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High Commission of India in Pretoria, South Africa
June 11, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Two Pakistani hackers dubbed "Romantic" and "Intruder" deface Indian government websites including the Embassy of India in Turkey; the Embassy of India in Greece; the Embassy of India in Mexico; the Consulate General of India in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the Embassy of India in Bucharest, Romania; the Embassy of India in Dushanbe, Tajikistan; and the High Commission of India in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Pro-Islamic State Twitter Accounts
June 11, 2016
Anonymous member WauchulaGhost reveals to have taken over Twitter accounts for ISIS supporters and defaced them with adult-themed images.
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DeRay Mckesson's Twitter Account (@deray)
June 10, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Black Lives Matter activist and politician DeRay Mckesson has his Twitter account hacked.
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bilderbergmeeting
June 9, 2016
In name of Project Mayhem, the phase 3 of OpIcarus, the Anonymous take down the official website of the Bilderberg Group, a controversial and highly secretive conference held with the so-called 'political elite' alongside experts from academia and finance.
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Unknown Organization
June 9, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of the same operations, the Anonymous take down the Romania Stock Exchange (sibex.ro).
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Unknown government-linked Louisiana database
June 9, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker under the pseudonym NSA puts on sale on the dark web a database that purports to hold over a quarter of a million driver licence records compromised from a government-linked databases in Louisiana, United States.
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DAC Group
June 9, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
DAC Group suffers a security breach resulting in data theft of 93,000 customer accounts. The data also contains 77,000 accounts from State Farm, an insurance company.
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@NFL Twitter Account
June 8, 2016
Online miscreants take over the National Football League's Twitter account and used it to falsely report the death of league commissioner Roger Goodell.
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UTorrent Forum
June 8, 2016
Hackers obtain 34,000 user accounts for the UTorrent forum of popular data trading software BitTorrent.
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Castorama
June 8, 2016
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[ hack, xss, retail ]
French DIY goods store Castorama pull its website offline after unknown attackers manipulated the site search function to suggest rude versions of household appliances.
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Twitter
June 7, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The same hacker who had links to the recent MySpace, LinkedIn, and Tumblr data breaches, claims to have obtained a database from Twitter, which includes email addresses (and sometimes two per person), usernames, and plain-text passwords. Tessa88 is selling the cache for 10 bitcoins, or about $5,820 at the time of writing.
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George Harrison Twitter Account (@GeorgeHarrison)
June 7, 2016
George Harrison's Twitter account is hacked but the hacker didn't know he was dead.
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Lorrie Cranor
June 7, 2016
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[ social, government ]
Lorrie Cranor, FTC's chief technologist gets her mobile phone number hijacked by an ID thief.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter account
June 6, 2016
A hacker or hacking group going by the name of "OurMine Team" briefly takes control of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, apparently using information from a major LinkedIn security breach that occurred in 2012.
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Drake's Twitter account (@Drake)
June 6, 2016
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[ hack, social, technology ]
Drake's Twitter account was taken over by an account called @2aiden3.
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Kylie Jenner's Twitter account (@KylieJenner)
June 6, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Kylie Jenner is the latest celebrity to have her Twitter account hacked.
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VK
June 6, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Russian social networking site VK.com appears to have been breached in 2012 with hackers selling some 100 million records for a mere US$580 in Bitcoins.
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Keith Richards' Twitter Account (@officialKeef)
June 5, 2016
Keith Richards has his Twitter account hacked.
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Sh0ping[.]su
June 5, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
Sh0ping[.]su, a platform known for selling stolen accounts on the dark market is hacked. The attackers leak 16,000 stolen accounts, 15,000 accounts taken from other sites, and 9,000 credit cards.
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Tenacious D Twitter Account (@RealTenaciousD)
June 5, 2016
Tenacious D, Jack Black's music group, have their Twitter Account hacked and post the fake news of Jack Black's death.
