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Wurm Online
February 18, 2014
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[ ddos, technology ]
After being knocked down by a DDoS attack, the operator of the online playing-game Wurm online offer a bounty of 10,000 euros ($13,000) to gather any information about the author of the attack.
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Well.ca
February 18, 2014
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[ data breach, credit card information, customer data ]
Well.ca, a Canadian online retailer for health and beauty products, declares to have suffered a data breach, compromising the credit card information of a few thousand of its customers.
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Muslim Directory
February 17, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
A hacker using the handle @th3inf1d3l announces a leak of data from muslimdirectory.co.uk resulting in 38,903 user credentials being leaked online.
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Muslim Directory
February 17, 2014
In February 2014, the UK guide to services and business known as the Muslim Directory was attacked by the hacker known as @th3inf1d3l. The data was consequently dumped publicly and included the web accounts of tens of thousands of users which contained data including their names, home address, age group, email, website activity and password in plain text.
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Kickstarter
February 16, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Kickstarter announces that it has become aware of a security breach resulting in the loss of personal customer data like usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Potentially 5.6 million users have been affected.
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Kickstarter
February 16, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
In February 2014, the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained almost 5.2 million unique email addresses, usernames and salted SHA1 hashes of passwords.
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United Socialist Party of Venezuela
February 15, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The verified Twitter account (@PartidoPSUV) of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is hacked by LulzSec Peru.
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Forbes
February 15, 2014
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[ leak, technology ]
In February 2014, the Forbes website succumbed to an attack that leaked over 1 million user accounts. The attack was attributed to the Syrian Electronic Army, allegedly as retribution for a perceived "Hate of Syria". The attack not only leaked user credentials, but also resulted in the posting of fake news stories to forbes.com.
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Bank of the West
February 14, 2014
An undisclosed number of individuals who applied online for a position with San Francisco-based Bank of the West have their personal information (including Social Security numbers) compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to a job application system.
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Forbes
February 14, 2014
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes, stealing user data and posting fake stories to its Web site. Forbes acknowledges the hack stating that e-mail addresses may have been exposed but passwords are encrypted. Apparently 1 million user records are spilled.
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National-Socialist Party of Canada
February 13, 2014
nairb AKA @SQLiNairb hacks the National-Socialist Party of Canada official (nspcanada.nfshost.com) and leaks around 1,500 accounts.
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Ukranian Democratic Alliance for Reform
February 13, 2014
In name of OpIndepenence, the collective Anonymous Ukraine hacks Vitali Klitschko's UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform) party and leaks some confidential emails.
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Silk Road
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, financial, retail ]
Using a known Bitcoin vulnerability the popular marketplace Silk Road is hacked, losing approximately 4,400 bitcoins, presently worth around $2.6 million.
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UK Ministry of Justice
February 13, 2014
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice website, justice.gov.uk, is disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The Ministry of Justice was targeted for not condemning the NSA's surveillance operations.
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ReadingRockets
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, leak, education ]
DeleteSec hacks ReadingRockets.org and leaks around 5,800 accounts. Leaked credentials contain full names, addresses, contact information, email addresses and clear text passwords.
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Presidential Adviser
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, leak, government ]
Again an action in name of Opindependence. This time Anonymous Ukraine hacks the e-mail account of Laurynas Jonavicius (adviser of the President of Lithuania), leaking some emails.
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AVS TV
February 12, 2014
DeleteSec hacks AVS TV (avstv.com) and leaks around 40,000 account credentials of registered users.
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US Embassy in Turkey
February 12, 2014
Hackers of the RedHack collective leak the contact information for 36 staff members of the US Embassy in Turkey. The hacktivists publish a list of names, email addresses, job titles and phone numbers.
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UK Government Communications Headquarters
February 12, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Even the website of the Government Communications Headquarters (gchq.gov.uk) is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
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Bitstamp
February 12, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Bitcoin exchange service Bitstamp suspends withdrawals while dealing with a denial-of-service (DOS) attack.
