Town of Arlington
June 5, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The town of Arlington discloses that it had lost nearly $446,000 in a monthslong business email compromise (BEC) scam.
Official Microsoft India account on X (formerly Twitter)
June 3, 2024
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
The official Microsoft India account on X (formerly Twitter), with over 211,000 followers, is hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers to impersonate Roaring Kitty, the handle used by notorious meme stock trader Keith Gill.
Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC
May 30, 2024
•[ phishing, data leak ]
On or around May 30 2024, an unauthorized actor accessed an employee email account at Alternate Solutions Health Network. The account was secured after discovery; investigation concluded February 14 2025 and confirmed exposure of PHI. Notifications were issued beginning April 14 2025.
RestorixHealth
May 29, 2024
•[ phishing, data leak ]
Investigation confirmed unauthorized access to one mailbox (May 729, 2024); notification letters commenced Feb 14, 2025.
Adam Griffin
May 6, 2024
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Adam Griffin, a crypto investor is robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies after a scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click yes to a Google prompt on his mobile device.
Undisclosed crypto investor
May 3, 2024
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
An individual loses around $71 million worth of bitcoin in what appears to be an address poisoning attack. A week later the author of the attack returns the stolen bounty.
Teixeira Cândido (Angolan journalist) / Syndicate of Angolan Journalists context
May 3, 2024
•[ spyware, Predator, mobile infection ]
Amnesty Internationals Security Lab reported forensic confirmation that Intellexas Predator spyware successfully infected the iPhone of Angolan journalist and press freedom activist Teixeira Cndido on May 4, 2024 after he opened a malicious link sent via WhatsApp. Amnesty said the attacker could have gained wide access to device data (including messages and files) and that the infection appears to have been removed after the phone was restarted later that day. The investigation described multiple additional infection links sent afterward that did not appear to succeed. Attribution to a specific government customer was not made in the public report.
First Contact Health
May 1, 2024
•[ phishing, unauthorized access, health data ]
Guernseys Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) sanctioned First Contact Health after cyber criminals successfully targeted an employee email account in a phishing attack, gaining unauthorized access to confidential health data. The practice reported the breach to the ODPA in May 2024, and the unauthorized access was believed to have occurred at least five months earlier. The enforcement action cited failures in key security controls intended to prevent phishing-based account compromise.
Atrium Health
April 29, 2024
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Atrium Health sends notifications to patients who may have been impacted by a malicious email sent to employees in April, through which an unauthorized third party gained access to a group of employees emails.
Illinois Department Of Human Services
April 25, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The Illinois Department Of Human Services reveals that a phishing attack affected more than 1.1M public assistance clients.
LastPass
April 10, 2024
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
LastPass reveals that threat actors targeted one of its employees in a voice phishing attack, using deepfake audio to impersonate Karim Toubba, the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Political Parties in Germany
April 4, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The German Federal Office for Information Security, or BSI, and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warn that phishing attacks targeting political parties surged ahead of upcoming European Union elections.
New York City Automated Personnel System, Employee Self Service (known as NYCAPS/ESS)
March 31, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The city of New York took its payroll website partially offline for the last nine days in response to a recent phishing scheme targeting city employees
Crypt investors in Hong Kong
March 25, 2024
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong warns against entities operating under the name "HKCEXP" and "EDY" saying the names falsely poses as an SFC-registered entities.
SPA Grand Prix
March 18, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, entertainment ]
Threat actors hijack the official contact email for the Belgian SPA Grand Prix event and use it to lure fans to a fake website promising a 50 gift voucher.
Individuals in the U.S.
March 18, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that scammers are impersonating its employees to steal thousands of dollars from Americans.
Crypto users in Hong Kong
March 7, 2024
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission blocks fake websites posing as major local cryptocurrency exchanges, impersonating two licensed exchanges in Hong Kong: OSL Digital Securities and Hash Blockchain Limited, also known as HashKey.
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
February 19, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services discloses a data breach after thousands of patients' personal and health information was exposed in a phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees.
Lexington Medical Center
February 14, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Lexington Medical Center files a notice of data breach discovering that an unauthorized actor was able to access an employees email account.
Unnamed Lincoln Project vendor
February 1, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The anti-Donald Trump super PAC Lincoln Project discloses to have lost $35,000 to a business email compromise (BEC) scam.
