Yapizon
April 22, 2017
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffers a massive data breach when hackers steal 3,800 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds.
Best American Hospitality Corp.
April 14, 2017
•[ financial, retail ]
Best American Hospitality Corp. issues a statement regarding stolen payment cards at some of the restaurants it manages and operates.
Queensland School Photography
March 9, 2017
•[ financial, education ]
Queensland School Photography emails students' parents to notify that payment card information has been compromised.
Email accounts of Irish solicitors
February 5, 2017
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Sunday Independent reveals that cybercriminals are hacking the email accounts of Irish solicitors in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of euro from unsuspecting home buyers.
Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
•[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
Unnamed Russian bank
April 4, 2017
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Kaspersky reveals the details of ATMitch, a fileless malware used to steal cash from ATMs. The researchers have only tracked down two incidents where ATMitch was used. The first is in a Russian bank.
Kagoya
December 8, 2016
•[ financial, hack, technology ]
Kagoya, a famous hosting service provider in Japan suffers a security breach in which the personal and financial data of its customers is stolen. In an email to their customers, Kagoya states that the attack affected about 50,000 customers who used their credit cards between April 1, 2015 and September 21, 2016.
POPEYES
January 18, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
CCC Restaurant Enterprises, LLC, doing business as POPEYES, announce that a recent data security incident may have compromised the security of payment information of some customers who used debit or credit cards at 10 Restaurant locations between May 5, 2016 and August 18, 2016.
SWIFT
October 12, 2016
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Symantec reveals that a second group of hackers are attempting to rob banks by targeting SWIFT users deploying the same methods that led to the Bangladesh Bank hacking heist. The tools used are linked to the Odinaff group, which since the beginning of the year, has targeted financial institutions worldwide.
SS&C Technologies
September 16, 2016
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
SS&C Technologies, falls victim to China-based hackers who sent fake emails to company staffers in order to trick them into releasing client money, according to a complaint.
Madison Square Garden
November 22, 2016
•[ hack, financial, retail ]
Madison Square Garden Co. admits that hackers may have stolen payment card data at Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Beacon Theatre and The Chicago Theatre from Nov. 9, 2015 to Oct. 24, 2016.
converse
October 28, 2016
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
Converse reveals that the company's Australian e-commerce site was intercepting payment details for website visitors that made purchases between Sept. 2 and Oct. 12 of this year.
MICROS
August 8, 2016
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
The Carbanak Gang appears to have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems, and used that access to steal administrative credentials and implant malicious code on 700 terminals.
HEI Hotels & Resorts
August 15, 2016
•[ financial, malware ]
HEI Hotels & Resorts, the chain that owns Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, and Intercontinental hotels, reveals that the payment systems for 20 of its locations has been infected with malware that may have been able to steal tens of thousands of credit card numbers.
PAR Technology
August 11, 2016
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
Forbes reveals that the Carbanak Gang also breached 5 more cash registers providers.
Sentinel Hotel
November 4, 2016
•[ financial, retail ]
Sentinel Hotel announces to have taken action to investigate and address an incident affecting payment card data at the hotel's front desk.
City of El Paso
November 2, 2016
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The City of El Paso is "robbed" of about $3 million intended for the streetcar project, when a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city by using a phishing attack.
ICICI Bank
October 20, 2016
•[ financial, leak, finance ]
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
Axis Bank
October 19, 2016
•[ financial, finance ]
Axis Bank, India's third-largest private bank, announces that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, but has managed to stop the intrusion before the hacker stole any funds from customer accounts.
University of Central Florida
October 1, 2016
•[ financial, malware, education ]
A malware infection is to blame for a payment card data breach affecting at least 230 University of Central Florida students.
