Gilead Sciences
May 8, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. in recent weeks, as the company races to deploy a treatment for the COVID-19 virus.
Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account
May 7, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
NBA Milwaukee Bucks' player Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account is hacked.
StorEnvy
May 7, 2020
•[ leak, hack, retail ]
The e-commerce website StorEnvy is hacked and as a result, personal details of over 1.5 million customers and merchants are leaked online.
Saint Paulus Lutheran Church
May 6, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Saint Paulus Lutheran Church sues video chat company Zoom after a hacker allegedly hijacked a virtual Bible study class to post graphic images of child abuse.
Fitness class
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A Zoom hacker scares a group of about 60 children taking part in a fitness class, streaming child sex abuse footage.
Formosa Petrochemical Corp.
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. is hit by a malware attack.
Mercedes-Benz Instagram account
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Unknown hackers post swastikas on the Mercedes-Benz Instagram account.
Stalker Online
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
In May 2020, over 1.3M records from the MMO game Stalker Online were breached. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and hashed passwords.
Algolia
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Search service Algolia says it suffered a security breach over the weekend after hackers exploited a well-known vulnerability in the Salt server configuration software to gain access to its infrastructure.
Ghost
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The blogging platform Ghost is compromised exploiting the Salt vulnerability. The attackers install a cryptominer.
Tokopedia
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, brute-force, retail ]
A hacker sells a database containing the information of 91 million Tokopedia accounts on a dark web market for $5,000. Other threat actors start to crack passwords and share them online.
Florida Gulf Coast University
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A virtual ceremony by Florida Gulf Coast University is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
Xen Orchestra
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Xen Orchestra, a platform that provides tools to administrate Citrix Hypervisor is also compromised via the Salt vulnerability.
LineageOS
May 2, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers breach the main infrastructure of the LineageOS Android, causing a full outage. The attackers exploited a high-severity vulnerability in the open source "Salt" management framework that was disclosed to the public on April 30.
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.
York University
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
York University suffers a "serious" cyber attack.
Columbus City Schools
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Columbus City Schools have notified an undisclosed number of people that an employee's email account was breached in May.
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.
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.
