Bitstamp
February 11, 2014
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Reuters reports that the virtual currency Bitcoin is being hit by attacks from unknown hackers sending "mutated" lines of code into the program that runs the virtual currency. Two exchanges, Bitstamp and Mt. Gox, are affected.
Kars Municipality
February 10, 2014
•[ hack, government, education ]
The infamous RedHack collective joins the protests against the new Internet Law, and leak around two dozen records. They also deface a couple of local sites and hack the Ministry of Education.
Official website of the President of Nepal
February 8, 2014
•[ hack, leak, sqlinjection ]
Two separate attacks deface the official website of Nepal's Office of the President (presidentofnepal.gov.np). In the first case, the attacker who goes by Dr.3v1l, also leaked some information stolen from the DB. The second attack was carried out by an Indian hacker.
St. Joseph Health System
February 5, 2014
•[ hack, healthcare ]
More than 400,000 patients and employees of St. Joseph Health System are notified that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and, in some cases, bank account information, may have been accessed following an attack on the health system's computer system.
Turkcell
February 4, 2014
•[ leak, hack, technology ]
Hackers of the RedHack group claim to have breached the systems of three major telecoms companies: TTNET, Vodafone and Turkcell. After the attack they leak the details of hundreds of individuals from TTNET and 5,000 Vodafone customers.
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.
Israeli Defense Ministry
January 26, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Earlier in January, unknown hackers break into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software looking like it had been sent by the country's Shin Bet secret security service.
US Federal Court System
January 25, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), are taken down by a DDOS attack.
Board of Control for Cricket in India
January 27, 2014
•[ hack ]
A Bangladeshi hacker called Ashik Iqbal Chy defaces the official website of Indian cricket's Governing body (bcci.tv) to protest against takeover proposal.
Youth for Achievements
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Azerbaijan Hackers from Anti-Armenia Team have hacked and defaced several Armenian government ministries websites.
AVG
January 15, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
19 official domains of AVG are defaced by different hackers from Indonesia and Pakistan.
Neiman Marcus
January 11, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus admits to have suffered a data breach exposing customers' credit card information.
iiNet
January 10, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Australia's third-largest ISP, iiNet, launches a full investigation into a security breach of its TransACT network, believed to be affecting the email servers of one of its subsidiaries.
The Straight Dope
January 9, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Straight Dope, the popular online question and answer newspaper column, advises users of its forum to change their passwords because the information might have been compromised in a recent attack targeted at the bulletin board.
Namibian Government Portal
January 8, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of OpFunKill the Anonymous take down the Namibia main Government portal gov.na
openSUSE
January 7, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The well-known Pakistani hacker H4x0r HuSsY hacks the official Forum of OpenSUSE, defacing it and allegedly compromising the account information of 79,500 registered users.
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM)
January 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM), a company that provides emergency communication services to the public, fire and police agencies, admits it suffered a server breach in late December. 6,000 records are affected.
Various Government Websites
January 11, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Infamous RedHack collective hacks the country's Parliament, the Turkish Contractors Association, the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
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.
Easton-Bell Sports
January 21, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Easton-Bell Sports Inc, a California-based maker of sports equipment and clothing, Declares that hackers stole information on about 6,000 customers who shopped on its website in December.
