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National Research Council
July 29, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The National Research Council (nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), which handles Canada's research and development efforts on behalf of its government, confirms that its IT infrastructure was hacked. China, which immediately refuses the allegations, is accused of the hack.
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Department of Agriculture
July 25, 2014
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[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of Philippine Department of Agriculture (da.gov.ph) is infected with malicious code that promotes a gambling-related website.
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European Central Bank
July 24, 2014
The website of the European Central Bank (ECB) is hacked, with personal information stolen. The anonymous hacker claims to have stolen around 20,000 email addresses, and a smaller number of telephone numbers and addresses, relating to people who had registered for ECB conferences and visits.
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
July 23, 2014
Again an attack in name of #OpSaveGaza. A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Turk Guvenligi defaces two official sub-domains of the United Nations: esango.un.org and escwa.un.org.
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The Wall Street Journal
July 23, 2014
W0rm hacks the Wall Street Journal and offers data for sale for 1 bitcoin.
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Metro newspaper
July 23, 2014
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
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Vice
July 22, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
W0rm hacks vice.com and accesses a list of CMS users. Hacked data includes email addresses and hashed passwords.
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Insanelyi
July 22, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In July 2014, the iOS forum Insanelyi was hacked by an attacker known as Kim Jong-Cracks. A popular source of information for users of jailbroken iOS devices running Cydia, the Insanelyi breach disclosed over 104k users' emails addresses, user names and weakly hashed passwords (salted MD5).
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BigBoss repository
July 21, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers going by the name of Kim Jong-Cracks'.
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Kenyan Defence Forces
July 21, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter accounts of the Kenyan Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) and its spokesman are hacked by activists claiming to be affiliated to Anonymous (Anon_0x03), to protest against corruption.
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Indexeus
July 19, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Indexeus.org, the search engine containing a database of stolen usernames and passwords is defaced by a group called Pernicious Developers.
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Dennis East International
July 18, 2014
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[ hack, retail ]
Dennis East International (DEI) reports that its website (hosted by an external company Omeganet) experienced two recent security breaches.
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Dominion Resources
July 17, 2014
About 1,700 people in the employee wellness program for Virginia-based Dominion Resources are notified that their personal information was accessed by an attacker who gained entry to the systems of a subcontractor, Onsite Health Diagnostics.
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Israeli Channel 10
July 17, 2014
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[ hack ]
Al-Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for the hack of the satellite feed of Israeli-based Channel 10 for a few minutes to broadcast images of wounded civilians and propaganda messages directed at Israeli citizens.
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AECOM
July 16, 2014
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[ insider ]
AECOM notifies its employees of an intrusion resulting in the exposure of personal information of past and present employees.
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Haaretz
July 15, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration ]
Again, in the name of OPSaveGaza, AnonGhost defaces a sub-domain of Israel's largest and oldest newspaper Haaretz against Israeli bombing over Gaza, Palestine.
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Goodwill Industries
July 14, 2014
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Goodwill Industries is the latest victim of the PoS Breach spree. Stores on 21 states report traces of card frauds.
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CNET
July 14, 2014
A Russian hacker group calling itself W0rm claims to have penetrated CNET's website stealing a database of registered reader data (1 million users). Hackers demand 1 bitcoin.
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Israeli Defense Contractors
July 14, 2014
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[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Brian Krebs reveals that three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the Iron Dome missile shield were compromised by a well-crafted phishing attack and robbed of huge quantities of sensitive documents pertaining to the shield technology.
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Boeing
July 13, 2014
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
The US Department of Justice announces that a Chinese businessman, Su Bin, has been charged with hacking into the computer systems of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other aerospace companies.
