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Pakistan Official Portal
September 1, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
In name of OpPakistan, unknown Hacktivists deface the official portal of Pakistan (pakistan.gov.pk), demanding resignation of prime minister Nawaz Shareef.
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Justice Minister Judith Collins
September 1, 2014
A hacker known as RawShark (@whaledump) causes the resignation of New Zealand Justice Minister Judith Collins after releasing information showing a purported campaign to undermine government officials.
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Bin Weevils
September 1, 2014
In September 2014, the online game Bin Weevils suffered a data breach. Whilst originally stating that only usernames and passwords had been exposed, a subsequent story on DataBreaches.net indicated that a more extensive set of personal attributes were impacted (comments there also suggest the data may have come from a later breach). Data matching that pattern was later provided to Have I Been Pwned by @akshayindia6 and included almost 1.3m unique email addresses, genders, ages and plain text passwords.
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Powerbot
September 1, 2014
In approximately September 2014, the RuneScape bot website Powerbot suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of over half a million unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.
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McKayla Maroney
August 31, 2014
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[ leak ]
Yet another leak of celebrities pictures. A massive leak of nude and risque photos appearing to be of huge stars like is leaked online, first appearing on 4chan.
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Parkistan Army
August 30, 2014
In the name of #OpPakistan, Anonymous conducts a massive cyber attack against many Pakistani government websites, including Parkistan Army's recruitment website, government of Punjab's official portal, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution, and several other high-profile sites.
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Israeli Embassy for Uzbekistan
August 30, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
An anti-Assad Syrian 'hacker going with the handle of Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of Israeli Embassy for Uzbekistan (israelbiz.uz) in solidarity with Palestine.
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Vermillion
August 30, 2014
In August 2014, the Roblox hacking forum Vermillion suffered a data breach that exposed over 8k subscriber records. The breach of the MyBB forum exposed email and IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted password hashes.
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ClamCase
August 29, 2014
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[ hack, financial, technology ]
ClamCase, a maker of keyboards and protective cases for iPads, notifies its customers that unidentified intruders gained access to personal information and payment details.
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MangaGamer
August 29, 2014
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[ leak ]
Visual novel distributor MangaGamer notifies its users to have suffered a security breach. The full member database is posted on pastebin.
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City of Dubois, PA
August 28, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
A Moroccan hacker going with the handle of MaeSTro-GhoL defaces the official website of the City of DuBois, Pennsylvania (duboispa.gov) in solidarity with Palestine.
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Dairy Queen
August 28, 2014
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Fast food restaurant Dairy Queen confirms that systems in some of their locations have been infected with Backoff.
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hackforums
August 28, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Hackforums.net, one of the most popular hacking forums in the world, is defaced by an Egyptian hacker with the online handle Eg-R1z.
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Summit County Fair
August 28, 2014
Hundreds of personal bank accounts are at risk after a security breach was discovered involving ticket sales for the Summit County Fair rodeo and demolition derby.
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Stanford University
August 28, 2014
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[ hack, education ]
Sahoo defaces a subdomain of Stanford (web.stanford.edu).
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City of Binghamton, NY
August 28, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Essaji, defaces the sub-domain of City of Binghamton, New York, in support for Gaza (firstwardboa.binghamton-ny.gov/).
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JPMorgan
August 27, 2014
Bloomberg news reveals that hackers allegedly from Russia targeted JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and at least four other banks in a coordinated attack on major financial institutions.
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Geekface
August 26, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Geekface notifies its users of an illegitimate access to one of its servers. The data accessed include personal information.
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Office of the Israeli Prime Minister
August 25, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpSaveGaza, the Anonymous collective claims to have taken down some key Israeli governmental websites, including those of the Israeli Defense Forces, the Bank of Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister.
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Sony PlayStation Network
August 25, 2014
Sony admits that a DDoS attack impacted online services, Sony's PlayStation Network and the Sony Entertainment Network. Other affected services involve: Xbox Live, Blizzard's Battle.net, and Grinding Gear Games.
