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Women's Resource Center
January 30, 2015
The website of the Woman Resource Centre (wrc.org.uk) is defaced by Team System DZ, a group of supporters of ISIS and Jihad.
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Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
January 29, 2015
Th3 Ap3x from Anonsec hacks the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (hec.gov.pk) and dumps nearly 10,000 records with usernames and clear text passwords.
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University of Washington
January 29, 2015
Several University of Washington websites are defaced, and the pages are replaced by an extremist message that promises death to Americans in Iraq.
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Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique
January 29, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Moroccan Hassan defaces several subdomains of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.fr).
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Christine & the Queens
January 29, 2015
The Twitter account of the French band Christine & The Queens is hacked by a spammer promoting weight losing drugs to their 20,000 followers.
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Lizard Squad
January 29, 2015
Anonymous Protection AKA @AnonymousUK2015 takes credit for taking down the website (lizardpatrol.com) and the Twitter account (@LizardMafia) of the infamous LizardSquad Collective.
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French Lick Resort
January 28, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
French Lick Resort announces that malware has infected its payment card system, and any guest who used their credit and debit cards between April 23, 2014, and January 21 may have had their personal information compromised.
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Hope FM
January 28, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Suspected hackers briefly hijack Hope FM, a popular Christian radio station in Kenya, and play Islamic verses before it went off air.
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Temporis
January 27, 2015
The Rex Mundi collective continues its tradition, hacking and dumping data from Temporis, a French employment/recruitment agency, after the company refuses to pay the ransom.
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Taylor Swift Twitter account
January 27, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Taylor Swift's Twitter and Instagram accounts are hacked. The fake posts encourage to follow the users @Veriuser and @Lizzard.
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CoinFire Twitter account
January 26, 2015
Bitcoin news website CoinFire and its Twitter account are hacked, according to the company's executive editor. The domain is stolen and the Twitter account hijacked.
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Malaysia Airlines
January 26, 2015
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[ hack ]
The Lizard Squad seizes the website of Malaysia Airlines (malaysiaairlines.com) and redirects the users towards an external page with: a tuxedo-wearing lizard, a reference to the loss of the MH370 flight, and eventually some phrases praising ISIS.
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Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
January 25, 2015
@IncursioSubter hacks the official website of Oklahoma County (oklahomacounty.org) and dumps 1,145 usernames and passwords.
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Topface
January 25, 2015
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
Russian dating site Topface is hacked and the usernames of 20 million visitors are offered for sale on a website. A few days after the hacked site buys back the records (officially "awards" the hacker for discovering the vulnerability).
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Nigerian Defence Headquarters
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) information blog site, defenceinfo.mil.ng is defaced.
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freshfiction
January 24, 2015
A hacker called Ouch hacks freshfiction.com and dumps 6,402 usernames and hashed passwords.
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University of Chicago
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
@MarxistAttorney adds the University of Chicago (uchicago.edu) among its victims.
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validdumps
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
An unknown hacker hacks validdumps.ru (a database of credit cards and Paypal accounts) and dumps 2,534 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Barbecue Renew
January 23, 2015
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Barbecue Renew, which sells grill parts through its website grillparts.com, notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their payment card data may have been compromised as a result of a series of cyber attacks on its web server.
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French Ministry of Defense
January 22, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces several subdomains of the French Interior and Defense Ministries.