Synology NAS Boxes
June 13, 2014
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
Dell SecureWorks reveals that unknown hackers were able to hijack Synology NAS Boxes for mining Dogecoin, reaping $620,000 in two months.
Feedly
June 11, 2014
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
News aggregator Feedly is made inaccessible by a DDoS attack. Attackers demand a ransom to stop their crippling assault, which the company refuses to pay.
St. Aldhelm's Academy
April 8, 2014
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Members of the finance staff at the UK's St. Aldhelm's Academy were fooled in July of 2013 by an e-mail that appeared to come from the school's bank. As a consequence, more than 1 million ($1.7 million) was stolen.
Mad Mimi
April 1, 2014
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Email marketing service Mad Mimi is hit by a DDoS attack. Shortly after, they receive an email from someone who asked for 1.8 Bitcoins to stop launching attacks.
El Agave Restaurant
March 26, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Over 200 credit and debit card numbers stolen by hackers who installed malware on the point of sale system of El Agave Restaurant.
California Department of Motor Vehicles
March 22, 2014
•[ financial, government ]
The California Department of Motor Vehicles appears to have suffered a wide-ranging credit card data breach involving online payments. The Department states that its computers were not breached directly, but rather the breach happened to a card processor.
Rosenthal Wine Shop
March 21, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Rosenthal Wine Shop notifies customers that malware may have compromised their payment card information.
Valley View Hospital
March 17, 2014
•[ hack, financial, malware ]
Social Security numbers and payment card data is among the personal information that may have been compromised for about 5,400 patients of Colorado-based Valley View Hospital after a computer virus was identified on some hospital computers.
Well
February 18, 2014
•[ financial, retail ]
Well.ca, a Canadian online retailer for health and beauty products, declares to have suffered a data breach, compromising the credit card information of a few thousand of its customers.
Silk Road
February 13, 2014
•[ hack, financial, retail ]
Using a known Bitcoin vulnerability the popular marketplace Silk Road is hacked, losing approximately 4,400 bitcoins, presently worth around $2.6 million.
Michael's
January 25, 2014
•[ financial, retail ]
Multiple sources in the banking industry say they are tracking a pattern of fraud on cards recently used at Michaels Stores Inc., an Irving, Texas-based arts-and-crafts retailer that maintains more than 1,250 stores across the United States.
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.
Edgepark Medical Supplies
January 16, 2014
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
The information, including payment card data, of more than 4,200 individuals is inappropriately accessed after malware is introduced into the computer systems of Edgepark Medical Supplies.
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.
