University of Alberta
January 5, 2017
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The University of Alberta discloses the details of a malware attack, occurring late last year, that involved 300 computers and put over 3,000 students at risk.
google
January 4, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Kuroi'SH hjacks the DNS record of google.com.br and redirects the users to a defaced page.
Northside Independent School District
January 4, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Northside Independent School District sends letters to about 23,000 former and current students and employees regarding a security breach that might have put their personal information at risk after several employees' email accounts have been compromised.
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
January 2, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A group claiming to be part of the Anonymous collective defaces the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission website (humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au) with a nonsensical message about its social network AnonPlus.
LiveJournal
January 1, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In mid-2019, news broke of an alleged LiveJournal data breach. This followed multiple reports of credential abuse against Dreamwidth beginning in 2018, a fork of LiveJournal with a significant crossover in user base. The breach allegedly dates back to 2017 and contains 26M unique usernames and email addresses (both of which have been confirmed to exist on LiveJournal) alongside plain text passwords. An archive of the data was subsequently shared on a popular hacking forum in May 2020 and redistributed broadly. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "nano@databases.pw".
Defense Integrated Data Center (South Korea)
January 1, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
hacked
Equifax
January 1, 2017
•[ financial, hack ]
poor security
Unknown Organization
December 31, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
In name of #OpSingleGateway Gh0s7 hacks the Thailand's National Statistical Office (nso.go.th) and dumps the leaked data.
Turkish Energy Ministry
December 31, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
Sources from the Energy Ministry claim that a major cyber-attack is the source of the widespread electricity cuts across Istanbul.
Unknown Organization
December 30, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker going by the online handle of Shin0bi_H4x0r hacked and defaced the official website of the Philippine Military (army.mil.ph)
Bilderberg Group
December 30, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Bilderberg Group was compromised today, with attackers posting a message warning that future hacks would be possible unless members start working for the benefit of humanity.
OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
December 29, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has recently confirmed a successful hack attack that occurred in November and which was launched by what are believed to be Russian hackers.
Democratic National Committee
December 29, 2016
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reval the details of "Grizzly Steppe", the operation through which two alleged Russian APTs (APT28 and APT29) hacked the Democratic National Committee since Summer 2015.
Unknown Organization
December 28, 2016
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Alaska notifies 14,719 individuals after two employees' email accounts containing protected health information were hacked in October.
State's Division of Public Behavioral Health (DPBH)
December 28, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The state's Division of Public Behavioral Health (DPBH) said it is investigating a compromise of its Medical Marijuana Program database.
DRI Title & Escrow
December 28, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
The Dark Overlord claims to have hacked DRI Title & Escrow and leaks some internal data.
