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
Hyatt Hotels Corp.
October 12, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Hyatt Hotels Corp reveals to have discovered unauthorized access to payment card information at certain Hyatt-managed locations worldwide between March 18, 2017 and July 2, 2017.
MacEwan University
August 23, 2017
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
MacEwan University staffers are tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers' bank accounts. The majority of the money, $11.4 million, has been traced to bank accounts in Montreal and Hong Kong.
Bittrex
August 19, 2017
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
A fake website pretends to be the official site for Bittrex exchange, but in reality, it is a phishing domain not only stealing login credentials of unsuspecting users, but also the money saved in the exchange.
Equifax
July 29, 2017
•[ financial, technology ]
Equifax, reveals to have been hit by a data breach that could potentially affect 143 million consumers in the United States. The breach was discovered on July 29th.
ClassicEtherWallet
June 29, 2017
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
An unknown attacker gains control over the web domain of Classic Ether Wallet, a client-side wallet system for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency, being able to phish credentials and redirect transactions. Based on reported cases, the hacker might have stolen nearly $300,000.
The Buckle Inc.
June 17, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Buckle Inc., a clothier that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, discloses that its retail locations have been hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data.
Gordon Ramsay
June 7, 2017
•[ financial, hack, insider ]
The father-in-law of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is jailed for six months after pleading guilty to attempting to hack into his computer to steal financial information and 'dirty' secrets on the star for the hacking plot to crack into Ramsay's private email.
Kmart
May 31, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
For the second time in less than three years, Kmart Stores suffers a malware-based security breach of its store credit card processing systems.
Brooks Brothers
May 12, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
U.S. clothing company Brooks Brothers reveals that payment card information of certain customers was compromised at some of its retail locations in the United States and Puerto Rico over 11 months until March.
German O2-Telefonica users
May 3, 2017
•[ financial, ss7, technology ]
O2-Telefonica in Germany confirms to S ddeutsche Zeitung that some of its customers have had their bank accounts drained using a two-stage attack that exploits SS7.
Blowout Cards
April 25, 2017
•[ hack, financial, retail ]
Blowout Cards issues a security alert to customers, warning that their payment card details may have been compromised after an attacker hacked its website and customers began reporting related card fraud.
Yapizon
April 22, 2017
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffers a massive data breach when hackers steal 3,800 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds.
Best American Hospitality Corp.
April 14, 2017
•[ financial, retail ]
Best American Hospitality Corp. issues a statement regarding stolen payment cards at some of the restaurants it manages and operates.
Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
•[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
