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8chan
September 24, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Imgur, the photo-sharing website, is exploited in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the popular imageboards 4chan and 8chan.
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DressCloud
September 24, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
The NetPirates hack dresscloud.pl and dump 5,269 usernames and hashed passwords.
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realtor
September 22, 2015
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[ hack, malware ]
Yet another high-profile website victim of a malvertising campaign. This time the target is realtor.com, a popular real estate website ranked third in its category with an estimated 28 million monthly visits.
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Philippines' National Telecom Commission
September 22, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The website of the Philippines' National Telecom Commission (NTC), ntc.gov.ph, is defaced by the local branch of the Anonymous in a form of protest against the slow local Internet connection speed.
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Unknown Organization
September 22, 2015
A group of hackers that calls itself "Hack for Trump" claims to have hacked the website of Fidelity Group and threaten it would make the stolen data public unless Fidelity pays $30,000.
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Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
September 21, 2015
APEGA, the body that regulates engineers and geologists in Alberta reports a "significant data breach" when all the names and email addresses of its 75,000 members are given to an unknown party as a result of a phishing event.
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Monopoly (hacking crew)
September 19, 2015
The w0rm hacking crew, operators of a forum of the same name, have attacked a rival gang, Monopoly, and offer the database of their rivals for sale on their forum.
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http://asankadr
September 18, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
ElliotAlderson hacks asankadr.az and dumps 5,926 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Ceph
September 18, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Red Hat reveals to have suffered an intrusion on the sites of both the Ceph community project (ceph.com) and Inktank (download.inktank.com) that resulted in signed code being accessed.
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Embarcadero Media Group
September 18, 2015
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[ hack, ddos ]
An individual or group claiming to be the hacktivist collective Anonymous shuts down all websites operated by Embarcadero Media Group, which runs several community newspapers in the Bay Area.
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Kettering General Hospital
September 18, 2015
Kettering General Hospital reveals that its email system is compromised by a Russian hacking group, that used it to send spam.
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Final Fantasy Shrine
September 18, 2015
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[ leak, technology ]
In September 2015, the Final Fantasy discussion forum known as FFShrine was breached and the data dumped publicly. Approximately 620k records were released containing email addresses, IP addresses and salted hashes of passwords.
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Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences
September 16, 2015
The NetPirates hack the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (mimsindia.com) and dump 6,709 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Oakland Family Services
September 16, 2015
Oakland Family Services, reveals the details of a security breach that could have affected 16,000 clients in the area. An unknown person gained access to the email account of an employee in July, which resulted in the potential viewing of protected health information.
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Experian (2015)
September 16, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
In September 2015, the US based credit bureau and consumer data broker Experian suffered a data breach that impacted 15 million customers who had applied for financing from T-Mobile. An alleged data breach was subsequently circulated containing personal information including names, physical and email addresses, birth dates and various other personal attributes. Multiple Have I Been Pwned subscribers verified portions of the data as being accurate, but the actual source of it was inconclusive therefor this breach has been flagged as "unverified".
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Cryptome
September 15, 2015
The creator of digital library and whistle-blowing site Cryptome.org, John Young, revokes his PGP key pairs after learning they were compromised.
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Forbes
September 15, 2015
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Forbes is notified of a malvertising campaign on its website running from 8 to 15 September. The company states to have removed the offending ads.
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Milestone Hospitality Management
September 15, 2015
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[ financial, malware, hospitality ]
Milestone Hospitality Management notifies an undisclosed number of guests who stayed at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey that malware may have compromised their credit card information.
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The Kremlin
September 14, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Kremlin's official website falls under a massive DDoS attack. The attack is carried out simultaneously with another attack that reportedly targeted the website of the Russian Electoral Commission. Both of the attacks occuer on national Election Day.
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Kumoh National Institute of Technology
September 13, 2015
A hacker called Kyfx hacks a subdomain of the Kumoh National Institute of Technology and dumps 1,448 usernames and clear text passwords.
