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Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
February 6, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Pakistani hackers deface the official web portal of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
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teksyndicate
February 5, 2016
@0x1Taylor hacks teksyndicate.com and dumps more than 30,000 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
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Alibaba Group's TaoBao
February 5, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
Local media report that hackers in China have attempted to access over 20 million active accounts on Alibaba Group's Taobao e-commerce website.
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epicbot
February 5, 2016
SonnySpooks hacks epicbot.com and dumps 40,704 records with hashed passwords.
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Unknown retailer
February 5, 2016
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[ leak, retail ]
A data breach at an unidentified online retailer forces Tesco Bank to cancel some of its customers' cards as a precaution. Users of cards from other companies are also likely to be affected.
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Russian banks
February 4, 2016
The Cyber Crime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reveals the details of an operation able to steal about 1.5 bln rubles ($19.8 mln) from several dozen Russian banks, during 2015 via compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems.
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University of Central Florida
February 4, 2016
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Central Florida (UCF) admits that hackers broke into its systems and stole the personal details of more than 63,000 staff and students. The breach was discovered in early January.
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Roosh V
February 4, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
Roosh V, the controversial 'neo-masculinist', claims to have been doxxed by an online group associated with Anonymous.
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Magnolia Health Corporation
February 3, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Magnolia Health Corporation suffers a breach after an unknown perpetrator uses MHC CEO Kensett Moyle's email address to request an Excel spreadsheet containing employee information.
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Thai Prisons
February 3, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
The Blink Hacker group, a known division of the Anonymous hacker collective, has leaked the databases of 100 websites belonging to Thai prisons.
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mavic-mp3
February 3, 2016
An unknown hacker hacks mavic-mp3.com and dumps 26,934 usernames and passwords.
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focusfeatures
February 1, 2016
bRpsd hacks focusfeatures.com and dumps 13,040 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
February 1, 2016
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[ hack, malware, education ]
A British judge has ruled against extraditing Christopher Taylor, a Wigan man who is alleged to have hacked hundreds of webcams around the globe, to the United States. Taylor was apprehended after it was discovered that he installed malware on a laptop at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)
February 1, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
In February 2016, the music-based rhythm game known as Flash Flash Revolution was hacked and 1.8M accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes.
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NASA
January 31, 2016
The AnonSec collective claims to have broken into the computer systems of NASA, partially hijacking a drone, stealing hours of on-board footage from the agency's fleet of aircraft, hundreds of data logs from its weather and climate missions, as well as a list of names, phone numbers and emails of more than 2,400 employess.
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pastebin
January 30, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Pastebin is taken down by a huge DDoS attack.
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Neiman Marcus
January 29, 2016
Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) reports that someone gained unauthorized access to 5,200 online customer accounts on the Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, and CUSP websites.
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jasacare
January 29, 2016
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
JASACare reports to have been attacked by hackers who managed to gain access to its email system. As a consequence of the breach of an employee's email account, patient and employee data could have been potentially compromised.
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HSBC
January 29, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
HSBC is hit by an apparent DDoS attack on its online banking system.
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Official Internet resource of State Bodies of Azerbaijan (gov.az).
January 28, 2016
Hackers from the Monte Melkonian Cyber Army take down several Azerbaijani government servers including: the E-Government Portal (e-gov.az), Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan (taxes.gov.az) and the official Internet resource of the State Bodies (gov.az). The hackers also breached the Civil Service Commission of Azerbaijan and leaked thousands of login credentials.
