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.
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.
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.
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.
European Central Bank
January 1, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
JP Morgan Chase
January 1, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
Korea Credit Bureau
January 1, 2014
•[ insider, finance ]
inside job
Record Assist LLC
January 1, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Record Assist LLC notifies of an unauthorized access possibly compromising residents' names, addresses, credit card numbers and Social Security numbers.
Iranian banks (three: Saderat, Eghtesad Novin, and Saman)
January 1, 2012
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
Citigroup
January 1, 2011
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
Neteller
May 17, 2010
•[ leak, finance ]
In May 2010, the e-wallet service known as Neteller suffered a data breach which exposed over 3.6M customers. The breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and account balances.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
January 1, 2010
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
Money Bookers
January 1, 2009
•[ leak, finance ]
Sometime in 2009, the e-wallet service known as Money Bookers suffered a data breach which exposed almost 4.5M customers. Now called Skrill, the breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and IP addresses.
CheckFree Corporation
January 1, 2009
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
Heartland Payment Systems
January 1, 2009
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
The Bank of New York Mellon
January 1, 2008
•[ leak, finance ]
lost box of data tapes
Data Processors International (MasterCard, Visa, Discover Financial Services and American Express)
January 1, 2008
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
RBS Worldpay
January 1, 2008
•[ hack, finance ]
hacked
