StarHub
October 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Singapore telecommunications company StarHub is the target of a DDoS attack (once again carried on flooding the company with bogus DNS queries).
City of Middletown
October 21, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Middletown reveals that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department.
Sony PlayStation Network
October 21, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Sony Playstation Network is the target of the Mirai botnet DDoS attack.
Dailymotion
October 20, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
In October 2016, the video sharing platform Dailymotion suffered a data breach. The attack led to the exposure of more than 85 million user accounts and included email addresses, usernames and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
Road signs in Chicago
October 17, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A number of people at the Chicago's Grand Avenue and Central Avenue intersection witness an unusual message on a construction signboard against the mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Potter County
October 13, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Potter County officials assure users that their voter information website is safe after learning that hackers gained access to it.
Vera Bradley
October 13, 2016
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
American high-end fashion retailer Vera Bradley has revealed that hackers may have accessed customers' card data from payment processing systems at its retail stores this summer.
SWIFT
October 12, 2016
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Symantec reveals that a second group of hackers are attempting to rob banks by targeting SWIFT users deploying the same methods that led to the Bangladesh Bank hacking heist. The tools used are linked to the Odinaff group, which since the beginning of the year, has targeted financial institutions worldwide.
Unnamed German nuclear power plant
October 10, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Yukiya Amano, a nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago.
The Clinton Foundation
October 6, 2016
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
The Clinton Foundation warns donors about targeted hacking attempts to steal their personal information.
BuzzFeed
October 5, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
OurMine hackers take control of BuzzFeed's website and alter multiple stories published on its site.
Spotify
October 4, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Multiple users report that popular music-streaming service Spotify serves malware-laden ads.
The Clinton Foundation
October 4, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 posts what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
Large LED video screen billboard in South Jakarta
September 30, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker or a group of hackers hack into the computer system of a large LED video screen billboard in the Kebayoran Baru district of South Jakarta and replace the advertisement on the screen with pornographic content for a short period of time.
feverclan
September 29, 2016
•[ hack, leak ]
pr0jekkt hacks feverclan.com and dumps the data of 50,000 users.
Berat Albayrak
September 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The RedHack collective claims to have hacked personal email accounts of Turkey's Energy Minister and President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak.
i-dressup
September 26, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Un unknown hacker downloads more than 2.2 million of improperly stored account credentials from i-dressup.com, a social hangout website for teenage girls.
floridabar
September 22, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker or hackers associated with a former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy who has a long-standing dispute with Florida law enforcement that appears to have gotten him raided by the FBI managed to access and acquire what appears to be the Florida Bar Association's entire database.
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic
September 22, 2016
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic warns its users to have been hacked on September 22, even if some evidences suggests the hack could have happened several months earlier.
H&L Australia
September 20, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers claim to have hacked Australian point-of-sale technology (PoS) company H&L Australia, and offer the database for sale. They were already offering it for sale for AU$22,000 ($16,580, 12,723) more than two months ago.
