DriveSure
December 19, 2020
•[ hack, automotive ]
In December 2020, the car dealership service provider DriveSure suffered a data breach. The incident resulted in 26GB of data being downloaded and later shared on a hacking forum. Impacted personal information included 3.6 million unique email addresses, names, phone numbers and physical addresses. Vehicle data was also exposed and included makes, models, VIN numbers and odometer readings. A small number of passwords stored as bcrypt hashes were also included in the data set.
City of Paderborn
December 18, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The city of Paderborn's "Lernstatt" network has been affected by a major cyberattack. Numerous mail accounts and web conferences have been paralyzed.
US Department of Energy
December 18, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Department of Energy has revealed that hackers have accessed its networks as a result of the SolarWinds hack.
National Nuclear Security Administration
December 18, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The National Nuclear Security Administration has revealed that hackers have accessed its networks as a result of the SolarWinds hack.
Cisco
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Cisco has been compromised by the SolarWinds hackers.
US Department of State
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The US Department of State has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers.
Virginia State Corporation Commission
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers.
US Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The US Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers.
US Department of Health's National Institutes of Health
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The US Department of Health's National Institutes of Health has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers.
Microsoft
December 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Microsoft states that its internal network was breached by the SolarWinds hackers and then used to further attacks against other companies.
Total Health Care
December 16, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Total Health Care notifies 221,454 health plan members and physicians of a hacking incident on its employee email accounts.
Fareva Group
December 16, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Fareva Group, a pharmaceutical company involved in packaging COVID vaccines, is hit by a disruptive cyberattack.
Elara Caring
December 15, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Elara Caring, a provider of home-based care, suffered a data security breach that they learned about in mid-December. A notice on their web site explains that a number of corporate email accounts had been compromised " accounts that contained both employee and patient information.
North Shore Hebrew Academy
December 14, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The website of North Shore Hebrew Academy was defaced with racial slurs and anti-Semitic propaganda.
Hurtigruten
December 14, 2020
•[ hack ]
Norwegian'cruise company Hurtigruten has experienced a cyberattack which caused several key systems are to go down.
Amital Software
December 13, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Amital Data is hit by a cyberattack. As a result, at least 40 of its clients are affected as well. Iranian hackers are suspected.
Nintendo
December 11, 2020
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
Ryan Hernandez, a California man who admitted to hacking Nintendo and leaking proprietary data several times since 2016 has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Fax Express
December 11, 2020
•[ hack, retail ]
A hacked database belonging to Fax Express was found advertised on hacker forums.
Subway
December 11, 2020
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Subway UK that a hacked system used for marketing campaigns was used for distributing phishing emails sent out to customers. The emails distributed Excel documents laden with the latest version of the Trickbot malware.
