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Flashback
February 11, 2015
In February 2015, the Swedish forum known as Flashback had sensitive internal data on 40k members published via the tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet. The data was allegedly sold to them via Researchgruppen (The Research Group) who have a history of exposing otherwise anonymous users, primarily those who they believe participate in "troll like" behaviour. The compromised data includes social security numbers, home and email addresses.
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Delta Airlines
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Delta Air Lines admits that its Facebook page has been hacked, posting "objectionable and offensive content ".
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Defense Contract Management Agency
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the US federal government entity responsible for performing contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is the victim of a suspected cybersecurity breach and pulls a number of its servers offline.
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International Marine Animal Trainers' Association
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, malware, other ]
In name of OpSeaWorld, hacktivists hack imata.org (International Marine Animal Trainers Association) and dump 1,445 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Newsweek
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, social, technology ]
The CyberCaliphate hacks the Newsweek Twitter Account (@Newsweek) and threatens US President Barack Obama.
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Nanyang Polytechnic
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The Nanyang Polytechnic (nyp.edu.sg) informs 240 former students, mostly from 1994 to 1999, that their details were stolen after a cyber attack.
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Islamic State
February 9, 2015
In the name of OpISIS, the Anonymous take down hundreds of Twitter and Facebook accounts belonging to the extremist group ISIS.
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Radhika Apte
February 9, 2015
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[ leak ]
Bollywood has its own Fappening: personal photos of actress Radhika Apte are leaked and posted on the Internet.
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Chipotle
February 9, 2015
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[ hack, social, retail ]
Fast-food restaurant chain Chipotle is forced to apologise after its Twitter account (@ChipotleTweets) isused to post racist, homophobic and anti-government tweets.
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Martin Schulz website
February 9, 2015
The official website of Martin Schulz (martin-schulz.info), the president of the European Parliament, is hacked by unknown individuals, who leak the content of several internal databases and post online the proof of the hack.
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Arizona Army National Guard
February 6, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army deface the sub-domain of the official Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (ems.azdema.gov). The targeted sub-domain belongs to AZARNG (Arizona Army National Guard).
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Jefferson National Parks Association
February 6, 2015
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[ leak, retail ]
The Jefferson National Parks Association admits to have been informed of a data breach (occurred two months earlier) involving two shops.
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Anthem
February 5, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
One of the largest US health insurers, Anthem, says it suffered a breach that exposed Social Security Numbers and other personal information for 80 million people, including its CEO. It is believed that Chinese hackers may be responsible for the hack.
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Raptr
February 4, 2015
The gaming oriented social network Raptr, asks its users to change the password in the wake of a cyber attack compromising user data such as usernames and passwords.
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Macalester College
February 3, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
Zyklon hacks the Macalester College (in particular the sub-domain soviethistory.macalester.edu) and dumps 3,600 accounts (claiming he has other 90,000).
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White Lodging
February 3, 2015
Multiple financial institutions complain of fraud on customer credit and debit cards that were all recently used at a string of Marriott properties run by hotel franchise firm White Lodging Services Corporation.
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HipChat
February 3, 2015
Atlassian's security team discovers and blocks suspicious activity on the HipChat service that resulted in unauthorized access to names, usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords for a very small percentage (<2%) of the service users.
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Big Blue Interactive
February 3, 2015
Zyklon hacks bigblueinteractive.com and dumps 3,997 usernames and passwords.
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aquamarineboat
February 3, 2015
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[ leak, hack ]
Zyklon hacks aquamarineboat.com and dumps 1,928 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Book2Park
February 2, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Book2Park.com, an online parking reservation service for airports across the United States, appears to be the latest victim of the hacker gang that targeted Target and Home Depot.
