Oakton High School
April 4, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
A police investigation reveals that hackers attempted to change grades at Oakton High School, using an attack carried on via a malicious email.
Online casino in Central America
April 3, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Researchers from ESET reveal that the infamous Lazarus Group, a malicious actor linked to North Korea, has used a new toolset, including the destructive KillDisk, to target the network of an online Casino in Central America.
Government of Sint Maarten
April 2, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The entire government of Sint Maarten, an independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is taken down for a week by a cyber attack.
Quebec teachers
April 1, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Three Montrealers have been arrested in connection with a 2018 data breach that exposed the information of 360,000 current and former teachers in Quebec.
Wendy's
March 31, 2018
•[ hack, retail ]
In March 2018, Wendy's in the Philippines suffered a data breach which impacted over 52k customers and job applicants. The breach exposed extensive personal information including names, email and IP addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and passwords stored as MD5 hashes.
Naukri
March 27, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Nigerian hackers hack into Naukri.com's servers, stealing 100,000 resumes and contacting 10,000 job seekers for fake interviews.
Baltimore's Automated Dispatch System
March 24, 2018
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Unknown actors temporarily cause a shutdown of Baltimore's automated dispatch system, impacting the messaging functions within the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system used by both of the city's 911 and 311 services.
Russian Defense Ministry
March 22, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian Defense Ministry reveals that a total of 7 DDoS attacks are carried out against its website during the final vote of the general elections.
Orbitz
March 20, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc reveals that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards. The breach may have occurred between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017 for its partner platform and between Jan. 1, 2016 and June 22, 2016 for its consumer platform.
Trusted Quid
March 20, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
Trusted Quid reports a theft of data from unauthorised access to its website. The incident relates to data directly entered by people applying for a loan only on the Trusted Quid website between 1 July 2016 and 17 February 2018. Up to 65,925 people may have been affected by the incident.
Puerto Rico's Power Utility, PREPA
March 19, 2018
•[ hack, energy ]
Puerto Rico's Power Utility, PREPA reveals to have been hacked over the weekend, but customer information was not compromised.
Russian Central Election Commission
March 18, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian Central Election Commission is hit by a DDoS attack.
UK National Lottery
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The UK National Lottery advises all 10.5 million people with online accounts to change their passwords following an attempt by hackers to access accounts using credential stuffing.
TheDarkOverlord
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
TheDarkOverlord claims to have breached H-E Parts Morgan. The breach seems to have occurred in November.
Frost Bank
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, finance ]
Frost Bank investigates a breach after the company discovered unauthorized access to digital images stored in those customers' commercial image archives.
Family Health Clinic of Carroll County
March 15, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County receive notices that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. A malicious file was installed on some computers on September 1st.
Unnamed petrochemical company in Saudi Arabia
March 15, 2018
•[ hack, energy ]
The New York Times reveals that back in August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a cyberattack aimed to sabotage the firm's operations and trigger an explosion.
Meghan Markle
March 15, 2018
•[ leak, hack ]
The Fappening saga continues with new photo leaks published online. The most recent victim is none other than Meghan Markle, the soon-to-be Mrs. Prince Harry. Some believe ISIS could be involved in the hack, even if no official claim is made.
Fortnite
March 14, 2018
•[ hack, financial, technology ]
Several news reports surface of the suspected hacking of player accounts of popular video game Fortnite, with some gamers apparently faced with large credit card charges from fraudulent purchases.
Gwent Police
March 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Gwent Police is being investigated after failing to inform up to 450 people that hackers may have accessed their confidential reports to the force.
