Arlington County
July 10, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
Arlington County has revealed a cyber attack that penetrated the county's payroll system. The attack is the result of phishing.
Poshmark
August 1, 2019
•[ hack, retail ]
Poshmark, an online marketplace where North American users can buy and sell new or used clothes, shoes, and accessories, discloses a data breach: an unauthorized party gained access to its servers from where it stole personal information.
DNForum
July 26, 2019
•[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
DNForum.com sends out password reset requests to its users after attempts to access the accounts.
Milton Keynes Council
July 22, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The planning portal of Milton Keynes Council is crippled by a cyber attack.
Midlands Technical College
July 19, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Cyber criminals hit Midlands Technical College computers with a malware.
Henry County
July 18, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Henry County is hit by a malware attack.
Sprint
July 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
US mobile network operator Sprint says hackers broke into an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com "add a line" website. The breach occurred on June 22.
Unknown Organization
July 12, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
MyDashWallet.org recommends that its users remove any funds from their wallets as the site has been compromised for the past two months, between May 13 and July 12.
Bitpoint
July 12, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint suspends all services after losing about 3.5 billion yen ($32 million) in a hack that involved Ripple and other cryptocurrencies.
A vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York.
July 8, 2019
•[ hack ]
The US Cost Guard publishes an alert after it was made aware of a cyber-security incident that impacted a vessel on an international voyage bound for the Port of New York.
Los Angeles Police Department
July 29, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
A suspected hacker claims to have stolen the personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, trainees, and recruits, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants.
Undisclosed streaming service
July 24, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Researchers from Imperva reveal that an undisclosed streaming service was hit by a massive DDoS attack that lasted for 13 days, launched from 402,000 different IPs, with a peak flow of 292,000 requests per second.
APT17 (AKA Deputy Dog and Axiom)
July 24, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Intrusion Truth, an online group of anonymous cyber-security analysts, reveals the details of APT17 (AKA Deputy Dog and Axiom) another cyber-espionage hacking group linked to the Chinese government.
University of Alabama
July 16, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Alabama discovers a 2009 computer security incident involving a server for Brewer-Porch Children's Center. The server was accessed by outside hackers who got hold of 1,400 former clients, employees and medical providers.
Joshua Wong
July 16, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Google warns Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong about government-backed hacking attempts.
Bulgaria National Revenue Agency (NRA).
July 15, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker steals the personal details of millions of Bulgarians and emails download links to local news publications. The data is believed to come from the country's National Revenue Agency (NRA). Kristian Boykov, a 20-year-old IT technician is arrested.
PCM Inc.
June 27, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, technology ]
An intrusion at PCM Inc., a cloud solution provider, allows hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company?s clients. PCM discovered the intrusion in mid-May 2019. The attackers stole administrative credentials for Office 365.
City of Sun Prairie
June 25, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
A press release reveals that for nearly two months this year, an unauthorized party had illegitimate access to the email accounts of certain employees working for the city of Sun Prairie.
Graceland University
June 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Graceland University says in a notice of data breach that an "unauthorized user gained access to the email accounts of current employees," on March 29, 2019, as well as "from April 1-30 and April 12-May 1, 2019, respectively."
Telegram
June 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Telegram is hit by a DDoS attack. The attack seems to be originating from China and seems to be related to the protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill.
