Cedexis
May 10, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A DDos attack against Cedexis knocks out several major French news websites including Le Monde and Le Figaro.
Confluence Charter Schools
May 6, 2017
•[ hack, education ]
The network servers for Confluence Charter Schools are hacked, but school leadership say there is no evidence that student or employee data have been compromised.
Debenhams
May 5, 2017
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Malware infects the backend systems used by British high street chain Debenhams, and steals 26,000 people's personal information in the process. The hack happened after compromising the systems at Ecomnova, the firm that runs the Debenhams Flowers business, for more than six weeks.
Aesthetic Dentistry OC Gastrocare Tampa Bay Surgery Center
May 4, 2017
•[ hack, healthcare ]
TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients' records from 3 hacks. The victims are: Aesthetic Dentistry, OC Gastrocare, Tampa Bay Surgery Center.
HandBrake
May 2, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The popular DVD-ripping HandBrake app, is hacked to install a new variant of the Proton malware.
Wellington's Victoria University
May 2, 2017
•[ hack, education ]
Students and staff of Wellington's Victoria University have been warned their usernames and passwords may have been compromised following a data breach following an unauthorised access to the university's IT systems.
Greenwood County School District 50
April 29, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
About 3,300 are affected by a security breach after the school discovers that an unauthorized user logged in to four Greenwood County School District 50 employees' emails as well as current and former employees' payroll accounts in January and February.
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
April 29, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Hill Country Memorial Hospital notifies patients after an employee email was accessed without authorization.
Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR)
April 29, 2017
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection affecting servers belonging to the Virginia State Police (VSP) shuts down the department's email system, along with its ability to update the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR).
Danish Ministry of Defense
April 27, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Denmark's Defense Intelligence Service says in a report that the Danish Ministry of Defense has had its emails hacked over the last two years. The hack has been attributed to Fancy Bear.
Blowout Cards
April 25, 2017
•[ hack, financial, retail ]
Blowout Cards issues a security alert to customers, warning that their payment card details may have been compromised after an attacker hacked its website and customers began reporting related card fraud.
R2Games
April 25, 2017
•[ hack, leak ]
Online gaming company Reality Squared Games (R2Games) is hacked for the second time in two years and more than one million accounts are compromised. Leaked data includes usernames, passwords, email addresses, IP addresses, and other optional record fields.
North Mundham Primary in Chichester
April 23, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Police are investigating after "malicious" messages are left on a school website by Turkish nationalists in an apparent hacking attempt.
Yapizon
April 22, 2017
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffers a massive data breach when hackers steal 3,800 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds.
Britain First
April 12, 2017
•[ hack ]
Britain First is hit by a massive hack that targets its websites and Twitter accounts, and their YouTube channel.
Melbourne IT
April 12, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Australian ISP Melbourne IT confirms that it was hit by "a large DDoS attack" that disrupted its web hosting.
Union Bank of India
April 11, 2017
•[ hack, finance ]
North Korean hackers are suspected of attempting to steal $170m from Union Bank of India, back in 2015.
Sierra Tel
April 10, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The Bricker Bot takes down the Zyxel HN-51 Modem belonging to Sierra Tel, a Californian ISP.
Amazon third-party sellers
April 10, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, retail ]
Amazon third-party sellers, are hit repeatedly by hackers who post fake deals on legitimate sellers' pages.
