Porsche Japan
February 26, 2017
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The Japanese arm of Porsche says more than 28,000 email addresses have been leaked via a hack.
Ohio state government websites
February 25, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #opUSA, hacktivists from the Anonymous collective take down some Ohio State websites.
Apple
February 23, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
A mid-2016 security incident led to Apple purging its data centers of servers built by Supermicro, including returning recently purchased systems, after malware-infected firmware was reportedly detected in an internal development environment of Apple's technical infrastructure, which powers its web-based services and holds customer data.
Retina-X
February 23, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In February 2017, the mobile device monitoring software developer Retina-X was hacked and customer data downloaded before being wiped from their servers. The incident was covered in the Motherboard article titled Inside the 'Stalkerware' Surveillance Market, Where Ordinary People Tap Each Other's Phones. The service, used to monitor mobile devices, had 71k email addresses and MD5 hashes with no salt exposed. Retina-X disclosed the incident in a blog post on April 27, 2017.
Bitfinex
February 22, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Top Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex is hit by a "severe DDoS attack."
South Washington County School District
February 22, 2017
•[ hack, education ]
The South Washington County school district tightens security after a high school student hacks into the district's server and takes names, Social Security numbers and some addresses.
Unknown Organization
February 20, 2017
•[ hack, retail ]
A hacker claims to have hacked the official web forum of a gun retailer Airsoft GI (airsoftgiforum.com) and uploaded its data on Dropbox.
Asiana Airlines
February 19, 2017
•[ hack ]
Kuroi'SH defaces the official website of Asiana Airlines, one of the major airlines in South Korea.
Zcoin
February 17, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
A simple one-digit typo within the source code of a cryptocurrency called Zcoin has allowed a hacker to make a profit of over $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
Lexington Medical Center
February 17, 2017
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Lexington Medical Center notifies employees of a breach affecting its database.
PharmaNet
February 15, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, when an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."
Unknown Organization
February 15, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The websites of the Montenegrin government and several state institutions, as well as some pro-government media, are targeted with multiple cyberattacks started since February 15th. Among the victims is the web portal of the Government of Montenegro (www.gov.me).
San Antonio Symphony
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, leak ]
Computer hackers break into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony, stealing the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and W-2 tax forms for about 250 employees.
Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
FunPlus
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker steals user account information (3.3 million records) and alleged product source code from FunPlus, the company that makes highly popular free-to-play mobile game Family Farm Seaside.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
February 10, 2017
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is the victim of a targeted attack. The attack is thought to originate from Pakistan.
Hitachi Payment Services
February 9, 2017
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hitachi Payments Services confirms that its systems were compromised by a sophisticated malware in mid-2016, that led to one of the biggest cyber security breaches in the country with 3.2 million cards affected.
Arby's
February 9, 2017
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
The fast food restaurant chain Arby's has suffered a breach involving the payment card systems in up to 1,100 of its locations.
FileSilo
February 8, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
UK magazine publisher Future's FileSilo website (FileSilo.co.uk) is raided by hackers, who make off with, among other information, unencrypted user account passwords.
UPI
February 8, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
zerodark70 sells a database supposedly containing 83,000 compromised accounts from UPI.com, the website of the 110-year-old American news agency United Press International.
