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.
Unnamed Russian bank
April 4, 2017
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Kaspersky reveals the details of ATMitch, a fileless malware used to steal cash from ATMs. The researchers have only tracked down two incidents where ATMitch was used. The first is in a Russian bank.
Unnamed Kazakh bank
April 4, 2017
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Kaspersky reveals the details of ATMitch, a fileless malware used to steal cash from ATMs. The researchers have only tracked down two incidents where ATMitch was used. The second is in a Kazakh bank.
Queensland School Photography
March 9, 2017
•[ financial, education ]
Queensland School Photography emails students' parents to notify that payment card information has been compromised.
Aptos
March 1, 2017
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
Shoppers of 40 online stores have had their bank card numbers and addresses stolen by a malware infection at backend provider Aptos late last year.
U.S. Residents in 20 states
February 26, 2017
•[ financial, malware ]
According to federal court documents, Russian hackers operating in Colorado and 15 other states used data-mining viruses to steal thousands of credit card numbers from U.S. residents in 20 states and sold them on the darknet for more than $3.6 million.
Email accounts of Irish solicitors
February 5, 2017
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Sunday Independent reveals that cybercriminals are hacking the email accounts of Irish solicitors in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of euro from unsuspecting home buyers.
