Unnamed Indian bank
August 2, 2016
•[ hack, finance ]
A pro-Pakistani hacker dubbed Afzal Faizal claims to have obtained access to the e-payment system of a nationalized bank.
Unknown Organization
August 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
123-Reg is taken down by a massive DDoS attack.
Banner Health
August 2, 2016
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Arizona healthcare group Banner Health reveals that hackers may have accessed records of 3.7 million of its customers. The attack was initiated on 17 June.
Unknown Organization
August 2, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
A hacking crew that goes by the name of PeggleCrew compromises Fosshub and embedded malware inside the files hosted on the website and offered for download.
Iranian Telegram users
August 2, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, leak ]
Iranian hackers linked to the state sponsored group called Rocket Kitten have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users.
South Korea
August 1, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, finance ]
North Korean hackers gain access to data of dozens of South Korean officials including diplomats and top security personnel. Emails and passwords of as many as 56 people are leaked.
GTAGaming
August 1, 2016
•[ leak, hack, technology ]
In August 2016, the Grand Theft Auto forum GTAGaming was hacked and nearly 200k user accounts were leaked. The vBulletin based forum included usernames, email addresses and password hashes.
Interpark Corp.
July 25, 2016
•[ hack, retail ]
Interpark, a South Korean online shopping mall, is the victim of a data breach with more 10 million customers affected.
Poland's Defence Ministry
July 15, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
This time Pravyy Sector threaten to release data stolen from Poland's Defence Ministry if the government doesn't pay $50,000. The hackers show a proof of the data they allegedly accessed.
Steemit
July 14, 2016
•[ hack, financial, technology ]
Social media site Steemit temporarily shuts down after a major hack. The attackers compromise 260 accounts and make off with $85,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
ubuntuforums
July 14, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Popular Ubuntu Forum ubuntuforums.org is hacked and 2 million user details that includes usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses are stolen.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
July 13, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A report published by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology found that hackers purported to be from China had compromised computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation repeatedly between 2010 and 2013.
Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack.
HSBC
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hacker group OurMine, claims that it temporarily took down the servers of HSBC in the US and the UK.
UK Network Rail
July 12, 2016
•[ hack ]
Security firm DarkTrace reveals that four major cyberattacks have been reported on UK railway computer networks over the past year.
Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack. One of the victims is the Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino (the official regulating body of the Filipino language).
Unknown Organization
July 11, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of OpAfrica, hackers affiliated to the Anonymous collective hack Armscor, a Pretoria based arms procurement agency, and leak 63 MB data in HTML files that include invoices numbers, order numbers, invoice amount and other data from Airbus, Thales group, Rolls Royce, EADS (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company), and Denel.
Datadog
July 8, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Datadog, the software-as-a-service monitoring and analytics platform, is hit by hackers and strongly suggests that customers initiate password resets.
Unknown Organization
July 7, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
In retaliation for the Alton Sterling killing, a hacker called @0x2Taylor hacks the Baton Rouge city government's servers and leaks 50,000 Baton Rouge Police records.
Netia
July 7, 2016
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
A Ukrainian hacker going by the handle of Pravy Sektor (Right Sector) breaches the servers of Poland's telecom company Netia SA and leak a 14GB file containing customers' details.
