InterPals
November 4, 2015
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In late 2015, the online penpal site InterPals had their website hacked and 3.4 million accounts exposed. The compromised data included email addresses, geographical locations, birthdates and salted hashes of passwords.
http://library
November 3, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Smitt3nz AKA Rubber hacks library.killersites.com and dumps the records of 1596 users.
vBulletin
November 3, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
In November 2015, the forum software maker vBulletin suffered a serious data breach. The attack lead to the release of both forum user and customer accounts totalling almost 519k records. The breach included email addresses, birth dates, security questions and answers for customers and salted hashes of passwords for both sources.
R2Games
November 1, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In late 2015, the gaming website R2Games was hacked and more than 2.1M personal records disclosed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. A further 11M accounts were added to "Have I Been Pwned" in March 2016 and another 9M in July 2016 bringing the total to over 22M.
Anandamohan College
October 31, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A Pakistani hacker dubbed Virushacker defaces several colleges across Kolkata including: Mohan College, Maharaja Manindra College, and Anandamohan College.
Mac-Torrents
October 31, 2015
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In October 2015, the torrent site Mac-Torrents was hacked and almost 94k usernames, email addresses and passwords were leaked. The passwords were hashed with MD5 and no salt.
http://forums
October 30, 2015
•[ leak, hack, technology ]
A hacker dubbed mr.nsaany AKA @mr.nsaany hacks forums.phpfreaks.com and leaks the entire database (allegedly 173,000 users).
Venezuelan Education Ministry
October 29, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks a subdomain of the Venezuelan Education Ministry and dumps 2,788 usernames and clear text passwords.
PHP Freaks
October 27, 2015
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In October 2015, the PHP discussion board PHP Freaks was hacked and 173k user accounts were publicly leaked. The breach included multiple personal data attributes as well as salted and hashed passwords.
Emergence Health Network
October 26, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Emergence Health Network(EHN) notifies 11,100 patients of an unauthorized access of a server containing protected health information.
Wichita Public Schools
October 26, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The Wichita, Kansas public school system is investigating a possible hacking attempt on one of its networks that took place on Oct. 23.
https://www
October 25, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
An anonymous hacker hacks amzreviewtrader.com and dumps nearly 2500 usernames and clear text passwords.
Lebanon Government Website
October 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Lebanese branch of the Anonymous defaces several Lebanon government websites.
Unknown Organization
October 25, 2015
•[ hack, leak, ddos ]
In name of #OpSingleGateway (Thai government's single gateway plan) the Anomymous take down the website of CAT Telecom Pcl, and leaks some data allegedly stolen from the Telco company website.
Center for Information and Decision Support
October 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A collective affiliated with the Anonymous called Anonymous R4BIA Team takes down several Egyptian government websites including the Egyptian Presidency website, the Cabinet Decision Support Center (CDSC), the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Planning, and others.
Unknown Organization
October 24, 2015
•[ hack ]
A Tunisian Muslim group dubbed Fallaga Team defaces the website of the Film Federation of India (filmfed.org) to protest against the killing of Muslims in Myanmar.
TalkTalk
October 23, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
TalkTalk, a UK phone and broadband provider, warns its 4 million customers that attackers could have gained access to their names, addresses, credit card and bank details, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses and TalkTalk account information.
Essex Police
October 23, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Essex Police Twitter Account (@EssexPoliceUK) is hacked and posts a bogus tweet directing the user to a page hosting an offensive picture.
MPGH
October 22, 2015
•[ hack, sqlinjection, technology ]
In October 2015, the multiplayer game hacking website MPGH was hacked and 3.1 million user accounts disclosed. The vBulletin forum breach contained usernames, email addresses, IP addresses and salted hashes of passwords.
EyeBuyDirect
October 21, 2015
•[ hack, financial, misconfiguration ]
An undisclosed number of individuals are notified that unauthorized access was gained to EyeBuyDirect's website and personal information, including payment card data, may have been compromised.
