OmegaNet
August 10, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
OmegaNet notifies 10 businesses in New Hampshire of a malware incident that was able to capture sensitive information before it was encrypted.
Dnipropetrovsk Department of Law Enforcement
August 9, 2014
•[ hack, leak, espionage ]
Pro Russian Hacker collective CyberBerkut accesses the information resources of the regional department of the military law and order service in Dnipropetrovsk and leaks some private correspondence.
Chicago Yacht Club
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Following an investigation into a PoS system crash, Chicago Yacht Club finds evidence of malware installation on one of their servers and notifies guests who made purchases.
Gamma Group
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Gamma International UK Ltd, the company that makes and sells the world's most elusive cyber weapon, FinFisher spyware, is hacked by a group called Phineas Fisher (@GammaGroupPR), and has a 40G file dumped on the internet.
Pokémon Creed
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, sqlinjection, technology ]
In August 2014, the Pokmon RPG website Pokmon Creed was hacked after a dispute with rival site, Pokmon Dusk. In a post on Facebook, "Cruz Dusk" announced the hack then pasted the dumped MySQL database on pkmndusk.in. The breached data included over 116k usernames, email addresses and plain text passwords.
Various Government Websites
August 7, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpNoHunt, a collective called Paw Security takes down several Chinese websites to protest against violences on pets.
Plexor
August 7, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The US website of computer hardware manufacturer Plextor is taken over by a group of hackers identifying themselves as CoMoDo.
Vibram
August 5, 2014
•[ hack, retail ]
Vibram notifies some customers of a hack involving its third-party hosting provider. As a consequence, customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised.
wirelessemporium
August 5, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
After a malware is discovered on wirelessemporium.com, the company begins notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal information, including payment card data, might have been compromised.
Mossad
August 2, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpSaveGaza, the Anonymous collective claims responsibility of taking down the websites of: bankisrael.gov.il, mossad.gov.il, justice.gov.il, edu.gov.il, idf.gov.il, telaviv.police.gov.il.
Undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants
July 31, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants may have been affected by a remote-access breach that compromised point-of-sale software, LogMeIn, according to the Delaware Restaurant Association.
Cirrus Communications
July 30, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The largest fixed wireless broadband carrier in Australia, Cirrus Communications, suffers a major DDoS attack, which takes out over half of its network.
National Research Council
July 29, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The National Research Council (nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), which handles Canada's research and development efforts on behalf of its government, confirms that its IT infrastructure was hacked. China, which immediately refuses the allegations, is accused of the hack.
Department of Agriculture
July 25, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of Philippine Department of Agriculture (da.gov.ph) is infected with malicious code that promotes a gambling-related website.
Metro newspaper
July 23, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
Vice
July 22, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
W0rm hacks vice.com and accesses a list of CMS users. Hacked data includes email addresses and hashed passwords.
Insanelyi
July 22, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In July 2014, the iOS forum Insanelyi was hacked by an attacker known as Kim Jong-Cracks. A popular source of information for users of jailbroken iOS devices running Cydia, the Insanelyi breach disclosed over 104k users' emails addresses, user names and weakly hashed passwords (salted MD5).
BigBoss repository
July 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers going by the name of Kim Jong-Cracks'.
Kenyan Defence Forces
July 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter accounts of the Kenyan Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) and its spokesman are hacked by activists claiming to be affiliated to Anonymous (Anon_0x03), to protest against corruption.
Indexeus
July 19, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Indexeus.org, the search engine containing a database of stolen usernames and passwords is defaced by a group called Pernicious Developers.
