validdumps
January 24, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
An unknown hacker hacks validdumps.ru (a database of credit cards and Paypal accounts) and dumps 2,534 usernames and hashed passwords.
Barbecue Renew
January 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Barbecue Renew, which sells grill parts through its website grillparts.com, notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their payment card data may have been compromised as a result of a series of cyber attacks on its web server.
French Ministry of Defense
January 22, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces several subdomains of the French Interior and Defense Ministries.
United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
LizardStresser[dot]ru, the stresser service (DDoS-for-hire) created by the infamous LizardSquad, is allegedly hacked, revealing the details of its 14,241 users.
ansar-alhaqq
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the name of OpCharlieHebdo, the Anonymous claim to have take down the first pro-Jihadist site ansar-alhaqq.net. The site is only the first of a list of Islamist sites allegedly taken down by the hacktivists.
Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
•[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
The infamous Hacking Group Rex Mundi is active also in the new year, and after blackmailing Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE), dumps details of about 30,000 bank's customers, after the bank rejects the request to pay a ransom of EUR10,000 ($12,000).
Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
Orange Spain
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Linker Squad claims to have hacked 10 million user records from Orange Spain.
University of Chicago
January 24, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
@MarxistAttorney adds the University of Chicago (uchicago.edu) among its victims.
Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
Metropolitan State University
January 16, 2015
•[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
Minnesota-based Metropolitan State University notifies faculty, staff and students that an attacker may have breached its web server to access a database that contained their personal information. 22,000 users are at risk.
US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
DKEVR
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
8chan
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
Sowerby Primary School
January 6, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The website of Sowerby Primary School in Thirsk, North Yorkshire (UK) is defaced by X-saad, a Pro-Islamist hacker. As a result the parents keep their children off from school.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 6, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker called @ulzr1z decides to commemorate the two year anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz and defaces 15 sites of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.
