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University of Virginia
January 22, 2016
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Virginia admits to have been targeted by a data breach which has placed the private data of employees at risk. Cyberattackers were able to access a component of the HR system, leading to the exposure of information belonging to approximately 1,400 Academic Division employees.
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Official website of the Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO
January 21, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers from the Anti-Armenia Team deface the official websites of Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO, Permanent Mission of the organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Mission of the United Nations. Additionally, the hackers deface the websites of Armenian embassies in 40 countries.
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Hurley Medical Center
January 21, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. is hit by a cyber attack, one day after the hacktivist group, Anonymous, threatened to take action for the city's water crisis.
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Irish National Lottery
January 20, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website and ticket machines of the Irish National Lottery are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
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Unknown Organization
January 20, 2016
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[ hack, ddos ]
Unknown hackers take down the website of JYP Entertainment.
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Crelan
January 19, 2016
Belgian bank Crelan is the last victim of fraudsters, with a damage of over EUR 70 million (around $75,8 million).
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Ekonombank
January 19, 2016
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[ hack, finance ]
A group of Turkish hackers dubbed WKPF defaces the official website of Russia's Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Reconstruction and Development Ekonombank.
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FACC
January 19, 2016
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[ financial, hack, manufacturing ]
Aerospace parts manufacturer FACC says that its financial accounting department has been attacked by hackers, who managed to steal approximately 50 million ($54.5 million).
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MSN
January 19, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Malwarebytes detects a malvertising campaign targeting the MSN Home Page via the AD network AdSpirit.
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Royal Melbourne Hospital
January 19, 2016
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The Royal Melbourne Hospital's core computer systems and personal computer systems have been infected by a virus. After two weeks the hospital still struggles to mitigate the infection.
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boards
January 18, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The popular Irish forum boards.ie is taken down by a DDoS attack.
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John Holdren
January 18, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Crackas With Attitude (CWA) claims to have hacked the home telephone and email account of President Barack Obama's senior advisor on science and technology John Holdren. One of the group members claims that the person who broke into Holdren's account was a hacker called Fearz, who identifies as an ex-member of CWA.
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Metropolitan Jewish Health System
January 18, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Metropolitan Jewish Health System notifies members and patients of phishing incident, possibly involving 2,483 individuals.
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Tsinghua University
January 18, 2016
An ISIS-affiliated hacker dubbed "Islamic State Hacker" defaces the website of the Tsinghua University and leaves jihadist messages on some of the site's pages.
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KickassTorrents
January 16, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
KickassTorrents (kat.cr) is taken down by a DDoS attack.
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Boryspil Airport
January 16, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Ukrainian authorities announce a review of the defences of government computer systems, after detecting a cyber attack on Kyiv's main airport launched from a server in Russia.
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Embassy of Russia in Israel
January 16, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A crew of Pro-Turkish hackers defaces the website of the Russian Embassy in Israel (russianembassy.org.il).
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pagesjaunesdusenegal
January 16, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown attacker hacks pagesjaunesdusenegal.com and dumps 9500 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Unknown Organization
January 16, 2016
The State of Michigan confirms to have suffered a cyber attack similar to the one targeting Hurley Medical Center.
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Cryptsy
January 15, 2016
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[ hack, finance ]
Paul Vernon, founder of Cryptsy announces that the cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked. The announcement is made more than a year after the discovery of the hack because Cryptsy, in the meantime, was trying to cover the losses, which amount to USD 6 million.
