Michigan Catholic Conference
August 29, 2015
•[ hack ]
The Michigan Catholic Conference notifies more than 10,000 employees, that their personal information has been compromised by an unknown hacker who could also have obtained their personal information.
mumsnet
August 27, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Mumsnet is hit by a new wave of DDoS attacks.
Totally Promotional
August 24, 2015
•[ hack, financial, retail ]
Totally Promotional, an internet seller of imprinted promotional products, notifies an undisclosed number of customers that attackers forced their way into its systems and gained access to some customer payment card data and other information.
Philippine Bureau of Customs
August 23, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpCustoms, a group of hackers takes down the Philippine Bureau of Customs (customs.gov.ph). The hackers come from Anonymous-affiliated groups Pinoy LulzSec, Elite Cyber Security and MCA and PHU DDOS Squad.
University of Rhode Island
August 20, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Rhode Island (URI.edu) notifies former and current students of of an incident involving the inappropriate collection, and possible use, of information related to some URI email accounts by an external individual.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia
August 15, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker going with the handle of Mr.H4rD3n defaces the official website of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia (azembassy.ru).
Fred's Inc.
August 14, 2015
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Fred's Inc. confirms that an unauthorized person gained access to two servers that process payment card data placing a malicious software capable of copying the payment card data.
Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
August 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A group of Mexican hacktivists affiliated with the Anonymous collective defaces the website of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (mexicoconectado.gob.mx) in retaliation for the murder of the Mexican photojournalist Rub n Espinosa.
Carphone Warehouse Affiliates
August 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, retail ]
The personal details of up to 2.4 million customers may have been accessed after a division of Carphone Warehouse was hit by a cyber attack. It also appears that a smokescreen DDoS attack was utilised to hide the attack.
Miranda Lambert
August 6, 2015
•[ hack ]
A woman, identifying herself only as "Brenda", claims to have broken into Miranda Lambert's email account, accessing more than 35,000 emails.
http://itembay
August 6, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
l1kw1d hacks itembay.ca, an online game virtual currency provider and dumps 4,330 usernames with clear text passwords.
RBS Banking Group
July 31, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RBS banking group reveals it suffered a cyber attack on its online services that left customers struggling to log on for nearly an hour.
Clayton Valley Charter High School
August 17, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker purportedly associated with the Anonymous collective claims to have hacked the Clayton Valley Charter High School and sends several internal documents via email.
City of Henderson
August 14, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson Web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected. However the city declared that no personal or sensitive information was compromised.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister
August 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has his office website hacked by a pro-Syria hacktivist dubbed Dr.MwNs.
Hover
August 5, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Website domain name registrar Hover emails users warning of possible "unauthorised access" to one of its systems, telling them that they will not be able to log into the service until they reset their passwords.
Dota 2 Servers
August 4, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The International, the annual tournament for Valve's Dota 2, featuring dozens of players and millions in prize money, is put on hold when a DDoS attack takes down the game's servers.
Two undisclosed UAE banks
August 3, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
Several credit cards are being replaced across the UAE by some banks following a possible security beach involving online hackers.
University of Connecticut
July 31, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Connecticut reveals the details of a cyber intrusion through which hackers, apparently originating in China, gained access to servers at Uconn's School of Engineering.
HanesBrands
July 29, 2015
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Hanesbrands Inc. reveals that a customer order database was breached by a hacker in June, compromising information for about 900,000 online and telephone customers.
