AdultFriendFinder Networks
November 13, 2016
•[ leak, hack ]
Here we are again: adult dating and entertainment company FriendFinder Networks has reportedly been hacked in a massive data breach exposing more than 412 million accounts and user credentials collected over two decades.
24luv
November 12, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The hacktivist known as ElSurveillance is back with its operation #EscortsOffline and two more data dumps from two dating sites: 24luv.com (92,937 users' email addresses and plain-text passwords) and freedateusa.com (127,395 email addresses and plain-text passwords).
Windham County Sheriff's Office
November 12, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
CyberZeist announces that the Windham County Sheriff's Office has been hacked, and dumps the entire database with 300 records of personnel.
Casino Rama Resort
November 10, 2016
•[ hack, malware ]
Casino Rama Resort issues a warning to its customers and employees after a hacker claimed to have stolen over a decades' (from 2004 to 2016) worth of sensitive information from its computer networks " including payroll data and social insurance numbers.
National Crime Agency
November 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK's National Crime Agency public web site is briefly taken down by a DDoS attack.
Bank of Moscow
November 8, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
A hacker called vimproducts claims to have taken down several Russian banks including the Moscow Exchange, the Bank of Moscow, Rosbank, and Alfa-Bank.
Two properties in the city of Lappeenranta
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack halted heating distribution in at least two properties in the city of Lappeenranta, located in eastern Finland. In both of the events the attacks disabled the computers that were controlling heating in the buildings.
Unknown Organization
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have shut down part of Scotland Yard's website (content.met.police.uk) for eight hours in revenge for dozens of arrests during the annual Million Mask March on parliament in London.
Indian Embassy - Mali
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy websites across seven countries.
Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan.
Indian Embassy in New York
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy in New York.
Pace University
November 2, 2016
•[ hack, education ]
An Arizona man is arrested on charges that he hacked into over 1,000 email accounts for students and others at two universities, including Pace University in New York, and tried to do the same at 75 other higher-education institutions.
Business Insider
November 2, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
The collective called OurMine post and edited some stories on the US version of the website.
PageGroup
November 1, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
UK-based global recruitment firm PageGroup confirms that an alleged lone hacker broke into its network and illegally accessed job applicants' personal information. The data breach occurred when the hacker infiltrated a development server run by Capgemini.
National Health Service's Lincolnshire and Goole
October 30, 2016
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Citing a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system in the United Kingdom cancels all planned operations and diverts major trauma cases to neighboring facilities.
Donald Trump's Twitter account
October 27, 2016
•[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
Three Dutch hackers broke into Donald Trump's Twitter account in 2016 by guessing his password was "yourefired".
US Navy
October 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers manage to get their hands on personal and sensitive information of over 130,000 US Navy officials after a laptop of an HPE Navy contactor is hacked. The breach was acknowledged on October 27th.
Nets
October 26, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
Danish payment processor company Nets advises local banks to block up to 100,000 credit cards on suspicion their security might have been compromised by hackers.
RTFB
October 24, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.
StarHub
October 24, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A new DDoS attack hits the infrastructure of StarHub.
