Bank Negara Malaysia
March 29, 2018
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
Bank Negara Malaysia reveals to have foiled cyberattack in which fraudulent messages to transfer funds were sent on the SWIFT transactions platform.
Fortnite
March 14, 2018
•[ hack, financial, technology ]
Several news reports surface of the suspected hacking of player accounts of popular video game Fortnite, with some gamers apparently faced with large credit card charges from fraudulent purchases.
JJ Meds
March 9, 2018
•[ financial, retail ]
JJ Meds, a medical marijuana delivery service in Canada, goes offline after having received an extortion demand.
Scottsboro City Board of Education
March 1, 2018
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Payroll Department of the Scottsboro City Board of Education falls victim of a phishing scam. The attackers requested W-2 information from all employees.
NIS America
March 1, 2018
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
Japanese gaming developer Nippon Ichi Software reveals that its American arm, NIS America, has suffered a major data breach compromising the personal and financial data of online customers. The breach, due to malware implanted in the checkout page, took place sometime between January 23 and February 26.
Punjab National Bank (PNB)
February 22, 2018
•[ leak, financial, finance ]
10,000 Credit Cards details from Punjab National Bank are leaked in the dark web.
Unnamed Russian bank
February 16, 2018
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Russian Central Bank reveals that unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system.
Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel
February 14, 2018
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel is hit with what appears to be a point of sales data breach that occurred when several devices at the hotel were hit with malware.
Undisclosed water utility company
February 8, 2018
•[ financial, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Radiflow discover the first example of a malware attacking the operational network of a water utility company in order to mine the Monero cryptocurrency,
Harris County
January 24, 2018
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
Harris County lose almost $900K in a phishing scam. The attack dates back to September 2017.
National Stores, Inc.
January 23, 2018
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
National Stores, Inc. announces that it has been the victim of a malware attack, enabling unauthorized parties to access payment card information. It appears that payment cards used by customers at some National Stores locations between July 16 and December 11, 2017 may be involved.
Electronic Gas Stations
January 19, 2018
•[ financial, malware, energy ]
Russian authorities identify a distributed malware campaign targeting electronic gas stations using software programs at the pumps. Dozens of gas stations have been attacked with customers paying more for fuel (around 3 to 7% increment per gallon).
BlackWallet
January 13, 2018
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
An unidentified thief reportedly steals more than $400,000 in Stellar lumens after hacking the digital wallet provider BlackWallet.
Exmo
December 28, 2017
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
A UK-based Bitcoin exchange called Exmo is hit by a targeted DDoS attack. The attack happens just days after one of Exmo's leading analysts, a blockchain expert named Pavel Lerner, is kidnapped in Kiev while leaving his office.
Nissan Canada Finance
December 21, 2017
•[ hack, financial, manufacturing ]
Nissan Canada's vehicle-financing wing has been hacked, putting personal information of as many as 1.13 million customers at risk. The exposed data includes at least customer names, addresses, vehicle makes and models, vehicle identification numbers (VINs), credit scores, loan amounts and monthly payment figures.
EtherDelta
December 20, 2017
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta is hacked, with many users unknowingly sending their tokens to the hacker instead of the exchange. At least 308 ETH ($266,789) were stolen, as well as a large number of tokens potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
December 6, 2017
•[ financial, healthcare ]
Police launch an investigation after 817 people report fraud attempts following a breach of the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) web store occurred on November 16th.
Bitcoin Gold
November 22, 2017
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
More than $3.3 million worth of Cryptocurrency is stolen as part of an elaborate scam that took advantage of bitcoin users seeking to claim their share of the newly created cryptocurrency Bitcoin Gold.
NIC Asia Bank
November 4, 2017
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
NIC Asia Bank, based in Kathmandu, suffers a hack on its computer networks, which abused the SWIFT financial messaging system to help steal approximately $4.4m
