City of Pittsburg, Kansas
February 1, 2018
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The City of Pittsburg in Kansas reveals to have been subjected to a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting employee payroll data. The attack results in the release of sensitive information for current and former city employees who received a W-2 for the 2017 fiscal year.
HORNE LLP
February 1, 2018
•[ leak, phishing, finance ]
HORNE LLP notifies an incident affecting the security of protected health information of certain Forrest General Hospital patients. On November 1, 2017, the company discovered that the email account of one of its employees was sending phishing emails.
Users participating to the ICO of the Bee Token Crypto Currency
January 31, 2018
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Users who were aiming to buy Bee Tokens during a Token Generation Event (i.e., an initial coin offering) are tricked into sending the money to scammers instead. The attackers steal nearly $1M worth of cryptocurrency.
Harris County
January 24, 2018
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
Harris County lose almost $900K in a phishing scam. The attack dates back to September 2017.
David Clarke Jr. Twitter Account
January 22, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, technology ]
The Turkish Cyber Army hacking group strikes again and hijacks the Twitter account of vocal Donald Trump supporter and ex-Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.
Charlotte Housing Authority
January 19, 2018
•[ social, phishing, government ]
341 employees of the Charlotte Housing Authority have their W-2 forms compromised after scammers sent CHA staffers an e-mail pretending to be from CEO.
Monticello Central Strict District
January 12, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Monticello Central School District warns of a sophisticated e-mail phishing attack occurred on November 1st, 2017. Potentially 2,598 individuals are affected.
Onco360
January 8, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Onco360 notifies a phishing incident involving an employee's email account and affecting potentially 53,000 users.
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA)
January 6, 2018
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
A phishing attack on an employee at Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (discovered in November 20, 2017) results in the exposure of sensitive information on 30,000 Medicaid patients.
Miracle-Ear
December 29, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, retail ]
Miracle-Ear Inc. says that 554 patient records have been compromised in a security breach of its e-mail system. The incident occurred Oct. 24, when "an unknown and unauthorized intruder" gained access to the e-mail account of an employee of Miracle-Ear's parent company Amplifon.
Veyna & Forschino
December 23, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, finance ]
Veyna & Forschino disclose a breach involving an unauthorized access to a company email. Compromised information includes individuals' name, date of birth, telephone numbers, address, Social Security number, W-2 information, 1099 records (including account number if provided), and direct deposit bank account information.
Colorado Mental Health Institute
December 22, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Colorado Mental Health Institute notifies 650 patients after a phishing incident.
Bitcoin Insiders in London
December 15, 2017
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Secureworks reveals a new spearphishing campaign circulating across bitcoin industry insiders in London, carried on via a fake job opening, and aimed to steal their online credentials. The fingers are pointed to the North Korean hackers of the Lazarus Group.
Clarion University
December 7, 2017
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Clarion University employees are notified after two employees fall victim of a phishing attack.
Sinai Health System
December 7, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
At least two employees at Sinai Health System had their email accounts compromised in a phishing incident, potentially affecting the information of 11,350 people.
Baptist Health Louisville
December 5, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Baptist Health Louisville notifies 880 patients of a phishing incident that occurred in early October.
Bitcoin Gold
November 22, 2017
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
More than $3.3 million worth of Cryptocurrency is stolen as part of an elaborate scam that took advantage of bitcoin users seeking to claim their share of the newly created cryptocurrency Bitcoin Gold.
Italian government
November 11, 2017
•[ leak, phishing, government ]
The Anonymous collective publishes some internal documents stolen from the email accounts of some government employees.
Griffin Funeral Home
October 18, 2017
•[ hack, phishing ]
A sick hack: hackers take over the email account of Griffin Funeral Home, and send email scams to the company's customers, asking for money.
Rivermend Health
October 10, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Rivermend Health notifies 1,300 patients who had information in an employee's email account that was compromised.
