Asiana Airlines
February 19, 2017
•[ hack ]
Kuroi'SH defaces the official website of Asiana Airlines, one of the major airlines in South Korea.
Lexington Medical Center
February 17, 2017
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Lexington Medical Center notifies employees of a breach affecting its database.
PharmaNet
February 15, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, when an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."
FunPlus
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker steals user account information (3.3 million records) and alleged product source code from FunPlus, the company that makes highly popular free-to-play mobile game Family Farm Seaside.
Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
Arby's
February 9, 2017
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
The fast food restaurant chain Arby's has suffered a breach involving the payment card systems in up to 1,100 of its locations.
UPI
February 8, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
zerodark70 sells a database supposedly containing 83,000 compromised accounts from UPI.com, the website of the 110-year-old American news agency United Press International.
National Treasury Management Agency
February 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The National Treasury Management Agency temporarily suspends access to its website for several hours today after a suspected defacement attack.
Email accounts of Irish solicitors
February 5, 2017
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The Sunday Independent reveals that cybercriminals are hacking the email accounts of Irish solicitors in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of euro from unsuspecting home buyers.
Police Security Service
February 4, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A threat actor targeted the computer networks of the Norwegian government: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army, a nuclear radiation protection agency, and a parliamentary group.
Britain First
April 12, 2017
•[ hack ]
Britain First is hit by a massive hack that targets its websites and Twitter accounts, and their YouTube channel.
Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
•[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
Wind Tre
March 20, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Italy's data protection authority, Garante Privacy, has ordered Wind Tre to write to customers to notify them of a data breach following a cyber attack that occurred on 20 March.
Statistics Canada
March 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Canadian government confirms that the Statistics Canada website is hacked and taken offline for over two days. In the aftermath of the cyberattack parts of the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) site is also reportedly taken offline by authorities as a precaution.
Advertisement board in Mexico City
March 4, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
A digital advertisement board owned by Grupo Carteleras located on a busy road in Mexico City is hacked on Friday and features a pornographic video for a few minutes.
Radio Station WZZY-FM
March 2, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Radio station WZZY-FM falls victim to a prank when hackers access its computer systems and begin broadcasting fake news alerts of a zombie attack, along with a disease outbreak caused by the resulting carnage.
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
February 28, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirms that the personal details more than 850 national servicemen and employees were stolen in a "targeted and well-planned" cyberattack earlier this month.
South Washington County School District
February 22, 2017
•[ hack, education ]
The South Washington County school district tightens security after a high school student hacks into the district's server and takes names, Social Security numbers and some addresses.
Bitfinex
February 22, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Top Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex is hit by a "severe DDoS attack."
