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mSpy
May 14, 2015
Mobile spyware firm mSpy is hacked, and its database is published on the dark web. The data dump includes information on the more than 400,000 users, including Apple IDs and passwords, tracking data, and payment details on some 145,000 successful transactions.
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Gaadi
May 14, 2015
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[ leak, misconfiguration, automotive ]
In May 2015, the Indian motoring website known as Gaadi had 4.3 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, the city of users as well as passwords stored in both plain text and as MD5 hashes. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.
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mSpy
May 14, 2015
In May 2015, the "monitoring" software known as mSpy suffered a major data breach. The software (allegedly often used to spy on unsuspecting victims), stored extensive personal information within their online service which after being breached, was made freely available on the internet.
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Minnesota Department of Education
May 13, 2015
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[ hack, education, government ]
Minnesota student testing is suspended again after what is believed to be a sophisticated hacking attempt.
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badminton-total
May 11, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
An unknown hacker hacks badminton-total.com and dumps 2,641 usernames and clear text passwords
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www2
May 11, 2015
In name of OpGreenRights, two websites under the administraion of the Brazilian government (brasil.gov.br and www2.brasil.gov.br) are taken down by a DDoS attack.
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International Grand Investment Corporation
May 11, 2015
A computer hacker apparently steals $250,000 from International Grand Investment Corporation. The money is wired to what appears to be a business in China.
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lottoland
May 11, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
GrenXPaRTa claims to have hacked lottoland.co.uk and dumps 9,702 usernames and passwords
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Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 11, 2015
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[ espionage, government ]
Singapore Minister of Information and Communications reveals that the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the victim of an advanced attack, last year, which forced the affected devices to be disconnected from the network.
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Starbucks
May 11, 2015
Starbucks is the victim of an ingenious hack, which allows credit card hackers to steal money from consumers' gift cards mobile app.
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Website of the Kenyan President
May 11, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The website of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (president.go.ke) is defaced by the Indonesian based Gantengers Crew.
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Спрашивай.ру
May 11, 2015
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[ leak, technology ]
In May 2015, . (a the Russian website for anonymous reviews) was reported to have had 6.7 million user details exposed by a hacker known as "w0rm". Intended to be a site for expressing anonymous opinions, the leaked data included email addresses, birth dates and other personally identifiable data about almost 3.5 million unique email addresses found in the leak.
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Mauthausen Nazi Camp
May 8, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The memorial website of the Nazi Mauthausen camp in Austria is defaced with child pornography image materials.
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euromilhoes
May 8, 2015
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[ hack, leak, government ]
A hacker called Fokinz hacks euromilhoes.com and dumps 19,352 usernames and passwords.
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Bettys
May 8, 2015
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[ leak, manufacturing ]
120,000 online Bettys customers have their personal details accessed following a data breach due to an industry-wide software weakness.
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Intercontinental Hotel Group
May 7, 2015
Six Intercontinental Hotel Group hotels are notified earlier this year of a data security breach due to a malicious email attachment, which had compromised their payment system and exposed 613 customers' names, addresses, payment card numbers, and expiration dates.
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iLoveMakonnen
May 7, 2015
iLoveMakonnen's Twitter account is hacked, and posts offensive tweets against Drake and Rihanna.
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Iranian Ministry of Defense
May 7, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A Saudi hacker going with the handle of RxR HaCker defaces the official website of the Iranian Ministry of Defense (gozinesh.mod.ir), insulting Iran's leader Ali Khamenei over war in Yemen.
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Evermotion
May 7, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, technology ]
In May 2015, the Polish 3D modelling website known as Evermotion suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 435k unique user records. The data was sourced from a vBulletin forum and contained email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.
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Firekeepers Casino Hotel
May 6, 2015
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[ financial, hack, malware ]
Firekeepers Casino Hotel is in the process of investigating a possible data security incident involving the point of sale systems. As a precaution new PoS systems are installed
