Forrester Research
October 6, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Forrester, one of the world's leading market research and investment advisory firms, admits that a security breach took place during the past week. An unidentified attacker (or attackers) has gained access to the infrastructure hosting its website stealing site credentials and proprietary research.
North Korea's Reconaissance General Bureau
September 30, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
U.S. government officials told the Washington Post that the United States had launched a denial of service campaign against North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency.
showtimeanytime
September 25, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Two Showtime domains are found serving Coinhive, a JavaScript library that mines Monero using the CPU resources of users visiting Showtime's websites. It is not clear if the event is the consegue of a hack or an experiment.
SMART Physical Therapy
September 23, 2017
•[ hack, healthcare ]
SMART ("Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapy") Physical Therapy is the n-th victim of The Dark Overlord.
Augusta Medical Center
September 18, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Nearly five months after it happened, Augusta Medical Center announces that some patients may have had their personal information compromised by an attack on faculty email accounts.
Road Sign in Modesto
September 10, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An electronic road sign in the city of Modesto, California is hacked and defaced with a message against President Donald Trump.
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department
September 8, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department is disrupted by a hacking attack.
Julia Kloeckner Website
September 4, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Julia Kloeckner, a top leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party says her website has been hit by thousands of cyber attacks -- many from Russian IP addresses -- ahead of the television election debate between Merkel and her opponent, Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz.
Purdue University Pharmacy
September 1, 2017
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County receive notices that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. A malicious file was installed on some computers on September 1st.
Hand Rehabilitation Specialists
September 1, 2017
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Hand Rehabilitation Specialists notifies patients of a possible hack by The Dark Overlord that occurred back in July.
Selena Gomez Instagram account
August 28, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Selena Gomez's Instagram account is hacked and posts several nude photos of Justin Bieber.
Crystal Finance Millennium
August 23, 2017
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hackers breach the servers of Crystal Finance Millennium (CFM), another Ukraine company that makes accounting software for local businesses, sparking fear of a new global cyberattack.
Scottish Parliament
August 15, 2017
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Officials reveal that the Scottish Parliament has been targeted by a "brute force" cyber attack. The attack, from "external sources", was similar to that which affected Westminster in June.
Blizzard Entertainment
August 15, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The web servers of Blizzard Entertainment suffer a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Steve Weichert Twitter Account
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Steve Weichert, a politician running for District 17's State Senate Seat in the 2018 election reveals that his Twitter account has been hacked. The alleged attackers post pornographic content.
Kenya Electoral Commission IT System
August 9, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga claims the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.
Ukrposhta (Ukraine National Postal Service)
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website for Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta was recently taken down by DDoS attacks for two days in a row, Interfax reports.
Ariana Grande Instagram account
August 4, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Ariana Grande is the latest celebrity that gets hacked. This time her Instagram account is hacked.
Pakistan
August 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
An Indian hacker going by the online handle of Ne0-H4ck3r defaces the official government portal of Pakistan (Pakistan.gov.pk), leaving a deface page along with a message and a patriotic Indian song.
HBO
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
HBO joins the ranks of Hollywood entertainment companies to suffer a major cyber attack. The company network is compromised and the attackers claim to have stolen 1.5 TB of data. Few days after they leak an episode of the new season of Games of Thrones.
