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Banco del Austro
January 12, 2015
Here's the third victim of the SWIFT hack: Banco del Austro in Ecuador was also the victim of a similar attack in 2015 which saw cybercriminals steal around $12m.
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US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
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ansar-alhaqq
January 12, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the name of OpCharlieHebdo, the Anonymous claim to have take down the first pro-Jihadist site ansar-alhaqq.net. The site is only the first of a list of Islamist sites allegedly taken down by the hacktivists.
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Boomerang Rentals
January 12, 2015
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[ leak, retail ]
Video game rental company Boomerang Rentals shuts down its websites amidst unconfirmed concerns that it may have suffered a security breach that spilled customers' credit card details.
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Carmen Aristegui
January 12, 2015
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Carmen Aristegui, the director of Aristegui Noticias which reported on the "Casa Blanca scandal" which implicated the Mexican President's wife.
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Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
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ExtraTorrent
January 11, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Extratorrent, the world's number 4 torrent website is taken down by a DDOS attack.
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WBOC
January 9, 2015
CyberCaliphate, a pro-IS group takes control of the Twitter accounts of the Albuquerque Journal, and CBS affiliate WBOC. The attackers also took over WBOC's website. The hackers used the intrusions to post sensitive documents stolen from government servers in Stewart County, TN.
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Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
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[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
The infamous Hacking Group Rex Mundi is active also in the new year, and after blackmailing Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE), dumps details of about 30,000 bank's customers, after the bank rejects the request to pay a ransom of EUR10,000 ($12,000).
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8chan
January 8, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
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DKEVR
January 8, 2015
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[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
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Bundeskanzlerin
January 7, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Pro-Russian Hacker Group CyberBerkut claims to have taken down the website of Merkel's government seat (bundeskanzlerin.de) and the website of Germany's legislative body (bundestag.de).
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Cornell University
January 7, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Hawaii and Cornell University join the lists of the ones hacked by @MarxistAttorney.
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Hirsche Private Asset
January 7, 2015
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[ leak, finance ]
Hirsche Private Asset notifies his customers of a security breach, warning them to ignore any information coming from third parties.
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soundmass
January 7, 2015
Silent Hacker's Group hacks soundmass.com and dumps 1,385 usernames and passwords.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 6, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
A hacker called @ulzr1z decides to commemorate the two year anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz and defaces 15 sites of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Sowerby Primary School
January 6, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The website of Sowerby Primary School in Thirsk, North Yorkshire (UK) is defaced by X-saad, a Pro-Islamist hacker. As a result the parents keep their children off from school.
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OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.
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Orange Spain
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Linker Squad claims to have hacked 10 million user records from Orange Spain.
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Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
