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Bell (2014 breach)
February 1, 2014
In February 2014, Bell Canada suffered a data breach via the hacker collective known as NullCrew. The breach included data from multiple locations within Bell and exposed email addresses, usernames, user preferences and a number of unencrypted passwords and credit card data from 40,000 records containing just over 20,000 unique email addresses and usernames.
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock
January 31, 2014
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Dartmouth-Hitchcock notifies some employees that their names and direct deposit bank account information were compromised after some employees fell for a phishing attempt.
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Experian
January 30, 2014
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[ hack, finance ]
Experian notifies that an unauthorized access to the consumers' credit reports in Experian's database occurred between January 30 and January 31, and would have involved name and address as well as one or more of date of birth, Social Security numbers, account information, and whatever information you'd find in a credit report.
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Ministry of Police Affairs
January 30, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The official website of Nigeria's Ministry of Police Affairs (policeaffairs.gov.ng) is breached and defaced by hackers of the Nigerian Cyber Army.
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State Industrial Products
January 30, 2014
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
The FBI alerts State Industrial Products that the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 500-1000 current and former employees may be at risk after an unauthorized party gained access to the information.
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
January 30, 2014
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) reveals that part of its website has been "compromised by illegal means" and it's not currently guaranteed that hackers haven't made off with details of individuals on the BAFTA Guru mailing list.
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Rovio
January 29, 2014
Angry Birds developer Rovio has its website hijacked. As a result, the official Angry Birds (angrybirds.com) website is defaced by someone protesting reports government spy agencies abuse it and other "leaky" mobile apps to mine the personal details of smartphone users.
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Sao Paulo State Government
January 28, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker affiliated with the Anonymous hacks the official email account belonging to the press and communication department of Sao Paulo state government (saopaulo.sp.gov.br/).
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Board of Control for Cricket in India
January 27, 2014
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[ hack ]
A Bangladeshi hacker called Ashik Iqbal Chy defaces the official website of Indian cricket's Governing body (bcci.tv) to protest against takeover proposal.
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Indian Railways
January 27, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. The official website of the Indian Railways is once again defaced by Pakistani Hackers.
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GitHub
January 27, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub is taken down by a DDoS Attack.
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Israeli Defense Ministry
January 26, 2014
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[ hack, malware, government ]
Earlier in January, unknown hackers break into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software looking like it had been sent by the country's Shin Bet secret security service.
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Michael's
January 25, 2014
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[ financial, retail ]
Multiple sources in the banking industry say they are tracking a pattern of fraud on cards recently used at Michaels Stores Inc., an Irving, Texas-based arts-and-crafts retailer that maintains more than 1,250 stores across the United States.
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US Federal Court System
January 25, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), are taken down by a DDOS attack.
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CNN
January 24, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks several accounts belonging to CNN. Targets include: CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked.
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Youth for Achievements
January 23, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Azerbaijan Hackers from Anti-Armenia Team have hacked and defaced several Armenian government ministries websites.
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Give Me Coins
January 23, 2014
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[ hack, financial, finance ]
The popular Litecoin mining pool Give Me Coins (give-me-coins.com) is hacked. The attackers have reportedly stolen a total of 10,000 Litecoins, currently worth around $230,000.
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Perl Blogs
January 22, 2014
The Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICR) hacks the official Perl blogs (blogs.perl.org) and dumps 2,924 user account credentials. The official web page is also defaced.
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Department of Homeland Securiety
January 21, 2014
A security breach at a Web portal for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security exposes private documents and some financial information belonging to at least 114 contractors.
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Easton-Bell Sports
January 21, 2014
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[ hack, manufacturing ]
Easton-Bell Sports Inc, a California-based maker of sports equipment and clothing, Declares that hackers stole information on about 6,000 customers who shopped on its website in December.
