Vienna Airport
September 7, 2016
•[ hack ]
Austrian police investigates a failed cyberattack on Vienna's airport saying they are looking into the authenticity of a claim of responsibility from a Turkish nationalist group.
michaelphelps
August 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
New World Hackers claim responsibility for taking down the personal website of Michael Phelps.
Alexa Losey Twitter Account
August 6, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The OurMine collective hacks the Twitter account of popular Youtuber Alexa Losey.
Quest Diagnostics
November 26, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Quest Diagnostics says it is investigating a recent hack that exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. An "unauthorized third party" gained access to names, dates of birth, lab results and, in some cases, telephone numbers on Nov. 26 through a mobile health app that gives patients access to lab results and other information.
Three Mobile
November 18, 2016
•[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Three Mobile admits that hackers have successfully accessed its customer upgrade database after using an employee login. 6 million customers' private information is at risk.
24luv
November 12, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The hacktivist known as ElSurveillance is back with its operation #EscortsOffline and two more data dumps from two dating sites: 24luv.com (92,937 users' email addresses and plain-text passwords) and freedateusa.com (127,395 email addresses and plain-text passwords).
Two properties in the city of Lappeenranta
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack halted heating distribution in at least two properties in the city of Lappeenranta, located in eastern Finland. In both of the events the attacks disabled the computers that were controlling heating in the buildings.
National Health Service's Lincolnshire and Goole
October 30, 2016
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Citing a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system in the United Kingdom cancels all planned operations and diverts major trauma cases to neighboring facilities.
Donald Trump's Twitter account
October 27, 2016
•[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
Three Dutch hackers broke into Donald Trump's Twitter account in 2016 by guessing his password was "yourefired".
Vera Bradley
October 13, 2016
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
American high-end fashion retailer Vera Bradley has revealed that hackers may have accessed customers' card data from payment processing systems at its retail stores this summer.
Potter County
October 13, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Potter County officials assure users that their voter information website is safe after learning that hackers gained access to it.
Unnamed German nuclear power plant
October 10, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Yukiya Amano, a nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago.
BuzzFeed
October 5, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
OurMine hackers take control of BuzzFeed's website and alter multiple stories published on its site.
The Clinton Foundation
October 4, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 posts what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
Spotify
October 4, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Multiple users report that popular music-streaming service Spotify serves malware-laden ads.
Large LED video screen billboard in South Jakarta
September 30, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker or a group of hackers hack into the computer system of a large LED video screen billboard in the Kebayoran Baru district of South Jakarta and replace the advertisement on the screen with pornographic content for a short period of time.
feverclan
September 29, 2016
•[ hack, leak ]
pr0jekkt hacks feverclan.com and dumps the data of 50,000 users.
Berat Albayrak
September 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The RedHack collective claims to have hacked personal email accounts of Turkey's Energy Minister and President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak.
World Anti-Doping Agency
September 14, 2016
•[ hack, espionage ]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a suspected Russian hacking group illegally accessed its "administration and management system" - known as "Adams" and stole troves of sensitive data on athletes. Among those targeted are Serena and Venus Williams.
Almelo
September 9, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers steal 22 gigabytes of data from municipal servers in Almelo.
