Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS)
July 25, 2018
•[ leak, finance ]
The Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) announces to have suffered a breach. The breach occurred in 2013 and that the NRIC numbers, home addresses, email addresses, mobile and landline numbers of 70,000 people were compromised in the incident.
Banks in Chile
July 25, 2018
•[ hack, leak, finance ]
Hackers from the Shadow Brokers gain access to some 14,000 credit card numbers in Chile and publish them on social media.
Krungthai Bank (KTB)
July 25, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Computer systems of Kasikornbank (Kbank) and Krungthai Bank (KTB) are compromised, affecting the security of the personal and corporate data of more than 120,000 customers.
Etherscan
July 23, 2018
•[ hack, xss, finance ]
Visitors of the popular Ethereum blockchain explorer Etherscan.io are shown a pop-up message showing "1337" indicating the website has been compromised.
PIR Bank of Russia
July 20, 2018
•[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Cybercriminals part of the notorious hacking group MoneyTaker attack the PIR Bank of Russia and steal $1M. The hacking is carried out after infiltrating the bank's systems by compromising an old, outdated router. The router was installed at one of the regional branches of the bank.
BtcTurk
July 1, 2018
•[ leak, finance ]
Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk confirms a data breach from mid-2018 that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users.
Trezor
July 1, 2018
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The team behind the Trezor multi-cryptocurrency wallet service discovers a phishing attack against some of its users that took place over the weekend, carried on via DNS poisoning or BGP hijacking.
Indian businessman
June 22, 2018
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The email of a city-based businessman is hacked and INR12.5 lakh (USD 18,230) stolen and transferred to two bank accounts in China.
Liberty Life
June 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Liberty Life's IT system are attacked by unknown hackers, who reportedly obtain sensitive data about some of the insurer's top clients and ask for a ransom.
Syscoin
June 13, 2018
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Malicious actors replace the legitimate Windows installer for Syscoin's cryptocurrency with a version containing malware, which was available on the company's Github page for several days.
Coinrail
June 11, 2018
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Coinrail, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, says that its systems have been hacked. It is believed that hackers stole about 40 billion won (US$37.2 million) worth of cryptocurrency from Coinrail, including 21 billion won worth of Pundi X and 14.9 billion won worth of Aston.
ZenCash
June 2, 2018
•[ financial, finance ]
ZenCash, an upcoming privacy coin, is the victim of a 51% attack.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
May 28, 2018
•[ leak, finance ]
Also the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the country's fifth largest bank is affected by the same incident, and they believe that 40,000 users could be possibly affected from its subsidiary Simplii Financial.
Taylor Cryptocurrency
May 28, 2018
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The creators of the Taylor cryptocurrency trading app claim that an unidentified hacker has stolen around $1.35 million worth of Ether from the company's wallets.
American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac)
May 25, 2018
•[ leak, finance ]
American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac) issues a press release concerning the breach of independent contractor sales agents' email accounts. The breach occurred between Jan. 17 and April 2 and has reportedly affected some clients' personal information.
Banco Inter
May 4, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Shares in Banco Inter fall as much as 11 percent after reports that a hacking attack had obtained sensitive data pertaining to clients. Banco Inter reveals it was "the victim of attempted extortion."
Fleetcor Technologies
May 3, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Fleetcor Technologies, a company specializing in fuel cards and workforce payment products and services, publicly discloses that its gift card systems were accessed last month by an unauthorized party. A "significant number" of gift cards that are at least six months old, as well as PIN numbers, were accessed.
SPEI
April 27, 2018
•[ financial, finance ]
Three banks in Mexico are targeted by a cyber attack aimed to penetrate Mexico's electronic payment systems (SPEI).
MyEtherWallet
April 24, 2018
•[ hack, financial, misconfiguration ]
A hacker (or group of hackers) hijacks the Amazon DNS servers of MyEtherWallet.com, a web-based Ether wallet service. Users accessing the site are redirected to a fake version of the website. Those who logged in had their wallet private keys stolen, which the attacker used to empty accounts.
