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.
Jefit
August 11, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In August 2020, the workout tracking app Jefit suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently sold within the hacking community and included over 9 million email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as either vBulletin or argon2 hashes. Several million cracked passwords later appeared in broad circulation.
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.
Defcon
August 9, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The defcon.org forum is attacked with CVE-2019-16759 (targeting vBulletin), three hours after it is disclosed.
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.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
August 8, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is hit with a malware attack.
Reddit
August 7, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Tens of Reddit channels have been hacked and defaced to show messages in support of Donald Trump's reelection campaign.
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
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.
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.
Micard Co., Ltd
August 5, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
Isetan Mitsukoshi Co., Ltd and Mcard Co., Ltd announced, on 5 August 2020, that they had suffered a data breach affecting approximately 19,000 customers as a result of unauthorised access. The member name, expected billing amount, and current membership points held on the Micard homepage were accessed.
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.
Bexar County
August 5, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Zoom-bomber interrupts court proceedings in Bexar County, TX.
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.
Alameda Health System (AHS)
August 4, 2020
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Alameda Health System (AHS) notifies 90,000 individuals of a data breach that occurred in 2020, when an unauthorized actor was able to remotely access an employee's email account.
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
August 4, 2020
•[ hack, financial ]
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington reported a hack that drained $7.5 million from its endowment fund and funneled the money into international accounts.
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.
Tacoma Public Schools
August 3, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Tacoma Public Schools email platform is hacked and sends out phishing emails.
Telstra
August 2, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Telstra suffers a DDoS attack.
Dawn News Channel
August 2, 2020
•[ hack ]
One of the leading Pakistan News Channels, Dawn, was reportedly targeted by Indian hackers.
