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FBI
February 8, 2016
Penis AKA @DotGovs completes his job and dumps the data of 20,000 FBI Employees.
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Department of Homeland Security
February 7, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
In the name of #FreePalestine, a hacker called Penis AKA @DotGovs dumps data belonging to 9,000 DHS officials. The trove is allegedly obtained after compromising the email address of a DHS employee.
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Loanbase
February 6, 2016
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Popular international Bitcoin crowd-lending platform Loanbase suffers a security breach. Attackers are able to steal 20 BTC (8,000 USD worth).
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Uganda's Ministry of Finance (finance.go.ug)
February 6, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
And #OpAfrica continues with the dump of the details of 220 government employees from Uganda's Ministry of Finance.
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Broadband Systems Corporation (bsc.rw)
February 6, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Hacktivists kick off their #OpAfrica and breached the backend of the Broadband Systems Corporation.
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Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
February 6, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Pakistani hackers deface the official web portal of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
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teksyndicate
February 5, 2016
@0x1Taylor hacks teksyndicate.com and dumps more than 30,000 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
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Alibaba Group's TaoBao
February 5, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
Local media report that hackers in China have attempted to access over 20 million active accounts on Alibaba Group's Taobao e-commerce website.
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epicbot
February 5, 2016
SonnySpooks hacks epicbot.com and dumps 40,704 records with hashed passwords.
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Unknown retailer
February 5, 2016
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[ leak, retail ]
A data breach at an unidentified online retailer forces Tesco Bank to cancel some of its customers' cards as a precaution. Users of cards from other companies are also likely to be affected.
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Russian banks
February 4, 2016
The Cyber Crime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reveals the details of an operation able to steal about 1.5 bln rubles ($19.8 mln) from several dozen Russian banks, during 2015 via compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems.
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University of Central Florida
February 4, 2016
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Central Florida (UCF) admits that hackers broke into its systems and stole the personal details of more than 63,000 staff and students. The breach was discovered in early January.
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Roosh V
February 4, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
Roosh V, the controversial 'neo-masculinist', claims to have been doxxed by an online group associated with Anonymous.
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Magnolia Health Corporation
February 3, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Magnolia Health Corporation suffers a breach after an unknown perpetrator uses MHC CEO Kensett Moyle's email address to request an Excel spreadsheet containing employee information.
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Thai Prisons
February 3, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
The Blink Hacker group, a known division of the Anonymous hacker collective, has leaked the databases of 100 websites belonging to Thai prisons.
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mavic-mp3
February 3, 2016
An unknown hacker hacks mavic-mp3.com and dumps 26,934 usernames and passwords.
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focusfeatures
February 1, 2016
bRpsd hacks focusfeatures.com and dumps 13,040 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
February 1, 2016
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[ hack, malware, education ]
A British judge has ruled against extraditing Christopher Taylor, a Wigan man who is alleged to have hacked hundreds of webcams around the globe, to the United States. Taylor was apprehended after it was discovered that he installed malware on a laptop at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)
February 1, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
In February 2016, the music-based rhythm game known as Flash Flash Revolution was hacked and 1.8M accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes.
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NASA
January 31, 2016
The AnonSec collective claims to have broken into the computer systems of NASA, partially hijacking a drone, stealing hours of on-board footage from the agency's fleet of aircraft, hundreds of data logs from its weather and climate missions, as well as a list of names, phone numbers and emails of more than 2,400 employess.
