcyvee)
February 7, 2017
AFL Women's league player Darcy Vescio's Twitter account is hacked.
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David Beckham
February 7, 2017
David Beckham's emails are held hostage by hackers, and published after his representatives refuse to pay a ransom of 1 million ( 860,000). The 'Beckileaks' came as part of a breach on sports and entertainment agency, Doyen Global (18.6 million emails).
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Six NHS Websites
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The Independent reveals that, over the past six weeks, six NHS websites were defaced showing gruesome images of the conflict in Syria with the hashtags: #Op_Russia and #save_aleppo.
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45 Committee
February 6, 2017
The website of 45 Committee, a PAC supporting President Donald Trump, is defaced.
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Verity Health System
February 6, 2017
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[ healthcare ]
Verity Health System has now issued a statement about a breach reported to HHS on January 11 as affecting 10,164 patients.
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Logic Supply
February 6, 2017
US-based industrial computer supplier Logic Supply resets user passwords following an unauthorized access through the firm's website, which may have exposed customer/company names, usernames and passwords, and order information.
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Email accounts of Irish solicitors
February 5, 2017
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Sunday Independent reveals that cybercriminals are hacking the email accounts of Irish solicitors in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of euro from unsuspecting home buyers.
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Police Security Service
February 4, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
A threat actor targeted the computer networks of the Norwegian government: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army, a nuclear radiation protection agency, and a parliamentary group.
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Freedom Hosting II
February 3, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
The Anonymous take down Freedom Hosting II, the largest repository of dark web sites. The hackers are able to steal 75 GB worth of files and 2.6 GB of databases.
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Manatee County School District
February 3, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
The Manatee County School District is the victim of a phishing scam that compromises the information from almost 8,000 employees.
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Norwegian Labour Party
February 3, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Norway's security service says nine email accounts including those belonging to the Labour party, the foreign ministry and defense ministry have been targeted by hackers belonging to APT29.
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Tiverton Town Council
February 3, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
John Vanderwolfe, a town clerk wipes council documents dating back to 2015 after mistakenly opening an email containing a ransomware malware.
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PoliceOne
February 3, 2017
Motherboard reveals that a hacker going with the handle of Berkut is selling a database allegedly containing over 700,000 user accounts from PoliceOne, a popular law enforcement forum.
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City of Troy
February 2, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Troy computer system is the victim of a ransomware attack.
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CD Projekt Red
January 31, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
CD Projekt Red, the Poland-based developer behind the popular 'Witcher' game and comic series, is hit with a forum hack that compromised over 1.8 million user credentials. The hack allegedly took place in March of last year.
