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St. Louis Public Library
January 20, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
St. Louis Public Library is hit by a ransomware attack. Attackers demand $35,000 worth in Bitcoin.
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SwordFantasy
January 20, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
In January 2019, the now defunct MMO and RPG game SwordFantasy suffered a data breach that exposed 2.7M unique email addresses. Other impacted data included username, IP address and salted MD5 password hashes.
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CrimeAgency vBulletin Hacks
January 19, 2017
In January 2016, a large number of unpatched vBulletin forums were compromised by an actor known as "CrimeAgency". A total of 140 forums had data including usernames, email addresses and passwords (predominantly stored as salted MD5 hashes), extracted and then distributed. Refer to the complete list of the forums for further information on which sites were impacted.
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POPEYES
January 18, 2017
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
CCC Restaurant Enterprises, LLC, doing business as POPEYES, announce that a recent data security incident may have compromised the security of payment information of some customers who used debit or credit cards at 10 Restaurant locations between May 5, 2016 and August 18, 2016.
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College students across the United States
January 18, 2017
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center publishes an alert against a scam tricking college students into depositing fraudulent checks into their bank accounts.
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Advanced Flexible Composites Inc.
January 17, 2017
The computer system of Advanced Flexible Composites Inc. is hacked preventing the firm from processing quote requests or orders and from receiving emails.
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Laptop belonging to the special investigation team probing President Park Geun-hye's political scandal
January 17, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Korea Times reveals the details of an attempt made by oversea attackers to hack into a laptop belonging to the special investigation team probing President Park Geun-hye's political scandal.
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Channel One
January 17, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
Russian state television Channel One blames hackers for the leak online of the final episode of the BBC drama Sherlock a day before its actual planning.
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Supercell
January 17, 2017
Supercell Forum is hacked and 1.1 million accounts are leaked. The breach allegedly took place in September 2016.
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MrExcel
January 16, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
MrExcel.com reveals that its forum has been compromised on the morning of December 6, 2016.
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Sentara Healthcare
January 16, 2017
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[ leak, healthcare ]
A cyber security breach at a third party vendor for Sentara Healthcare compromises the records of over 5,000 patients.
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Three Indian banks
January 16, 2017
Three Indian Banks discover that their SWIFT systems have been compromised to create fake documents.
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Barts Health Trust
January 16, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Barts health trust, which runs five hospitals in east London: the Royal London, St Bartholomew's, Whipps Cross, Mile End and Newham, is hit by a cyberattack.
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Dracut Public Schools
January 15, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
Current and former employees' personal information, including SSN, is acquired by a hacker after an employee falls for what the district describes as a "sophisticated phishing scheme."
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IHOP (International House of Pancakes)
January 15, 2017
IHOP Twitter account (@IHOP) is hacked and posts a political tweet against Hillary Clinton.
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gdc.gob.ve
January 14, 2017
In a form of protest against President Nicolas Maduro, Kapustkiy hacks a website of a local government and dumps around 900 records on pastebin.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine
January 13, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
A doctor's practice plan affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine notifies patients that somebody hacked the account of a physician assistant's email account that contained the personal information of patients. 1500 patients are affected.
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Cellebrite
January 12, 2017
Motherboard obtains 900 GB of data related to Cellebrite, one of the most popular companies in the mobile phone hacking industry. The cache includes customer information, databases, and a vast amount of technical data regarding Cellebrite's products.
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General Motors
January 12, 2017
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[ leak, manufacturing ]
Reports come out claiming that GM employees' names and social security numbers might have been exposed during a breach.
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Mario Monti
January 11, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, finance ]
Italian siblings Giulio and Francesca Maria Occhionero are arrested in Rome, charged with conducting a long-running cyber espionage campaign against leading Italian politicians, businessmen and Masons using a variant of the malware family EyePyramid. Among the victims are the grand master of Italy's biggest lodge, the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, and former Italian prime ministers, Matteo Renzi and Mario Monti.
