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Cockrell Hill Police
January 26, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Police in Cockrell Hill, Texas admits in a press release to have lost years worth of evidence after the department's server was infected with ransomware.
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Unnamed TV station in the UK
January 26, 2017
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[ espionage, malware ]
SecureWorks reveals that APT28 was able to infiltrate an unnamed TV station in the UK and stay undetected for 12 months starting from July 2015.
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Dr. Web
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the past week, two security firms, Dr.Web and Emsisoft, suffered DDoS attacks at the hands of cyber-criminals who attempted to bring down their websites as payback for meddling with their illegal activities.
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Tom
January 25, 2017
A dark web vendor going by the handle "DoubleFlag" sells 1 billion accounts stolen from several Chinese Internet giants, including NetEase Inc and its subsidiaries 126.com, 163.com and Yeah.net. Tencent Holdings Limited owned QQ.com, TOM Group's Tom.com 163.net, Sina Corporation's Sina.com/Sina.com.cn, Sohu Inc's Sohu.com and Letter Network Information Technology Co., Ltd owned eYou.com.
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Shoppers Stop
January 25, 2017
Four teenagers are arrested for allegedly digitally shoplifting vouchers worth Rs92 lakh [$134,985.29 USD] exploiting a vulnerability in the payment gateway (PayU). The suspects compromised popular e-commerce sites such as MakeMyTrip, Flipkart, Amazon, Dominos Pizza, Myntra and Shoppers Stop.
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Swedish Armed Forces
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that Sweden's armed forces were recently exposed to an extensive cyber attack that prompted them to shut down an the Caxcis IT system, used in military exercises.
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U.S. Cellular
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
DoubleFlag now claims to sell a database containing 126 million customer records from U.S. Cellular. The company denies the hack.
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Argyle school district
January 25, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Argyle school district warns its workers that their W-2 tax forms were lost in a phishing attack.
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County websites of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
January 24, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Websites of the Democratic Party in the Wisconsin area are hacked by alleged Russian Hackers.
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Lloyds Bank
January 23, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The Financial Times reveals that Lloyds Bank has been targeted by a large scale DDoS attack over the past two weeks. Two crooks claims responsibility for the attack.
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WCHQ 100.9 FM
January 23, 2017
Crescent Hill Radio WCHQ 100.9 FM, a popular, non-profit radio station in Louisville, Kentucky is hacked to play an anti-Trump song for almost 15 minutes by interrupting regular programming.
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New York Times Video Twitter Account (@nytvideo)
January 23, 2017
OurMine hacks the Twitter account of New York Time Video (@nytvideo) and posts fake news.
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Tipton County Schools
January 23, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Tipton County Schools are hit by a phishing scam aimed to steal employees' personal W-2 forms.
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XP Investimentos SA
January 23, 2017
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[ hack, finance ]
Hackers who stole data from 29,000 clients of XP Investimentos SA allegedly tried to get the Brazilian independent securities firm to pay 22.5 million reais ($7.1 million) to keep the security breach secret.
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BBC Northampton Twitter account (@BBCNorthampton)
January 21, 2017
The BBC Northampton Twitter account (@BBCNorthampton) is hacked and reports the false news that Donald Trump had been shot.
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Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center
January 21, 2017
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[ leak, malware, education ]
A malware infection is to blame for a security breach that could put the personal information of up to 4,611 clients of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center in jeopardy.
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Racingpulse
January 21, 2017
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[ ransomware, hack, malware ]
A popular horse racing website (Racingpulse.in) is hacked with ransomware.
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Sundance Film Festival
January 21, 2017
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[ hack, entertainment ]
The box office and other systems at the Sundance Film Festival are shut down by hackers.
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www
January 21, 2017
Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security crew breaks into the servers of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India) and claims to have accessed a more than 1 GB archive containing the results of dozens HIV tests.
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Bowlmor AMF
January 20, 2017
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[ leak ]
Bowlmor AMF, the world's largest bowling center operator, says that it had a possible data breach at 21 of its more than 300 domestic locations in 12 states between Feb. 4 and March 19.
