Boing Boing
January 10, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The popular Boing Boing blog is hacked by an unknown party who plants malicious code into the site's WordPress theme. Users visiting the site from desktop computers are redirected to a fake download page for an Adobe Flash update.
City of Dawson Creek
January 9, 2020
•[ ransomware, hack, malware ]
The City of Dawson Creek says its computer systems were hacked in an apparent ransomware attack.
City of Dunwoody
January 9, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The City of Dunwoody reveals to have been hit by a cyber attack during the Christmas Eve.
Kuwait State News Agency
January 8, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Kuwait state news agency says its Twitter was hacked to spread misinformation about US withdrawal.
US municipal government
January 8, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The FBI says that also a US municipal government was breached via the CVE-2019-11510 Pulse Secure VPN flaw.
City of Bend
January 7, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The City of Bend is the latest victim of the Click2Gov breach.
City of Las Vegas
January 7, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The City of Las Vegas is hit by a cyber attack via a malicious email.
Canyon
January 6, 2020
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Canyon announces it was struck by a "massive cyber attack" over the Christmas break by a "professionally organized group".
Hamden Schools
January 6, 2020
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Public schools in Hamden are taken down by a malware attack.
Texas Department of Agriculture
January 6, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Texas Department of Agriculture is hit with a cyberattack that defaces its website with an image of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian commander who was killed in a U.S. strike the previous week.
Wallace State Community College
January 6, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Wallace State Community College is hit by a cyber attack.
U.S. Federal Depository Library Program
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The homepage for the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program is briefly altered to show a pro-Iranian message and an image of bloodied Donald Trump being punched in the face.
Unknown Organization
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
For the same reason, a group of Iranian hackers dubbed "Shield Iran" defaces the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank.
Pampling
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, retail ]
In January 2020, the online clothing retailer Pampling suffered a data breach that exposed 383k unique customer email addresses. The data was later shared on a popular hacking forum and also included names, usernames and unsalted MD5 password hashes.
HTC Mania
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In January 2020, the Spanish mobile phone forum HTC Mania suffered a data breach of the vBulletin based site. The incident exposed 1.5M member email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes and password histories. Data from the breach was subsequently redistributed on popular hacking websites.
Native American Rehabilitation Association
January 3, 2020
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Native American Rehabilitation Association announces that it experienced an Emotet attack on November 4-5, 2019.
Adam Sandler's Twitter account
January 2, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Adam Sandler's Twitter account is hacked and used to post offensive messages against Mariah Carey, President Obama, and President Trump.
Nameless Malware
January 1, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
In January 2021, NordLocker provided HIBP 1.1 million email addresses collected by nameless malware. The malware campaign ran between 2018 and 2020 and infected 3.25 million computers, stealing files, credentials and taking screenshots and photos using the computer's webcam. Read more in NordLocker's writeup about the Nameless malware that stole 1.2 TB of private data.
Service NSW
January 1, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
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