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Nigerian Defence Headquarters
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) information blog site, defenceinfo.mil.ng is defaced.
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freshfiction
January 24, 2015
A hacker called Ouch hacks freshfiction.com and dumps 6,402 usernames and hashed passwords.
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University of Chicago
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
@MarxistAttorney adds the University of Chicago (uchicago.edu) among its victims.
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validdumps
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
An unknown hacker hacks validdumps.ru (a database of credit cards and Paypal accounts) and dumps 2,534 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Barbecue Renew
January 23, 2015
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Barbecue Renew, which sells grill parts through its website grillparts.com, notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their payment card data may have been compromised as a result of a series of cyber attacks on its web server.
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French Ministry of Defense
January 22, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces several subdomains of the French Interior and Defense Ministries.
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Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
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Aussie Travel Cover
January 20, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
A hacker called abdilo (@abdilo_) claims responsibility for breaching the database of Australian travel insurer Aussie Travel Cover on December 18 last year. He claims to have exfiltrated 700,000 records.
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Le Monde
January 20, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Yet another victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The Twitter account of the French newspaper Le Monde is hacked and posts a polemic tweet "Je ne suis pas Charlie".
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Wingstop
January 20, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Wingstop notifies an undisclosed number of customers that malware was found on point-of-sale (POS) systems at four locations, and it could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information.
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Live for Tomorrow
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, defacement, other ]
Two New Zealand non-profit websites tindall.org.nz and livefortomorrow.co.nz are defaced by a group calling themselves the Team Muslim Cyberforce.
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Microsoft Outlook
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Online censorship watchdog Greatfire.org receives reports related to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against Outlook users in China.
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United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
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Isle of Wight, Virginia
January 18, 2015
Team System DZ, an Algerian pro-ISIS hacker defaces the Isle of Wight, Virginia, website (co.isle-of-wight.va.us).
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New York Post
January 17, 2015
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[ social, phishing, technology ]
A total of six fake messages are posted from the Twitter accounts of New York Post and United Press International (UPI) by unknown individuals.
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payivy
January 17, 2015
An unknown hacker hacks payivy.com (a virtual marketplace to sell products online) and dumps 10,000 users and clear text passwords.
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philsacra
January 17, 2015
Two hackers called p0lak & sh0utz hack philsacra.ust.edu.ph and dump 5,100 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Metropolitan State University
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
Minnesota-based Metropolitan State University notifies faculty, staff and students that an attacker may have breached its web server to access a database that contained their personal information. 22,000 users are at risk.
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Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
LizardStresser[dot]ru, the stresser service (DDoS-for-hire) created by the infamous LizardSquad, is allegedly hacked, revealing the details of its 14,241 users.
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Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
