US Department of State
March 14, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The State Department shuts down parts of its computer network to remove malicious software from Russian hackers in its unclassified email system.
Snail
March 14, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In March 2015, the gaming website Snail suffered a data breach that impacted 1.4 million subscribers. The impacted data included usernames, IP and email addresses and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
Jamie Oliver
March 13, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
The website of Jamie Oliver (jamieoliver.com) is found to be harbouring malicious software for a second time in less than one month.
British Telecom
March 13, 2015
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, technology ]
Internet traffic for 167 important British Telecom customers, including a UK defense contractor that helps deliver the country's nuclear warhead program, are mysteriously diverted to servers in Ukraine before being passed along to their final destination.
Aurora Health Care
March 13, 2015
•[ financial, malware, healthcare ]
Some computer systems and servers at Aurora Health Care are infected with malware designed to capture log-in data entered on certain websites mostly providing financial services.
Istanbul Police Association
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The online Turkish hacktivist group RedHack defaces the official website of Istanbul Police Association (istanbulpolisdernegi.org) in tribute to Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old teenager who died on March 11, 2014.
5elafa Book
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
5elafa Book', a pro-ISIS Facebook clone is forced offline after just a day; and a linked Twitter account was shut down by supporters of the Anonymous collective.
MyBB
March 11, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
MyBB reveals that its official Twitter profile and a staff member's accounts were hijacked in late January.
DhakaFM904
March 11, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker hacks dhakafm904.com (a web radio) and dumps 1,149 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
Madison Police Department
March 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have taken down the Madison Police Department over Tony Robinson Jr. Shooting.
Bistro Burger
March 10, 2015
Hackers compromise the payment processing systems at a Bistro Burger location in San Francisco and may have exfiltrated card information for a period of two months before the breach was contained.
Ben Phillips
March 9, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Viner Ben Phillips says his account has been hacked and all his videos deleted after he revealed he can earn up to 12,000 a clip.
Femsplain
March 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos ]
femsplain.com, a feminist blog, is the target of a DDoS attack on International Women's Day.
reliablehost
March 7, 2015
Another example of a forum compromised. An unknown hacker hacks reliablehost.info and dumps 7,561 emails and clear text passwords.
epicpr
March 7, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
FRID4Y AKA @_FRID4Y_ hacks epicpr.com and dumps 21,500 usernames and clear text passwords.
Rapides Parish Police Jury
March 7, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The actions of the hacktivist group AnonGhost are not isolated: now they deface the official website of the state of Louisiana Rapides Parish Police Jury, Southern Heritage Bank and Churchill Banks.
Larimer County Sheriff's Office
March 6, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
And for the second time in a week, the Anonghost deface, once again, the official website of Colorado's Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
San Marcos Police Department
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Bitcoin Baron takes down the City of San Marcos and San Marcos PD websites in retaliation for the assault on a student.
Larimer County Sheriff's Office
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of Colorado's Larimer County Sheriff's Office (LCSO, larimersheriff.org) is defaced by the Pro-Palestinian hacking group AnonGhost.
Rublev
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The services of religious-centric Russian search engine "Rublev" are interrupted by a DDoS attack about five hours after being launched to the public.