Chatham County
October 28, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Chatham County is hit with a disruptive cyberattack.
Harvest Finance
October 26, 2020
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
A hacker has stolen roughly $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance service'Harvest Finance, a web portal that lets users invest cryptocurrencies and then farm the price variations for small profit yields. In response, the company put out a $100,000 bounty for help in contacting the attacker.
Columbus City Schools
October 15, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Columbus City Schools notifies an undisclosed number of people whose names and social security numbers were in an employee's email account that was compromised on May 1st.
University of North Texas
October 14, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the University of North Texas.
Sisters of Charity Health System
October 12, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
The Sisters of Charity Health System is another organization affected by the Blackbaud hack.
Hendrick Health System
October 10, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
The Hendrick Health System has notified patients of a network security breach.
The North Face
October 8, 2020
•[ hack, brute-force, retail ]
The North Face was the victim of a credential stuffing attack in October.
Unnamed Swiss university
October 5, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Hackers have managed to steal salary payments from employees at an unnamed Swiss university.
Jonah Williams Twitter account
October 2, 2020
•[ hack, social, technology ]
Unknown hackers appear to have hijacked verified the Twitter account of Cincinnati Bengals player to promote a bitcoin scam, this time impersonating Elon Musk.
Keolis Commuter Services
October 10, 2020
•[ hack ]
Keolis Commuter Services reveals to have been hit by a cyberattack on October 10. As a precaution, Keolis deactivated its Boston-area network.
Tyngsboro High School has suffered a DDoS attack.
October 9, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Tyngsboro High School has suffered a DDoS attack.
NextLight
October 9, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A Friday afternoon cyberattack on NextLight, Longmont's high-speed, fiber optic broadband internet service, affected a number of customers but has been resolved. Longmont Power and Communications spokesman Scott Rochat wrote in an email that the disruption was the result of DDoS attack.
Sandwich Public Schools
October 8, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Sandwich Public Schools suffered a week of connection issues which were determined to be the result of a DDoS attack.
Wisepay
October 7, 2020
•[ financial, leak, hack ]
UK school payment service Wisepay has revealed that the card details of parents who made transactions on its site between October 2 and 5 have been compromised.
Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL)
October 6, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) of the University of Mumbai postpones the exams after a cyber attack.
Gulf Coast State College
October 4, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Gulf Coast State College has notified some students and employees that a hacker accessed several employees' email accounts.
Unnamed e-commerece platform
October 13, 2020
•[ financial, hack, leak ]
Indian authorities are searching for a hacker who accessed the confidential data of an e-commerce company and advertised the sale of the information on the dark net. The hacker allegedly demanded money from the owner of the company to take down the list.
Sonoma Valley Hospital
October 11, 2020
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Sonoma Valley Hospital reported that a security incident on Oct. 11 knocked out its computer systems, and is not fully restored.
Stats Perform
October 10, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Sports data provider Stats Perform has suffered an outage as a result of a cyberattack.
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
October 7, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investigating "malicious activity" that affected the state's top regulatory agency, causing days of computer system outages and disruptions to online services.
