Etana Custody
April 18, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
Etana Custody states that its "client user interface was accessed by an external unauthorized party".
Clayton County school
April 17, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A Clayton County school's Zoom call was interrupted with pornographic images.
Chegg
April 29, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Chegg confirms its third data breach in the past three years: hackers stole 700 current and former employee records, including their names and Social Security numbers.
Zaha Hadid Architects
April 28, 2020
•[ ransomware, hack ]
A group of hackers breaches the network of Zaha Hadid Architects, one of the world's leading architectural firms. The attackers threaten to release sensitive information on the dark web unless the company pays a ransom demand.
Lumberton Township Public Schools in Burlington County
April 27, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Lumberton Township Public Schools in Burlington County announces it will temporarily stop using Zoom after a hacker reportedly streamed pornography and used racist language during a lesson for middle school students.
Poland's War Studies University
April 22, 2020
•[ hack, government, education ]
Hackers breached Poland's War Studies University's website and posted a fake letter from the university's commander, urging Polish soldiers "to fight against the American occupation."
Warwick University
April 30, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Warwick University reveals to have been breached last year (and tried to cover up the breach).
Tarkett
April 29, 2020
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
French flooring company Tarkett reveals that it was hit by a cyber attack on April 29th, and that its operations continue to be disrupted as a result.
Scholarship America
April 28, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Scholarship America is providing notice of unauthorized access to several Microsoft Office 365 email accounts.
Whisky Auctioneer
April 21, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, retail ]
An online auction of rare whiskies is postponed indefinitely following a DDoS attack.
Gravity
April 20, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Researchers from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) reveal that attackers from Winnti (aka APT41, BARIUM, Blackfly) attempted to breach the internal network of Gravity, the South Korean gaming company behind the popular Ragnarok Online Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.
York University
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
York University suffers a "serious" cyber attack.
Banco BCR
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
Hackers claim to have gained access to the network of Banco BCR, the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica, and stolen 11 million credit card credentials along with other data.
Webkinz World
April 18, 2020
•[ leak, hack ]
A hacker leaks the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players of Webkinz World, an online children's game managed by Canadian toy company Ganz.
City Index
April 14, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
Financial trading provider City Index informs users of a breach of their personal data, after its network was accessed by an unauthorized third party on April 14.
New York State
April 12, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
New York State officials are investigating a breach of the state government computer network. The attack, discovered in late January, is believed to have originated outside of the United States.
Saint Francis Ministries
April 10, 2020
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
An unauthorized party gained entry into an employee's email account at Saint Francis Ministries, accessing sensitive personal identifying information, as well as financial and protected health data between Dec. 13 and 20 of 2019.
San Francisco International Airport
April 7, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) discloses a data breach after two of its websites, SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com, were hacked during March 2020.
US government
April 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Criminals disrupt a Zoom meeting held at the highest levels of the US government, despite warnings against using the software.
Social Bluebook
March 27, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Social Bluebook, a Los Angeles-based company that allows advertisers to pay social media "influencers" for posts that promote their products and services, is hacked.
