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• Plexor August 7, 2014 • [ hack, manufacturing ] The US website of computer hardware manufacturer Plextor is taken over by a group of hackers identifying themselves as CoMoDo.
• USIS August 6, 2014 USIS, a major US contractor that conducts background checks for the Department of Homeland Security suffers a computer breach that probably resulted in the theft of employees' personal information. The breach is believed to be related to the Office of Personnel Management hack.
• zerem August 6, 2014 A group of Iranian hackers going with the handle of Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICRG), claim to have breached an Israeli job website (zerem.co.il), leaking the personal details of 70,000 registered users. The attack is executed in name of #OpSaveGaza.
• Vibram August 5, 2014 • [ hack, retail ] Vibram notifies some customers of a hack involving its third-party hosting provider. As a consequence, customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised.
• wirelessemporium August 5, 2014 • [ hack, malware, retail ] After a malware is discovered on wirelessemporium.com, the company begins notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal information, including payment card data, might have been compromised.
• Mossad August 2, 2014 • [ hack, ddos, government ] In name of #OpSaveGaza, the Anonymous collective claims responsibility of taking down the websites of: bankisrael.gov.il, mossad.gov.il, justice.gov.il, edu.gov.il, idf.gov.il, telaviv.police.gov.il.
• avitron August 1, 2014 A hacker called rubber AKA @smitt3nz hacks avitron.fr and dumps nearly 2,500 usernames and plain text passwords.
• MyCause August 1, 2014 Up to 12,000 people donating to charities through the Australian website mycause.com.au have their credit card details stolen and used for thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent charges.
• aeromorning August 1, 2014 @smitt3nz hacks aeromorning.com and dumps nearly 1,000 usernames and plain text passwords.
• Connecticut State Government website July 31, 2014 In name of #OpSaveGaza, AnonGhost, defaces the official web portal of State of Connecticut (ct.gov) along with the website of Connecticut's Governor (governor.ct.gov).
• Undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants July 31, 2014 • [ hack, malware, retail ] An undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants may have been affected by a remote-access breach that compromised point-of-sale software, LogMeIn, according to the Delaware Restaurant Association.
• University of West Florida July 31, 2014 The University of West Florida announces that passwords and usernames for about 160 people may have been compromised by some individuals attacking the network to intercept ArgoNet usernames and passwords.
• Cirrus Communications July 30, 2014 • [ hack, ddos, technology ] The largest fixed wireless broadband carrier in Australia, Cirrus Communications, suffers a major DDoS attack, which takes out over half of its network.
• National Research Council July 29, 2014 • [ hack, government ] The National Research Council (nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), which handles Canada's research and development efforts on behalf of its government, confirms that its IT infrastructure was hacked. China, which immediately refuses the allegations, is accused of the hack.
• Department of Agriculture July 25, 2014 • [ hack, malware, government ] The official website of Philippine Department of Agriculture (da.gov.ph) is infected with malicious code that promotes a gambling-related website.
• European Central Bank July 24, 2014 The website of the European Central Bank (ECB) is hacked, with personal information stolen. The anonymous hacker claims to have stolen around 20,000 email addresses, and a smaller number of telephone numbers and addresses, relating to people who had registered for ECB conferences and visits.
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia July 23, 2014 Again an attack in name of #OpSaveGaza. A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Turk Guvenligi defaces two official sub-domains of the United Nations: esango.un.org and escwa.un.org.
• The Wall Street Journal July 23, 2014 W0rm hacks the Wall Street Journal and offers data for sale for 1 bitcoin.
• Metro newspaper July 23, 2014 • [ hack, malware, technology ] The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
• Vice July 22, 2014 • [ hack, government ] W0rm hacks vice.com and accesses a list of CMS users. Hacked data includes email addresses and hashed passwords.