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Dr. Carlos Figeuroa
August 7, 2015
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[ hack, malware, government ]
The Associated Press shows evidence that some Ecuadorean opposition activists were hacked by Ecuador's domestic intelligence agency, with software tailor-made by Hacking Team. The only named victim is Dr. Carlos Figeuroa.
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Sabre Corporation
August 7, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Sabre Corp., which processes reservations for hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels, confirm that its systems were breached recently. The company was probably hacked as part of the same wave of attacks that targeted insurer Anthem Inc. and the U.S. military.
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Unknown Organization
August 7, 2015
A couple of hackers dubbed PH1K3 and z0x hack Hemmakvall.se (a Swedish video store chain) and dump the details of approximately 47,000 users.
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StoryBird
August 7, 2015
In August 2015, the storytelling service StoryBird suffered a data breach exposing 4 million records with 1 million unique email addresses. Impacted data also included names, usernames and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
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ICANN
August 6, 2015
ICANN, the organisation which oversees the Internet's Domain Name System, reveals to have fallen victim to a hacker attack during which the details (emails and hashed passwords) of users who had created profiles on the organisation's public website were exposed.
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Dubizzle
August 6, 2015
Several Dubizzle customers receive a warning email message instructing them to immediately change their passwords, after the online classifieds website discovers a security breach.
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http://itembay
August 6, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
l1kw1d hacks itembay.ca, an online game virtual currency provider and dumps 4,330 usernames with clear text passwords.
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Miranda Lambert
August 6, 2015
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[ hack ]
A woman, identifying herself only as "Brenda", claims to have broken into Miranda Lambert's email account, accessing more than 35,000 emails.
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United States Department of Defense
August 6, 2015
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks.
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Yapstone
August 5, 2015
YapStone (VacationRentPayments) notifies some property managers and others who use their service to receive vacation rental payments that personal information in their account applications was compromised by unauthorized persons between July 15, 2014 and August 5, 2015.
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Australian Investment Exchange
August 5, 2015
The Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) reveals that an unnamed Russian hacker used compromised retail accounts held by E*Trade, Commsec and the Australian Investment Exchange to illegally manipulate more than a dozen penny stocks to the tune of $77,429 AUD.
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Hover
August 5, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Website domain name registrar Hover emails users warning of possible "unauthorised access" to one of its systems, telling them that they will not be able to log into the service until they reset their passwords.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister
August 5, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has his office website hacked by a pro-Syria hacktivist dubbed Dr.MwNs.
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Andy Weir
August 4, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Andy Weir, the creator of The Martian has his Twitter and e-mail accounts hacked.
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Bodmin College
August 4, 2015
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[ hack, insider, education ]
A disgruntled former student is thought to be responsible for hacking Bodmin College's website and defacing it with a series of obscenities.
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Dota 2 Servers
August 4, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The International, the annual tournament for Valve's Dota 2, featuring dozens of players and millions in prize money, is put on hold when a DDoS attack takes down the game's servers.
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Donald Trump Corporate Website
August 3, 2015
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[ hack, espionage ]
Telecomix Canada hacks Donald Trump's corporate website (trump.com) sending a public thank you message to outgoing Daily Show host Jon Stewart.
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Two undisclosed UAE banks
August 3, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
Several credit cards are being replaced across the UAE by some banks following a possible security beach involving online hackers.
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Hardin Center
August 1, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
MuhmadEmad, an anti-ISIS Kurdish hacker, defaces the websites of the Etowah County Sheriff's Office and Hardin Center (etowahcountysheriff.com and culturalarts.com) posting a message against the Islamic State.
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Orange County Employees Association
August 1, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Orange County Employees Association notifies an undisclosed number of people that their personal information, and that of their dependents, may have been accessed by hackers during one or more attacks, which appears to have occurred as early as June 5.
