NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
June 20, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A report from NASA reveals an April 2018 security breach, wherein a Raspberry Pi that was not authorized to be linked to the JPL network was targeted by hackers.
Iran computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers
June 20, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The US launch a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems. The cyber-attack disables computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers.
SocialEngineered
June 20, 2019
•[ social, hack, leak ]
SocialEngineered.net, a forum dedicated to social engineering announces to have been breached and data from tens of thousands of members leaked online.
Oregon State University (OSU)
June 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Oregon State University (OSU) states that 636 student records and family records of students containing personally identifiable information were potentially affected by a data breach that occurred in early May, when an employee's email was hacked.
Graceland University
June 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Graceland University says in a notice of data breach that an "unauthorized user gained access to the email accounts of current employees," on March 29, 2019, as well as "from April 1-30 and April 12-May 1, 2019, respectively."
Graceland University
June 14, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Graceland University says in a notice of data breach that an "unauthorized user gained access to the email accounts of current employees," on March 29, 2019, as well as "from April 1-30 and April 12-May 1, 2019, respectively."
Symantec Lab in Australia
June 13, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Symantec downplays a data breach that allowed a hacker to access passwords and a purported list of its clients. The companies states that the ?minor incident? involved ?an isolated, self-enclosed demo lab in Australia
Symantec Lab in Australia
June 13, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Symantec downplays a data breach that allowed a hacker to access passwords and a purported list of its clients. The companies states that the "minor incident" involved an isolated, self-enclosed demo lab in Australia
Social Engineered
June 13, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
In June 2019, the "Art of Human Hacking" site Social Engineered suffered a data breach. The breach of the MyBB forum was published on a rival hacking forum and included 89k unique email addresses spread across 55k forum users and other tables in the database. The exposed data also included usernames, IP addresses, private messages and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Telegram
June 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Telegram is hit by a DDoS attack. The attack seems to be originating from China and seems to be related to the protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill.
Philadelphia's online court system
June 11, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
After a May 21, 2019, cyber-attack downed Philadelphia's online court system for e-filing and docketing services, issues remain throughout the county.
Amitabh Bachchan Twitter Account
June 10, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The official Twitter account of Bollywood's legend actor and producer Amitabh Bachchan is apparently hacked by Turkish hacking group calling itself Ayy?ld?z Tim.
Target in the hotel-entertainment industry
June 10, 2019
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Researchers from Morphisec Labs observe a new, highly sophisticated variant of the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor malware that attempted to infiltrate a number of machines within the network of a target in the hotel-entertainment industry.
Wiener Büchereien
June 10, 2019
•[ hack, leak, government ]
In June 2019, the library of Vienna (Wiener Bchereien) suffered a data breach. The compromised data included 224k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. The breached data was subsequently posted to Twitter by the alleged perpetrator of the breach.
Emuparadise
June 9, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The Emuparadise retro gaming site reportedly suffers a data breach, dating back April 2018. The breach exposed account information for approximately 1.1 million forum members.
European Union's embassy in Moscow
June 5, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The European Union's embassy in Moscow was hacked and had information stolen from its network back in February 2017. The attack was discovered in April 2019.
Australian National University
June 4, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
Up to 200,000 students and staff of the Australian National University have personal data stolen in a "sophisticated" cyber attack. The attackers stole data stretching back 19 years. The breach occurred in late 2018 and was detected two weeks ago.
Ellwood City Medical Center
June 4, 2019
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Ellwood City Medical Center officials investigate whether any patient records were compromised after a cyber attack.
Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) (APT 34 OilRig)
June 3, 2019
•[ leak, hack, malware ]
Jason, a tool for hijacking Microsoft Exchange email accounts allegedly used by the Iran-linked OilRig hacker group is leaked online.
Broome County
May 31, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
Broome County says an unauthorized individual may have had access to the personal information of employees and individuals who receive the county's care. An employee email account was compromised between Nov. 20, 2018, and Jan. 2.
