Recent Breaches
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February 24, 2015 The domain name for Google's search engine in Vietnam, google.com.vn, is briefly hacked and hijacked by the hacker collective Lizard Squad and redirected users to a website selling cyberattack tools.
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February 23, 2015 • Komodia.com, home to the SSL interception module at the heart of the Superfish controversy, is the victim of a DDoS attack.
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February 23, 2015 • In the name of OpSaudi, The Oppressed Defenders take down the online banking domain of Arab National Bank.
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February 21, 2015 • LNO uNiTy AKA @LNOuNiTy hacks dexsil.com and dumps about 6,000 usernames and passwords.
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February 21, 2015 • Kris Jenner claims she is being extorted over a naked video which hackers stole from her iCloud account.
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February 19, 2015 • Canadian Bitcoin exchange Cavirtex shuts down, after hackers managed to compromise its systems, stealing hashed passwords and two factor authentication (2FA) secrets.
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February 18, 2015 • After xHamster, RedTube is the second adult site that is compromised to redirect the user to the Angler Exploit Kit.
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February 18, 2015 • In name of OpChapelHill, the online hacktivist AnonGhost deface the official website of a Carlsbad, California based private military school (armyandnavyacademy.org).
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February 18, 2015 • Casual gaming company Big Fish Games has its site and the personal and financial information of some of its users compromised in an attack that started on last Christmas Eve.
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February 18, 2015 • In approximately February 2015, the home financing website MyFHA suffered a data breach which disclosed the personal information of nearly 1 million people. The data included extensive personal information relating to home financing including personal contact info, credit statuses, household incomes, loan amounts and notes on personal circumstances, often referring to legal issues, divorces and health conditions. Multiple parties contacted HIBP with the data after which MyFHA was alerted in mid-July and acknowledged the legitimacy of the breach then took the site offline.
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February 17, 2015 • As part of OpSaudi, a group of hacktivists calling themselves "The Oppressed Defenders" takes down the Saudi Arabian bank AlJazira.
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February 17, 2015 • The official verified Twitter account of WWE superstar Antonio Cesaro (@WWECesaro) is hacked by unknown hackers wishing cancer to the company's Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon.
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February 17, 2015 • Hacking group Lizard Squad returns with a couple of alleged fresh attacks against Microsoft's Xbox Live Service and Daybreak Service, the studio formerly known as Sony Entertainment Online.
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February 17, 2015 • @GroundingPlanes and @Guidelines hack kiwiblitz.com and dump about 9,000 usernames and hashed passwords.
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February 17, 2015 • A spokesman for Jamie Oliver confirms that the celebrity's website (jamieoliver.com), has been affected by a "malware problem": a malicious iFrame redirecting to a site serving the Fiesta exploit kit.
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February 17, 2015 • GrenXPaRTa hacks the Nigerian Nation Assembly (nassnig.org) and dumps 49 MB of data.
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February 16, 2015 • Haskell, an advanced purely functional programming language, confirms a security breach in its Debian Builds component (deb.haskell.org).
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February 15, 2015 • The group of Pro-Palestine hacktivists Anonghost claims to have hacked the State University of Ohio (osu.edu) and dumps a list of 200 defaced domains.
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February 14, 2015 • China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter is hacked on Valentine's Day and $1.75 million worth of Bitcoin (7,170 BTC) is stolen.
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February 14, 2015 A very original way to celebrate Valentine's Day. An unknown Mexican hacker hacks the local Nissan account (@Nissan_mx) to find his Valentine.