Multiple Sclerosis Society
October 1, 2014
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Multiple Sclerosis Society warns website users their personal details might have been compromised via a malicious software discovered on its systems.
BTC-E
October 1, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
In October 2014, the Bitcoin exchange BTC-E was hacked and 568k accounts were exposed. The data included email and IP addresses, wallet balances and hashed passwords.
9Lives
October 1, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
In October 2014, the (now defunct) Belgian gaming news forum 9Lives suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The breach exposed 109k unique email addresses along with usernames and salted MD5 password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "Leidhall".
The Brightside Group
September 29, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
The Brightside Group, manager of several motor insurance websites, acknowledges a breach in its security system.
Ello
September 29, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The social network Ello is the target of a DDoS attack.
Steve-O
September 25, 2014
•[ hack, social ]
The stunt performer Steve-o dares hackers to break into his iCloud account and steal nude photos of him. A day after his Twitter account is hacked.
Airports Authority of India
September 24, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Unknown hackers breach the website of the Airports Authority of India (aai.aero) and steal critical data pertaining to airports around India (the breach happened on July 2014 but was discovered only now).
Activision Blizzard
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Hackers from the group Lizard Squad reneged on their promise to quit earlier this month, apparently launching DDoS attacks against Blizzard's servers running Call Of Duty: Ghosts and Destiny.
Grady High School
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
Atlanta Public School officials are investigating a computer hacking incident at Grady High School. According to a district spokesperson, nearly 200 computers were affected.
Viator
September 23, 2014
•[ financial, hack, retail ]
Travel website Viator admits to have suffered a compromise of payment card data on September 2, and confirms that some customer credit cards had been used for fraudulent purposes. Viator notifies approximately 1.4 million customers.
jQuery
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
RiskIQ detects a credential-stealing malware being loaded onto users computers through a drive-by download at jQuery.com. The attack was carried out using RIG exploit kit to target visitors.
K Box
September 19, 2014
•[ hack, leak ]
A Singapore-based karaoke chain, K Box, has members' personal information compromised earlier this week when the hacker group The Knowns' posted the data online. Up to 317,000 members' details could have been.
General Inspectorate of Romanian Police
September 19, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Anonymous Romania defaces the home page of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (politiaromana.ro).
Unnamed oil and gas company
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Bromium are alerted of a watering-hole attack originating from the website of a high-profile technology startup in the oil and gas sector.
RT
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
RT.com is hit with the most powerful DDoS attack in the website's history, which reached 10 Gbps in strength.
Galilee Development Authority
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
In name of OPSaveGaza, AnonGhost defaces the official website of Galilee Development Authority (galil.gov.il) which is directly under the Israeli ministry of Rural Development Authority.
healer
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, leak ]
@smitt3nz hacks healers.co.uk and dumps over 7,000 username and clear text passwords.
Politica Estadao
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Sucuri reveals that a popular Brazilian newspaper, Politica Estadao, is hacked by attackers with a code able to attack readers' home routers.
City of Clarkston, GA
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Iranian hackers from Ashiyane Digital Security Team deface the official website of United States government City of Clarkston, Georgia (clarkstonga.gov).
Freenode
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Popular IRC network Freenode suffers a security breach and asks users to change their passwords, as they might have been compromised.
