Users of Venmo mobile payment service
September 15, 2019
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Dighton Police Department warns of a wave of phishing scams targeting users of Venmo mobile payment service with text messages that direct to a fake website.
The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site
September 14, 2019
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site is targeted with a phishing page that attempts to harvest the unique "codenames" for sources who submitted information using the service.
Toyota Boshoku Corporation
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Toyota Boshoku Corporation announces that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million due to a business email compromise (BEC) attack.
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.
City of Unalaska
September 5, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.
Meridian Community College
September 5, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Meridian Community College notifies a phishing incident occurred in January.
UC Health
September 4, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
UC Health discloses that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. Some e-mail accounts were accessed between July 6, 2019 and July 12, 2019.
University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
Oregon Judicial Department
August 30, 2019
•[ social, phishing, government ]
A phishing scheme succeeds in breaking into the email accounts of five Oregon Judicial Department employees, exposing personal information of more than 6,000 people.
Capital & Coast DHB
August 27, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
A Capital & Coast DHB staff member falls victim to an email phishing scam which took thousands of emails from their address.
Lyons Companies
August 23, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, manufacturing ]
Lyons Companies announces that two employee email accounts were accessed without authorization between February 4 and March 12, 2019.
Alberta Health Services
August 22, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Alberta Health Services warns 7,000 patients their personal health information is compromised in an email hack.
City of Saskatoon
August 20, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A scammer is able to successfully fool the City of Saskatoon into transferring them a little over $1 million. Part of the money is recovered though.
Portland Public Schools
August 19, 2019
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Portland Public Schools district falls victim of a BEC scam costing around $2.9 million (but manages to recover the stolen amount).
NCH Healthcare System
August 15, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
NCH Healthcare System discloses a phishing attack to some employees' email accounts.
Virginia Gay Hospital
August 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Virginia Gay Hospital notifies patients after discovering a compromised employee email account.
Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Networks (BCN)
August 9, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Nearly 11,000 Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Networks (BCN) are notified of a potential breach of their data, after a phishing attack on two employee email accounts.
TAFE NSW
August 8, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
TAFE NSW has two dozen employees hit by a phishing attack.
City of Naples, Florida
August 2, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Naples, Florida, loses $700,000 after a spear phishing attack.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
August 2, 2019
•[ leak, phishing, healthcare ]
Presbyterian Healthcare Services is the victim of a phishing attack impacting around 183,000 patients and health plan members.
