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SingPass
June 5, 2014
1,500 online identification accounts used for accessing Singapore government services may have been accessed illicitly.
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ESET's Spain domain
June 4, 2014
A hacker called Hmeidefaces the official website of ESETand 4 of itsSpanish domains.
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Arkansas State University
June 2, 2014
At Arkansas State University (A-State), full and partial Social Security numbers are compromised for about 50,000 early childhood practitioners after unauthorized access is gained to databases related to the Traveling Arkansas Professional Pathways (TAPP).
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Linkin Park
June 2, 2014
The official Facebook fan page of the famous rock band Linkin Park (63M fans) is hacked by an unknown hacker and starts spamming vulgar images with links.
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Monsanto
June 2, 2014
Monsanto admits that credit card data along with names, addresses and US taxation information for 1300 customers and employees was compromised after hackers broke into its servers in March.
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Power Equipment Direct
June 2, 2014
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Power Equipment Direct (PED) notifies an undisclosed number of customers that their personal information may have been accessed when the server that handles the company's checkout process was infected with malware.
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Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
May 30, 2014
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[ hack, social, phishing ]
The internal communications system of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations has been hit by hackers carried on with spear-phishing emails.
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Ankara Chamber of Industry
May 30, 2014
The infamous group of Turkish hacktivists RedHack defaces the official website of the Ankara Chamber of Industry ASO (aso.org.tr).
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ARY News
May 29, 2014
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[ hack ]
The official website of Pakistan's ARY News Channel website is hacked and defaced by Pakistani hacker H4$N4!N H4XOR. According to the author of the attack, "You have been punished for broadcasting blasphemous, vulgar and Indian material".
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Office
May 29, 2014
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[ leak, retail ]
UK shoe retailer Office sends its customers an email, explaining that it has suffered a serious security breach. Information accessed includes customers' names, addresses, birth date and month (but not year), password and phone number of accounts created prior to August 2013.
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Spotify
May 27, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Spotify warns of unauthorized access to the company's network and internal data. The unauthorized access appears to involve data for a single, unspecified person.
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Avast
May 27, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
The support forum of Avast is hacked. Attackers get access to cryptographically hashed passwords, usernames, and e-mail addresses for about 400,000 people.
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Taj Mahal Website
May 27, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan, The main page of Taj Mahal website (tajmahal.gov.in) is hacked by H4$N4!N H4XOR, displaying the Pakistan's flag.
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Arizona Department of Homeland Security
May 26, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Swan defaces the official website of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. The hacker also defaces the official website of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs website.
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New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
May 26, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
A $12.7 million supercomputer owned by Niwa (New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) is targeted by a computer hacker believed to have come from China.
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Avast
May 26, 2014
In May 2014, the Avast anti-virus forum was hacked and 423k member records were exposed. The Simple Machines Based forum included usernames, emails and password hashes.
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Ukrainian Election Commission
May 22, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of Ukraine's election commission (cvk.gov) is targeted by a massive DDoS attack on the eve of country's presidential polls. The pro-Russian CyberBerkut collective claims responsibility for the attack.
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American Institutes for Research
May 21, 2014
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[ hack, education ]
About 6,500 current and former employees of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) may have had personal information compromised after unauthorized access was gained to one of the organization's servers.
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eBay
May 21, 2014
eBay reveals'that attackers "compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data" between late February and early March. The database included names, e-mail addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth.
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Plenty of Fish
May 20, 2014
Plenty of Fish is the latest victim of a DDoS attack.
