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Hacking Team
July 6, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
In July 2015, the Italian security firm Hacking Team suffered a major data breach that resulted in over 400GB of their data being posted online via a torrent. The data searchable on "Have I Been Pwned?" is from 189GB worth of PST mail folders in the dump. The contents of the PST files is searchable on Wikileaks.
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myRepoSpace
July 6, 2015
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
In July 2015, the Cydia repository known as myRepoSpace was hacked and user data leaked publicly. Cydia is designed to facilitate the installation of apps on jailbroken iOS devices. The repository service was allegedly hacked by @its_not_herpes and 0x8badfl00d in retaliation for the service refusing to remove pirated tweaks.
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Unknown Organization
July 5, 2015
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[ financial, misconfiguration, technology ]
Primedice, an online gaming/gambling site loses $1 million in bitcoin to an attacker who exploited its random number generation (RNG) system.
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Hacking Team
July 5, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Hacking Team, the Italian company behind the infamous surveillance software is hacked. The attacker, allegedly the same author behind the attack on Gamma International (another surveillance software) dumps approximately 400Gb of data by hijacking the Hacking Team Twitter account.
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
July 4, 2015
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
In name of OpIndia, AnonOpsindia, a group affiliated to the Anonymous collective hacks BSNL and claims to have siphoned the entire database, which has sensitive information of over 30 million users.
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Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity
July 3, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpBillC51, the Anonymous hacks the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan Centre (http://www.rqap.gouv.qc.ca), The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity (http://www.mess.gouv.qc.ca) and The National Review Commission website on employment insurance.
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Plex
July 2, 2015
A hacker called savaka hacks the Plex server hosting the forums and the blog. The attacker asks for a ransom of 9.5 BTC to avoid the leak of the data.
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Azerbaijani State Customs Committee
July 2, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army hack into the official website of Azerbaijani customs (and other Azerbaijani sites), stealing highly confidential personal information of 5650 Azerbaijani citizens.
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Plex
July 2, 2015
In July 2015, the discussion forum for Plex media centre was hacked and over 327k accounts exposed. The IP.Board forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.
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The Trump Hotel Collection
July 1, 2015
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[ financial, malware ]
The Trump Hotel Collection, a string of luxury hotel properties tied to business magnate Donald Trump, appears to be the latest victim of a credit card breach.
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Islam Channel
July 1, 2015
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[ espionage, technology ]
A threat actor compromised Islam Channel, a small UK TV station, in July 2015. In October 2018, the United Kingdom publicly attributed the compromise to Russian military intelligence.
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CheapAssGamer.com
July 1, 2015
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[ leak, sqlinjection, technology ]
In approximately mid-2015, the forum for CheapAssGamer.com suffered a data breach. The database from the IP.Board based forum contained 445k accounts including usernames, email and IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.
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iPmart
July 1, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
During 2015, the iPmart forum (now known as Mobi NUKE) was hacked and over 2 million forum members' details were exposed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. A further 368k accounts were added to "Have I Been Pwned" in March 2016 bringing the total to over 2.4M.
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SvenskaMagic
July 1, 2015
Sometime in 2015, the Swedish magic website SvenskaMagic suffered a data breach that exposed over 30k records. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses and MD5 password hashes. The data was self-submitted to HIBP by SvenskaMagic.
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Qatar National Bank
July 1, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, finance ]
In July 2015, the Qatar National Bank suffered a data breach which exposed 15k documents totalling 1.4GB and detailing more than 100k accounts with passwords and PINs. The incident was made public some 9 months later in April 2016 when the documents appeared publicly on a file sharing site. Analysis of the breached data suggests the attack began by exploiting a SQL injection flaw in the bank's website.
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PS3Hax
July 1, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In approximately July 2015, the Sony Playstation hacks and mods forum known as PS3Hax was hacked and more than 447k accounts were exposed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.
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Minefield
June 28, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In June 2015, the French Minecraft server known as Minefield was hacked and 188k member records were exposed. The IP.Board forum included email and IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.
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Accademia della Crusca
June 23, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
A pro-ISIS hacker hacker dubbed Phenomene Dz defaces the website of The Accademia della Crusca (www.accademiadellacrusca.it), the most important research institution studying the Italian language.
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http://ecastTV
June 15, 2015
Hacking collective @TheNetShip hacks ecasttv.co.nz and dumps its entire database.
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Uber
June 15, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
A website hosting an Uber petition (petition.uber.org) calling on local government to allow its drivers to work on San Francisco's Market Street is defaced by a seemingly well-intentioned blogger, who also inserts a banner that automatically redirects visitors to a competitor's site.
