Italian certified email accounts
November 14, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Unknown hackers gain access to thousands of Italian certified email accounts, including those of magistrates and security officials.
Midlands State University
November 12, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Midlands State University is forced to postpone its Student Representative Council Elections after hackers breach the security system.
LPL Financial
November 9, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
LPL Financial sends a notification about a third-party hack involving Capital Forensics, Inc.
Mobile World
November 7, 2018
•[ hack, leak, financial ]
A hacker dubbed Erwincho leaks a file containing more than 5.4 million email addresses and 31,000 bank card numbers (six digits covered), claiming they belong to clients of Mobile World.
Megacable
November 6, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Megacable notifies its users of a cyber attack.
Telcotech
November 5, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Several of Cambodia's biggest internet service providers (EZECOM, SINET, Telcotech, and Digi) are hit by large-scale DDoS attacks.
News site associated with the Internet Research Agency (IRA)
November 5, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The Washington Post reveals that a cyber-attack by a US security agency against Russia's infamous troll factory (Internet Research Agency) has resulted in a destroyed server RAID controller and formatted hard drives.
ASI Computer Systems
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
ASI Computer Systems notifies some of their customers after discovering that usernames and passwords on a support web site had been hacked prior to December 2016.
Saffire Freycinet
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, retail ]
Guests of two Tasmania's luxury hotels are notified that their personal data may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.
HSBC
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Attackers gain access to some customer's information in HSBC, such as account numbers, balances, addresses, transaction history, etc.. The attack hits about 1% of U.S. accounts and occurred between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018.
Ingerop
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
Hackers access confidential documents about nuclear plants and prisons in a cyberattack on the French Ingerop and leak 65Gb of data. The attack occurred back in June.
Kitronik
November 2, 2018
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Educational electronics outlet Kitronik is the latest victim of the Magecart gang. The hack occurred between August and September.
Episcopal Health Services
November 1, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Episcopal Health Services notifies patients after employee email accounts are hacked.
FIFA
October 30, 2018
•[ hack ]
FIFA acknowledges that its computer systems were hacked earlier in March, for the second time, and officials from European soccer's governing body fear they also might have suffered a data breach.
70 Gabon Government Websites
October 28, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacktivist group Anonymous takes down 70 Gabon government websites as part of its "anti-dictatorships" campaign.
Bank Islami
October 27, 2018
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Karachi-based Bank Islami acknowledges of suffering a security breach of its payment cards system but denies reports of having lost an alleged $6 million in what local press have called the biggest cyber-attack in the country's history.
kasvyksta.lt
October 26, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
Internet Solutions
October 23, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Internet Solutions (IS) sends a notice to clients to warn them about a breach, and urges them to change their passwords and take additional steps to secure their servers. Later the company confirms that its internal monitoring systems have detected "irregular activity" on some of its virtual services.
Axa Mexico
October 23, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Insurer Axa reveals it suffered a cyber attack that prompted an alert from the Mexico central bank, however clients' information and resources are safe and have not been affected.
Orange County Branch of the Girl Scouts of America
October 22, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Hackers breach the Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America, potentially exposing personal information for 2,800 members and their families.