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Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
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Aussie Travel Cover
January 20, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
A hacker called abdilo (@abdilo_) claims responsibility for breaching the database of Australian travel insurer Aussie Travel Cover on December 18 last year. He claims to have exfiltrated 700,000 records.
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Le Monde
January 20, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Yet another victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The Twitter account of the French newspaper Le Monde is hacked and posts a polemic tweet "Je ne suis pas Charlie".
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Wingstop
January 20, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Wingstop notifies an undisclosed number of customers that malware was found on point-of-sale (POS) systems at four locations, and it could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information.
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Live for Tomorrow
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, defacement, other ]
Two New Zealand non-profit websites tindall.org.nz and livefortomorrow.co.nz are defaced by a group calling themselves the Team Muslim Cyberforce.
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Microsoft Outlook
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Online censorship watchdog Greatfire.org receives reports related to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against Outlook users in China.
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United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
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Isle of Wight, Virginia
January 18, 2015
Team System DZ, an Algerian pro-ISIS hacker defaces the Isle of Wight, Virginia, website (co.isle-of-wight.va.us).
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New York Post
January 17, 2015
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[ social, phishing, technology ]
A total of six fake messages are posted from the Twitter accounts of New York Post and United Press International (UPI) by unknown individuals.
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payivy
January 17, 2015
An unknown hacker hacks payivy.com (a virtual marketplace to sell products online) and dumps 10,000 users and clear text passwords.
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philsacra
January 17, 2015
Two hackers called p0lak & sh0utz hack philsacra.ust.edu.ph and dump 5,100 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Metropolitan State University
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
Minnesota-based Metropolitan State University notifies faculty, staff and students that an attacker may have breached its web server to access a database that contained their personal information. 22,000 users are at risk.
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Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
LizardStresser[dot]ru, the stresser service (DDoS-for-hire) created by the infamous LizardSquad, is allegedly hacked, revealing the details of its 14,241 users.
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Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
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PowerPulse
January 16, 2015
Smittenz hacks powerpulse.net and dumps 1,300 usernames and hashed passwords.
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ValuePetSupplies
January 16, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
ValuePetSupplies.com notifies several thousand customers that unauthorized persons accessed its servers and installed malicious files to capture personal information, including payment card data.
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Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In January 2015, the hacker collective known as "Lizard Squad" created a DDoS service by the name of "Lizard Stresser" which could be procured to mount attacks against online targets. Shortly thereafter, the service suffered a data breach which resulted in the public disclosure of over 13k user accounts including passwords stored in plain text.
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Crayola
January 14, 2015
The Crayola Facebook page is hacked. As a consequence inappropriate and offensive content is posted on the page.
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Notepad++
January 14, 2015
The website of the open-source text editor Notepad++ is defaced by Fallaga Team, an Islamist hacking group, because the developer released a "Je suis Charlie"edition of the software.
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lehlel
January 14, 2015
A hacker called Dorking92 hacks lehlel.com and dumps 20,000 usernames and clear text passwords.
