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Erasmus University
November 30, 2016
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[ leak, education ]
The Erasmus University is the victim of a breach affecting 270,000 students, whose personal information is compromised.
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Rahul Gandhi Twitter account
November 30, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi, the heir of the Indian National Congress Party, India's oldest political party, is hacked.
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The National Lottery
November 30, 2016
About 26,500 National Lottery accounts are feared to have been hacked, according to its operator Camelot. However the firm says it does not believe its own systems has been compromised, but rather that the players' login details had been stolen from elsewhere.
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Deutsche Telekom
November 29, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers are knocked off the internet when their routers are hit by a malware attack launched through the Mirai Botnet exploiting a SOAP Remote Execution Vulnerability.
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European Commission
November 29, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The European Commission (EC) is the target of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) that leads to a breakdown in internet services for hours.
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The Carleton University
November 29, 2016
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The computers of the Carleton University are paralyzed by a ransomware attack.
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Muni (San Francisco's Transit System)
November 28, 2016
Computer systems at San Francisco's transit system, Muni, are paralyzed following a malware attack. The author of the attack asks for a ransom of $73,000.
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Japanese Defence Ministry
November 28, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Kyodo News reveals that the network of the Japanese Defence Ministry was the target of a cyber-attack in September this year.
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Columbia County School District
November 28, 2016
Columbia County School District in Georgia is hit by a breach that compromised personal data, including Social Security numbers, of staff.
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xHamster
November 28, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
In November 2016, news broke that hackers were trading hundreds of thousands of xHamster porn account details. In total, the data contained almost 380k unique user records including email addresses, usernames and unsalted MD5 password hashes.
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Valartis Bank
November 27, 2016
Hackers are blackmailing the customers of Valartis Bank, a Liechtenstein bank, asking victims to send 10% of their funds to a Bitcoin address or have their bank accounts details exposed online.
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The High Commission of Ghana
November 26, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaches the websites of the High Commission of Ghana and the High Commission of Fiji.
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Quest Diagnostics
November 26, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Quest Diagnostics says it is investigating a recent hack that exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. An "unauthorized third party" gained access to names, dates of birth, lab results and, in some cases, telephone numbers on Nov. 26 through a mobile health app that gives patients access to lab results and other information.
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careers.kna.kw (official website of the Kuwaiti parliament)
November 26, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Kuwaiti parliament is defaced by hackers on their parliamentary election day. The hackers deface the main page leaving a message in Arabic accusing Abdul Hamid Dashti, a member of parliament (MP) of being an Iranian agent and urged other MPs to unite against him.
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United States Anti-Doping Agency
November 25, 2016
The cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear has hacked into the confidential emails of senior anti-doping officials from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
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Vascular Surgical Associates
November 24, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Vascular Surgical Associates notifies patients of a hack discovered in September when a compromised vendor password was used to access an internal computer.
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Ask
November 23, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
An unknown attacker hijacks the update mechanism employed by Ask Partner Network (APN) to download suspicious code onto unsuspecting users' PCs.
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Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM)
November 23, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Gh0s7 hacks the Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM) and dumps the entire database.
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Mailchimp
November 23, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Hackers compromise the Mailchimp database and manage to send out emails containing malicious links to subscribers of various different companies.
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Deliveroo
November 23, 2016
Customers of takeaway food app Deliveroo have their accounts hacked and run up bills for food that they did not order.
