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Daily Mail
October 13, 2015
Malwarebytes discloses in a blog post that the "sophisticated" attack, previously documented as targeting eBay and Yahoo, has now turned its attention to the Daily Mail, a popular UK-based news publication which accounts for millions of monthly visitors.
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America's Thrift Stores
October 12, 2015
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Another charity store hacked: America's Thrift Stores, an organization that operates donations-based thrift stores throughout the southeast United States, says to have been the victim of a malware-driven security breach.
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Army Sgt. Dillard Johnson
October 9, 2015
Sally-Anne Jones, a well known ISIS supporter, through her Twitter account Umm Hussain Britaniya, leaks the addresses of Army Sgt. Dillard Johnson, and Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, urging lone-wolf terrorists in the U.S. to take them down.
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Dow Jones & Co.
October 9, 2015
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[ espionage, hack, finance ]
A new breach targeting Dow Jones & Co. Bloomberg reveals that a group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers and stole information to trade on before it became public. The probe began at least a year ago.
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http://shopatsullivan
October 9, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
A crew of hackers called Comcastkids hacks shopatsullivan.com and dumps more than 10,000 accounts.
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Matthew Craig (matthdgamer)
October 8, 2015
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[ social, technology ]
Six of the most successful FIFA video gamers to feature on YouTube are targeted by cyber-thieves, who are able to steal millions of FIFA coins, the in-game currency, and delete valuable players. The attackers are thought to have convinced manufacturer EA to transfer their victims' Origin accounts to email addresses the hackers controlled.
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Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency
October 8, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Two Brazilian hackers deface two government-owned domains. The target is the Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency, which has two of its domains defaced (intranet.on.br and euler.on.br).
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LoopPay
October 7, 2015
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[ espionage, finance ]
The New York Times reveals that months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung's new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group known as the Codoso Group.
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Special K Data Feed Spam List
October 7, 2015
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[ leak ]
In mid to late 2015, a spam list known as the Special K Data Feed was discovered containing almost 31M identities. The data includes personal attributes such as names, physical and IP addresses, genders, birth dates and phone numbers. Read more about spam lists in HIBP.
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Kennebec County Phone System
October 6, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Kennebec County phone system is hacked topping 2,100 calls in a weekend.
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Windsor University School of Medicine
October 6, 2015
Th3 Ap3x from Anonsec hacks windsormed.org and dumps over 6000 records with student information.
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The Islam Channel
October 5, 2015
The Financial Times reveals that Russian military intelligence agents launched a 2015 cyber attack on UK-based TV station the Islam Channel, giving the Kremlin-backed hackers complete control over the broadcaster's computer networks and infrastructure.
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FXCM
October 5, 2015
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[ financial, finance ]
Foreign-exchange broker FXCM privately informs clients to have suffered a data breach and that the attackers have been able to steal funds from some accounts.
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http://www
October 5, 2015
NetPirates hack bharatlaws.com and dump over 10,000 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Unknown Organization
October 5, 2015
Palestinian hackers identifying themselves as "Anoncoders," deface Radio Tel Aviv's website (102fm.co.il), uploading a message that states: "We are always here to punish you."
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Seoul Subway System
October 5, 2015
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[ hack ]
A threat actor compromised networks associated with Seoul's subway system.
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Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
October 3, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Indian hackers calling themselves Hell Shield Hackers defaces a Pakistani government website called Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Paktunkhwa is a province in Pakistan) (www.mspkp.gov.pk) apparently in retaliation against Pakistani hackers.
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David Jones
October 2, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
Premium retailer David Jones says its website has been hacked and private customer data stolen.
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T-Mobile US (via Experian)
October 1, 2015
Hackers break into a server and make off with names, driver license numbers, and other personal information belonging to more than 15 million US consumers who applied for cellular service from T-Mobile. The breach is the result of an attack on a database maintained by credit-reporting service Experian, which was contracted to process credit applications for T-Mobile customers.
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American Bankers Association
October 1, 2015
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[ leak, finance ]
The American Bankers Association (ABA), based in Washington, D.C., notifies more than 6,000 ABA shopping cart users of a breach that exposed their personal information.
