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Xbox Live
February 15, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The New World Hackers crew takes down the Xbox Live Service.
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Greenshades
February 14, 2016
A breach in the website of Greenshades causes a spike of tax refund frauds.
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V-Tight Gel
February 13, 2016
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[ leak, healthcare ]
In approximately February 2016, data surfaced which was allegedly obtained from V-Tight Gel (vaginal tightening gel). Whilst the data set was titled V-Tight, within there were 50 other (predominantly wellness-related) domain names, most owned by the same entity. Multiple HIBP subscribers confirmed that although they couldn't recall providing data specifically to V-Tight, their personal information including name, phone and physical address was accurate. V-Tight Gel did not reply to multiple requests for comment.
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Webafrica
February 12, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
In name of #OpAfrica, Tobitow, a member of Team Hack Argentino and Anonymous Argentina, exploit a vulnerability in the Web hosting service of Webafrica and defaced 2,532 South African websites.
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
February 12, 2016
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The first example of a ransomware targeting a website: the website of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is replaced with instructions on how to pay off the extortionists: $150 ( 100) in Bitcoin.
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South Africa Government Communications and Information Systems (GCIS)
February 12, 2016
In name of #OpAfrica, the Anonymous dump names, phone numbers, email addresses and hashed passwords of more than 1,000 government employees.
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Ukrainian railway operator
February 11, 2016
Researchers from Trend Micro unveil further details on the attacks targeting Ukraine in December. Samples of the same BlackEnergy family have been used to target a mining company and a railway operator in Ukraine.
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Unknown Organization
February 11, 2016
In name of #OpAfrica, the Anonymous hack V-Report, a local job portal. They claim to have stolen the details of 33,000+ individuals, but only leak the details of 54 government employees.
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digitalnintendo
February 11, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hackers hacks digitalnintendo.com and dumps 23,000+ usernames and hashed passwords.
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CONADI
February 10, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Chilean hacktivists that go by the name of Chilean Hackers break into the database of CONADI and steal the personal details of 304,189 Chilean citizens looking for state benefits from the country's government.
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Bolivian Army
February 10, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
A group of hackers breach the official email servers belonging to the Bolivian Army, download emails, and dump some of the data online.
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Ex-Israeli Army Chief of Staff
February 9, 2016
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[ hack, espionage, government ]
Channel 10 reveals that hackers affiliated to Iran's Revolutionary Guard breached the computers of 1,800 individuals including a former Israeli Army Chief of Staff.
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
February 9, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service discloses a security breach relating to employees' personal data.
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US Internal Revenue Service
February 9, 2016
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[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The US Internal Revenue Service is the target of an attack able to steal the electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 social security numbers. The attack is performed using credentials stolen from an external source.
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Energobank
February 8, 2016
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Bloomberg reveals that hackers used malware to penetrate the defenses of Energobank, a Russian regional bank and move the ruble-dollar rate more than 15 percent in minutes, according to Group-IB, the Moscow-based cyber-security firm hired to investigate the attack,
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FBI
February 8, 2016
Penis AKA @DotGovs completes his job and dumps the data of 20,000 FBI Employees.
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Department of Homeland Security
February 7, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
In the name of #FreePalestine, a hacker called Penis AKA @DotGovs dumps data belonging to 9,000 DHS officials. The trove is allegedly obtained after compromising the email address of a DHS employee.
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Loanbase
February 6, 2016
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Popular international Bitcoin crowd-lending platform Loanbase suffers a security breach. Attackers are able to steal 20 BTC (8,000 USD worth).
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Uganda's Ministry of Finance (finance.go.ug)
February 6, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
And #OpAfrica continues with the dump of the details of 220 government employees from Uganda's Ministry of Finance.
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Broadband Systems Corporation (bsc.rw)
February 6, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Hacktivists kick off their #OpAfrica and breached the backend of the Broadband Systems Corporation.
