GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci)
September 23, 2019
•[ financial, hack ]
GNV reports it has been the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack that has led to a breach of personal information of a number of passengers and credit card holders. The attack took place in the period from 25 June to 18 July 2019.
Union City
September 23, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Union City is hit by a malware.
Cool Ideas
September 21, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A prolonged DDoS attack takes down Cool Ideas, one of South Africa's largest ISPs.
Kent State University
September 17, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Kent State University announces over 3,000 student emails has been hacked the week before, as a result of credential harvesting.
Yanet Garcia Instagram account
September 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Instagram account of Yanet Garcia is hacked.
Nicole Scherzinger Instagram account
September 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Instagram account of singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger is hacked.
Lumin PDF
September 16, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The details of over 24.3 million Lumin PDF users have been shared today on a hacking forum
Hungarian Development Center (MFK)
September 13, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Hungarian Development Center is hit by a cyber attack allegedly carried out by hackers from North Korea.
US Manufacturing Company
September 9, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers at Fortinet uncover a malspam campaign aimed to distribute the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is hit by a DDoS attack.
Wikipedia
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Wikipedia is forced offline in several countries after a cyber attack hits the global encyclopedia.
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.
Robert Downey Jr. Instagram account
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Instagram account of Robert Downey Jr. is hacked. The attackers post fake giveaways for Apple products.
World of Warcraft Classic
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
World of Warcraft Classic is also hit by a DDoS attack.
Zynga
September 1, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
In September 2019, game developer Zynga (the creator of Words with Friends) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 173M unique email addresses alongside usernames and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
EpicBot
September 1, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
In September 2019, the RuneScape bot provider EpicBot suffered a data breach that impacted 817k subscribers. Data from the breach was subsequently shared on a popular hacking forum and included usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored as either salted MD5 or bcrypt hashes. EpicBot did not respond when contacted about the incident.
University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
Foxit Software
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Foxit Software, the company behind the Foxit PDF reader app, announces that hackers breached its servers and made off with some user information.
Imperva
August 27, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Imperva discloses a security incident that impacts customers of its cloud Web Application Firewall. Apparently the intruders made off with customer API keys and SSL certificates.
Lumber Liquidators
August 27, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Lumber Liquidators reveals that a malware attack took down its network. The attack occurred on August 21.
