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Nihonomaru
December 1, 2015
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[ hack ]
In late 2015, the anime community known as Nihonomaru had their vBulletin forum hacked and 1.7 million accounts exposed. The compromised data included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted hashes of passwords.
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DaniWeb
December 1, 2015
In late 2015, the technology and social site DaniWeb suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 1.1 million accounts including email and IP addresses which were also accompanied by salted MD5 hashes of passwords. However, DaniWeb have advised that "the breached password hashes and salts are incorrect" and that they have since switched to new infrastructure and software.
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The Fappening
December 1, 2015
In December 2015, the forum for discussing naked celebrity photos known as "The Fappening" (named after the iCloud leaks of 2014) was compromised and 179k accounts were leaked. Exposed member data included usernames, email addresses and salted hashes of passwords.
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Iceland government
November 30, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpWhales, the Anonymous take down almost all the Iceland government websites for about 13 hours as a protest against the whaling practices in Iceland.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
November 30, 2015
Anonymous breach the website of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to protest against the police attack on the Cop21 March and leak personal information of 1415 officials.
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Jabalpur Police
November 28, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers calling themselves "Pakistani cyber attackers" deface the official website of Jabalpur police with Pakistani flags and slogans claiming revenge against Indian attacks.
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Richland County Veterans Service Office
November 28, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A collective of pro-ISIS hackers dubbed Team System DZ defaces three domains of the Richland County office.
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VTech
November 28, 2015
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[ hack ]
A massive breach compromises 4.8 million of records from VTech, a Hong Kong toy company.
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Hungryhouse
November 27, 2015
Online takeaway service Hungryhouse resets the passwords of thousands of its customers following an apparent data breach at a third party hosting company. 10,000 users might be affected.
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Central Bank of India
November 27, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
Pakistani hackers hack the website of the Central Bank of India.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba
November 26, 2015
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[ hack ]
On the 7th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, Indian hackers have defaced over 200 Pakistani websites to express discontent with the alleged Pakistani involvement in the attacks. One of the victims is Lashkar-e-Taiba which is believed to be the main perpetrator.
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Invest Bank
November 25, 2015
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[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
A hacker called Hacker Buba hacks into Invest Bank and holds it to ransom, demanding $3M, and leaking confidential data of clients on Twitter every few hours.
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Unknown Organization
November 25, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team take down the official website of Russian Central Bank (cbr.ru) amid tension near Syrian-Turkey border.
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Pearson VUE
November 23, 2015
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Technology certification management provider Pearson VUE is the victim of a computer security breach after malware compromises its Credential Manager System.
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Gigi Hadid
November 23, 2015
Gigi Hadid admits to being blackmailed by a group of hackers who claim they're ready to leak private content from her iPhone unless she pays up.
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http://www
November 23, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
RyanDa1338 hacks hortinews.co.ke and dumps 42,065 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Linux Australia
November 22, 2015
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[ leak, technology ]
Linux Australia allegedly suffers a second leak of data from its servers, according to a message sent to its main mailing list by president Joshua Hesketh.
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http://www
November 21, 2015
NetPirates hack dhiqar.net, an ISIS related website and dump 14,059 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
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Japan Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry
November 21, 2015
The website of Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is taken down by a DDoS attack. The Anonymous collective claims responsibility.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts
November 20, 2015
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[ financial, malware ]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc says that payment systems at 54 of its hotels in North America had been infected with a malware designed to collect payment card data.
