Aurora Health Care
March 13, 2015
•[ financial, malware, healthcare ]
Some computer systems and servers at Aurora Health Care are infected with malware designed to capture log-in data entered on certain websites mostly providing financial services.
Hanford Site
March 1, 2015
•[ financial, espionage, hack ]
Hackers conducted a combination of financially motivated and espionage-driven hacking operations against hundreds of companies, organizations, and research firms based in the United States and other countries, stealing terabytes of information. One of these targets was the Hanford Site, a Department of Energy nuclear waste complex. The two hackers, Li Xiayou and Dong Jiazhi, allegedly carried out their activities with the help of China's Ministry of State Security.
Lime Crime
February 25, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Cosmetics company Lime Crime notifies an undisclosed number of customers that unauthorized access was gained to its website server and malware designed to intercept customer data, including payment card information was installed.
BigFish Games
February 18, 2015
•[ financial, hack, technology ]
Casual gaming company Big Fish Games has its site and the personal and financial information of some of its users compromised in an attack that started on last Christmas Eve.
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.
Standard Chartered Bank
February 14, 2015
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The Pakistani branch of Standard Chartered Bank is hacked, and as a consequence many customers fall victim to illegitimate withdrawals from their bank accounts.
French Lick Resort
January 28, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
French Lick Resort announces that malware has infected its payment card system, and any guest who used their credit and debit cards between April 23, 2014, and January 21 may have had their personal information compromised.
Wingstop
January 20, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Wingstop notifies an undisclosed number of customers that malware was found on point-of-sale (POS) systems at four locations, and it could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information.
ValuePetSupplies
January 16, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
ValuePetSupplies.com notifies several thousand customers that unauthorized persons accessed its servers and installed malicious files to capture personal information, including payment card data.
Internal Revenue Service
January 1, 2015
•[ hack, financial ]
hacked
Backcountry Gear
October 29, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
For the second time in three months, Backcountry Gear is notifying online customers that malware may have compromised their payment card information.
giftstore
October 27, 2014
•[ hack, leak, financial ]
A Saudi hacker dubbed @security_511 claims to have hacked a private online Israeli gift store (giftstore.co.il) and leaks credit card details of several customers.
Staples
October 21, 2014
•[ financial, retail ]
Office supply retailer Staples investigates a possible breach of its systems following reports from the banking industry of fraudulent credit and debit card transactions at stores in the northeastern United States.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
October 20, 2014
•[ hack, leak, financial ]
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) announces that an unauthorized intrusion on its email system led to exposing personally identifiable information and financial details of some of its employees.
Kmart
October 10, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Kmart reveals that an undisclosed number of credit card numbers were stolen in a month-long data breach which began in early September.
Flinn Scientific
October 2, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of customers who made purchases on the Flinn Scientific website are notified that their personal information, including payment card data, may have been compromised in a malware attack on the company's server that hosts its internet store.
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.
Viator
September 23, 2014
•[ financial, hack, retail ]
Travel website Viator admits to have suffered a compromise of payment card data on September 2, and confirms that some customer credit cards had been used for fraudulent purposes. Viator notifies approximately 1.4 million customers.
Jimmy John's
September 14, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Signature Systems Inc., the point-of-sale vendor blamed for a credit and debit card breach involving 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shop locations, says the breach also may have jeopardized customer card numbers at nearly 100 other independent restaurants.
Bartell Hotels
September 3, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Bartell Hotels issues a notification that the payment card processing systems used at five of its San Diego locations were compromised and personal information, including credit card numbers, may be at risk. The potential number of affected customers is estimated to be between 40,000 and 45,000.
