Lumber Liquidators
August 27, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Lumber Liquidators reveals that a malware attack took down its network. The attack occurred on August 21.
Unnamed leading India-based healthcare website
August 22, 2019
•[ healthcare, hack ]
Researchers from FireEye reveal that back in February, a hacker broke into a leading India-based healthcare website, stealing 6.8 million records containing patient and doctor information.
Macon County Circuit Clerk
August 19, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Macon County Circuit Clerk's website is defaced.
Embassy of Russia in the United Kingdom
August 19, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Russian Embassy is taken down by a DDoS attack and remains unreliable for nearly 20 hours.
Nicole Scherzinger Instagram account
September 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Instagram account of singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger is hacked.
US Manufacturing Company
September 9, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers at Fortinet uncover a malspam campaign aimed to distribute the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company.
Foxit Software
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Foxit Software, the company behind the Foxit PDF reader app, announces that hackers breached its servers and made off with some user information.
Hostinger
August 25, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Hostinger discloses a security incident that impacted its platform and users. A hacker gained access to an internal server, where he found an authorization token for an internal API used to retrieve information about up to 14 million clients.
Lyons Companies
August 23, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, manufacturing ]
Lyons Companies announces that two employee email accounts were accessed without authorization between February 4 and March 12, 2019.
Alberta Health Services
August 22, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Alberta Health Services warns 7,000 patients their personal health information is compromised in an email hack.
San Dieguito Union High School District
August 15, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The San Dieguito Union High School District sends out an email alerting them of a malware attack on August 9.
European Central Bank
August 15, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
The European Central Bank uncovers a data breach in its Bank newsletter. The attackers had access for months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers to the Banks' Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website.
Choice Hotels
August 13, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration ]
Hackers claim to have stolen 700,000 guest records belonging to Choice Hotels, one of the largest hotel chains in the world. The data was left exposed in an unsecured MongoDB.
Yanet Garcia Instagram account
September 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Instagram account of Yanet Garcia is hacked.
Wikipedia
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Wikipedia is forced offline in several countries after a cyber attack hits the global encyclopedia.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is hit by a DDoS attack.
University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
Imperva
August 27, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Imperva discloses a security incident that impacts customers of its cloud Web Application Firewall. Apparently the intruders made off with customer API keys and SSL certificates.
Australian PayID users
August 26, 2019
•[ hack, brute-force, finance ]
Tens of thousands of Australians have had their personal banking information hacked by fraudsters, after fraudulent accounts worked to generate a series of random numbers and retrieve the victims' PayID details.
PokerTracker
August 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The PokerTracker website is compromised and loaded with a Magecart script.
