Bitstamp
February 12, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Bitcoin exchange service Bitstamp suspends withdrawals while dealing with a denial-of-service (DOS) attack.
Give Me Coins
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The popular Litecoin mining pool Give Me Coins (give-me-coins.com) is hacked. The attackers have reportedly stolen a total of 10,000 Litecoins, currently worth around $230,000.
PrezidentBank
February 7, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
The official websites of two Turkmenistan state-owned commercial banks are hacked and defaced by Dr.Sha6h, to raise awareness of the situation in Syria. The victims are: Turkmenbashi Bank (tbbank.gov.tm), PrezidentBank (presidentbank.gov.tm).
Bitstamp
February 11, 2014
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Reuters reports that the virtual currency Bitcoin is being hit by attacks from unknown hackers sending "mutated" lines of code into the program that runs the virtual currency. Two exchanges, Bitstamp and Mt. Gox, are affected.
Experian
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Experian notifies that an unauthorized access to the consumers' credit reports in Experian's database occurred between January 30 and January 31, and would have involved name and address as well as one or more of date of birth, Social Security numbers, account information, and whatever information you'd find in a credit report.
Financial Services Online
January 3, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
A group of Pakistani hackers called Pakiz Cyber Squad hacks Financial Services Online (financialservicesonline.com.au), and dumps 527 affiliate account credentials.
Central Bank of Turkey
January 16, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RedHack collective takes down the official website of the Central Bank of Turkey (tcmb.gov.tr) to protest poor monetary policy.
Staysure
January 6, 2014
•[ financial, finance ]
The travel insurance company Staysure confirms that customer names, addresses and card payment details (including CVV) have been stolen from customers who took out insurance prior to May 2012. The attack was carried out back in October last year, but the company was slow to react to it.
