Cavirtex
February 19, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
Canadian Bitcoin exchange Cavirtex shuts down, after hackers managed to compromise its systems, stealing hashed passwords and two factor authentication (2FA) secrets.
Bter
February 14, 2015
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter is hacked on Valentine's Day and $1.75 million worth of Bitcoin (7,170 BTC) is stolen.
AlJazira
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of OpSaudi, a group of hacktivists calling themselves "The Oppressed Defenders" takes down the Saudi Arabian bank AlJazira.
Boleto Bancario
February 12, 2015
•[ hack, phishing, finance ]
A new attack on Boletos, the Brazilian nation-wide payment system. This time the criminals poison the DNS entry used by a bank's website to redirect the users to a site controlled by them.
validdumps
January 24, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
An unknown hacker hacks validdumps.ru (a database of credit cards and Paypal accounts) and dumps 2,534 usernames and hashed passwords.
Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
•[ 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).
Hirsche Private Asset
January 7, 2015
•[ leak, finance ]
Hirsche Private Asset notifies his customers of a security breach, warning them to ignore any information coming from third parties.
OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
•[ 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.
Aussie Travel Cover
January 20, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
A hacker called abdilo (@abdilo_) claims responsibility for breaching the database of Australian travel insurer Aussie Travel Cover on December 18 last year. He claims to have exfiltrated 700,000 records.
Fidelity National Financial
October 27, 2014
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Fidelity National Financial notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal information may have been accessible after a small number of employees had their email accounts compromised in a targeted phishing attack.
Warsaw Stock Exchange
October 24, 2014
•[ hack, leak, finance ]
The Warsaw Stock Exchange is allegedly hacked. A supporter of ISIS claims responsibility for the attack, leading to the leak of 30 Mb of Data.
United Overseas Bank
October 1, 2014
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
A gang of Latin American Hackers steals more than $1.2 million from 17 automated teller machines (ATMs) belonging to United Overseas Bank, Affin Bank, Al Rajhi Bank and Bank of Islam in Malaysia.
The Brightside Group
September 29, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
The Brightside Group, manager of several motor insurance websites, acknowledges a breach in its security system.
Placemark Investments
June 10, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Placemark Investments begins notifying an undisclosed number of clients that their personal information may have been exposed when one of its servers was breached.
Privatbank
June 30, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Hackers from the Green Dragon Crew hack Privatbank, the bank owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
Nordea
July 9, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous Norway starts multiple DDoS attacks towards major banks and insurance companies in Norway, including the country's largest telecommunications company, Telenor.
Total Bank
July 3, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Total Bank notifies its users following a compromise of the institution's computer network.
Paytime Inc.
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
An undisclosed number of individuals may have had personal information compromised after hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in systems belonging to Paytime Inc., a Pennsylvania payroll company.
Aktif Bank
April 18, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Members of the hacktivist collective RedHack claim to have breached into the systems of Aktif Bank (aktifbank.com.tr), Turkey's largest privately owned investment bank. They also launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the website.
CoinEX
March 19, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
CoinEX.pw confirms it recently suffered a hack resulting in the theft of all the bitcoins in its possession.
