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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.
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Dhaka University
September 11, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The Dhaka University website is defaced by hacker called Cyber-71.
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Penrith High School
September 11, 2015
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[ insider, misconfiguration, education ]
A small group of students from Penrith High School have allegedly used a teacher's login credentials to access a Department of Education computer system that contains students' assessment marks.
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UK Cabinet Ministers
September 11, 2015
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[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Telegraph reveals that jihadists in Syria hacked into UK ministerial email accounts in a sophisticated espionage operation uncovered by GCHQ.
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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
September 10, 2015
Health insurance company Excellus declares that hackers broke into its servers and may have obtained the personal details of 10.5 million people. The information belongs to customers who lived in or sought treatment in the upstate New York area.
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Mohu
September 8, 2015
Consumer electronics company Mohu notifies approximately 2,500 customers that credit card information and other data was compromised during an attack on the www.gomohu.com website.
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The Pentagon
September 8, 2015
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[ hack, financial, government ]
Hackers infiltrated the Pentagon food court's computer system, compromising the bank data of an unknown number of employees.
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Essex Police
September 4, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The same attacker who took down the Manchester Police earlier this month, also takes down the website of the Essex Police.
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http://www
September 4, 2015
Rubber AKA @smitt3nz hacks 9 dating websites in a row and dumps a total of 7,764 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Mozilla Bugzilla
September 4, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Mozilla reveals that an attacker stole security-sensitive vulnerability information from the Mozilla's Bugzilla bug tracking system and probably used it to attack Firefox users. The attacker may have had access since September 2013.
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The University of New South Wales
September 4, 2015
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), one of Australia's top universities has images of a porn star and other inappropriate content shared on its Facebook page.
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Greater Manchester Police
September 3, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website of Greater Manchester Police in the UK (gmp.police.uk) is hit by two DDoS attacks. A Twitter account going by the handle @n0w1337 claims responsibility for the attack.
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http://www
September 3, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Two hackers dubbed ConnectingFriend and KheXan rOot hack askmebazaar.com and dump 2,105 user records.
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Wayne County Board of Education
September 3, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
Hackers claiming to be part of Islamic State deface the Wayne County Board of Education website (boe.wayn.k12.wv.us).
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Hawaii First Federal Credit Union
September 3, 2015
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
Hawaii First Federal Credit Union notifies an undisclosed number of customers that an unauthorized individual may have gained access to an employee's email account, and could have accessed personal information.
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Manchester Airport
September 3, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same wave of attacks, the same attacker also claims responsibility for taking down the website of Manchester Airport (manchesterairport.co.uk).
