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Karnataka State Higher Education Council
August 22, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The website of the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (kshec.ac.in) is defaced by a group that calls itself Clinkz48.
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State Information Technology Agency
August 21, 2015
In name of #OperationSA and #OpMonsanto, the Anonymous hack the South African government contractor State Information Technology Agency (sita.co.za) and leak its entire database.
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Carlos Loret de Mola
August 20, 2015
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Carlos Loret de Mola, a journalist and on-air personality who reported on the alleged cover-up of a massacre in western Mexico.
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University of Rhode Island
August 20, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Rhode Island (URI.edu) notifies former and current students of of an incident involving the inappropriate collection, and possible use, of information related to some URI email accounts by an external individual.
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Web
August 19, 2015
The name, address, and credit card information of approximately 93,000 customers of Web.com, a popular US-based provider of Internet services to small businesses, is compromised due to a breach of one of the company's computer systems.
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UNICEF India
August 19, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A group of Turkish hackers going with the online handles of RootDevilz, Jonturk75 and Bozkurt97 deface the official website of UNICEF India (unicef.in) and post a message against China, US, UN, EU and Israel.
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mumsnet
August 19, 2015
An Internet troll with the nickname @DadSecurity takes down mumsnet.com and not happy with the result targets the portal co-founder Justine Roberts in a 'swatting' attack.
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Tianwang
August 18, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Tianwang, a rights and citizen journalism website based in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan says its operations have been paralyzed by an external attack.
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Nepal Department of Transportation
August 17, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Avian and the Nepal Cyber Army hack the Nepal Department of Transportation (eproc.dor.gov.np) and dump 8,300 records with usernames and clear text passwords.
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Unknown Organization
August 17, 2015
NetPirates AKA @TheNetShip hack The Hope Institute (makehope.org) and dump about 6000 usernames and hashed passwords (they claim to have retrieved an additional 5000 records).
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Clayton Valley Charter High School
August 17, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
A hacker purportedly associated with the Anonymous collective claims to have hacked the Clayton Valley Charter High School and sends several internal documents via email.
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Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia
August 15, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker going with the handle of Mr.H4rD3n defaces the official website of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia (azembassy.ru).
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MyVidster
August 15, 2015
In August 2015, the social video sharing and bookmarking site MyVidster was hacked and nearly 20,000 accounts were dumped online. The dump included usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords.
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University of Virginia
August 14, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Virginia announces to have been hit by a cyber attack allegedly originating from China.
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City of Henderson
August 14, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson Web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected. However the city declared that no personal or sensitive information was compromised.
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Fred's Inc.
August 14, 2015
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[ financial, hack, malware ]
Fred's Inc. confirms that an unauthorized person gained access to two servers that process payment card data placing a malicious software capable of copying the payment card data.
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Michigan Football Facebook page
August 12, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Michigan's most popular Facebook pages: Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, and Michigan Athletics are hacked by an unknown user that posts malicious messages.
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OneBookShelf
August 12, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
OneBookShelf, the operator of websites that sell games and comics as PDFs and print-on-demand publications, notifies customers that it suffered a hacker attack that obtained some credit card information.
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Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
August 10, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Mexican hacktivists affiliated with the Anonymous collective defaces the website of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (mexicoconectado.gob.mx) in retaliation for the murder of the Mexican photojournalist Rub n Espinosa.
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Boqueirao Bus Station
August 8, 2015
Hackers infiltrate the travel information video screens at a Brazilian bus station in the southern city of Curitiba, and replace arrival and departure times with hard-core porn.
