Canada Revenue Agency
August 14, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Canada Revenue Agency was recently hit by two cyberattacks, compromising thousands of accounts linked to the agency's services. The agency confirmed on Saturday that as of Aug. 14, about 5,500 accounts had been affected by the separate attacks but that the breaches are now contained.
GCKey
August 17, 2020
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted GCKey, a service that is used by some 30 federal departments, with credential stuffing.
New Zealand's stock exchange
August 26, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
New Zealand's stock exchange (NZX) has been impacted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack during the last two days, forcing it to shut down trading until the connectivity issues were resolved.
Myerscough College
August 21, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Myerscough College is hit with a cyber attack.
Yunrun Big Data Service
August 20, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
A group of hackers says they have obtained internal files from three Chinese social media monitoring companies. The victims are Knowlesys, Yunrun Big Data Service, and OneSight.
Pace Center for Girls
August 12, 2020
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The Pace Center for Girls has been hit by a data breach in the aftermath of the Blackbaud hack.
Flintshire Council
August 12, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Personal information of people who left comments about local planning issues on Flintshire council's website is hacked.
The Canadian Department of Justice
August 11, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Hackers have managed to infiltrate the Canadian Justice Department's system in August, and send Emotet malware to citizens who traded with these addresses.
Luminate Education Group (LEG)
August 11, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Luminate Education Group (LEG) is hit by a cyber attack, affecting Leeds City College, Keighley College, Harrogate College, Leeds Sixth Form College and University Centre Leeds.
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
August 10, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library discloses to have been hit by hackers earlier this year.
Hudson Independent School District
August 6, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The Hudson Independent School District websire is down as a result of a DDoS attack against a third-party host.
Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County district
August 6, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Schools in the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County district were subject to a cyber attack over the last two days, primarily affecting internet connectivity for teachers and students.
Einstein Healthcare Network
August 5, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Einstein Healthcare Network has notified patients that a number of employees' email accounts were accessed by an unauthorized third-party.
Bexar County
August 5, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Zoom-bomber interrupts court proceedings in Bexar County, TX.
Archer High School
August 12, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A virtual class in Gwinnett County's Archer High School gets Zoom-bombed by two men.
ProctorU
August 9, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
ProctorU confirms a data breach after a threat actor released a stolen database of user records on a hacker forum.
Interactive Data
August 6, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Interactive Data, a data broker, is hacked and fuels fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts
UK trade minister Liam Fox
August 5, 2020
•[ hack, leak, government ]
The hack of Trade Minister Liam Fox's email account led to the leak of US-UK trade documents.
Beaumont Health
August 4, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Beaumont Health, Michigan's largest healtchare provider, has warned 6,000 patients that their data may have been exposed following a cyber-attack.
Momentum Metropolitan
August 13, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
Financial services group Momentum Metropolitan warns that a third party unlawfully accessed a limited portion of data of a subsidiary of the group.
