Slack
March 27, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Slack announces on its corporate blog that it was hacked over the course of four days in February, and that some number of users' data was compromised. The breach releases email addresses and potentially phone numbers of its 500,000 users.
Direct Marketing Association
March 27, 2015
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
The Direct Marketing Association suffers a data breach caused by a malware installed in the online bookstore section of their website.
Cryptoine
March 26, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
Cryptoine, a cryptocurrency exchange site, is hacked and has its wallets emptied.
Police of Finland
March 26, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of the Finnish Police (poliisi.fi) is taken down by a DDoS attack.
Betterbee
March 24, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
BetterBee notifies several customers of a breach involving their payment card information, due to a cyber attack to the hosting company WebSite Pipeline (WSP).
EllisLab
March 24, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
EllisLab admits to have suffered a breach after hackers managed to gain unauthorized access to its servers via a PHP backdoor.
Steam
March 24, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
A malicious user going by the handle of bluebunny14 exploits the open submission structure of Steam's Greenlight section to briefly hide malware links in cloned versions of five legitimate game pages.
New York Police Department Captain Endowment Association
March 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The NYPD's Captain Endowment Association's website (NYPDCEA.org) is injected with malware. The Anonymous claim responsibility for the attack, even if the attribution is uncertain.
Greatfire
March 20, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Chinese activist site Greatfire.org, which masks censored traffic into the country, suffers a DDoS attack that racks up $30,000 a day in server costs.
St. Mary's Health
March 20, 2015
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
St. Mary's Health (stmarys.org) announces that several employees had their usernames and passwords compromised. Unfortunately their email accounts contained personal information on roughly 4,400 individuals.
FIT College
March 19, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Chrichir hacks the FIT college (fitcollege.edu.au) and claims to have accessed 5,000+ student records, and more than 6,000 payment records.
Advantage Dental
March 17, 2015
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Advantage Dental notifies more than 150,000 patients that a computer was infected with malware, and an intruder gained access to a database containing their personal information.
AllCrypt
March 17, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
Allcrypt, a cryptocurrency exchange site, is hacked and has its wallets emptied.
Sacred Heart Health
March 16, 2015
•[ hack, healthcare ]
The billing information of 14,000 Sacred Heart Health System patients is compromised when an employee email account of the healthcare provider's third-party billing vendor was hacked.
South West TAFE
March 16, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Chrichir hacks the South West TAFE (swtafe.vic.edu.au), and, as proof, dumps some internal tables.
University of Oklahoma
March 16, 2015
•[ hack, leak, education ]
A hacker dubbed Chrichir AKA @ChrichirTheGod hacks the University of Oklahoma and dumps some internal data.
US Department of State
March 14, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The State Department shuts down parts of its computer network to remove malicious software from Russian hackers in its unclassified email system.
Jamie Oliver
March 13, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
The website of Jamie Oliver (jamieoliver.com) is found to be harbouring malicious software for a second time in less than one month.
Istanbul Police Association
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The online Turkish hacktivist group RedHack defaces the official website of Istanbul Police Association (istanbulpolisdernegi.org) in tribute to Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old teenager who died on March 11, 2014.
5elafa Book
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
5elafa Book', a pro-ISIS Facebook clone is forced offline after just a day; and a linked Twitter account was shut down by supporters of the Anonymous collective.
