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.
Syed Akbaruddin's Twitter Account @AkbaruddinIndia
January 14, 2018
•[ hack, social, government ]
The verified Twitter account of Syed Akbaruddin. India's top diplomat to the United Nations, is briefly taken over by suspected Turkish hackers.
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.
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.
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.
Morehead Memorial Hospital
September 15, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Morehead Memorial says that a data breach due to a phishing attack has potentially exposed patient and employee information.
Community Memorial Health System
September 5, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
The Community Memorial Health System sends out a notice regarding a data security breach involving patient information after a phishing attack happened on June 23.
Real Madrid Twitter Account
August 28, 2017
•[ hack, social, technology ]
Real Madrid's official Twitter account is hacked with a post announcing the signing of rival Lionel Messi appearing on their feed.
MacEwan University
August 23, 2017
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
MacEwan University staffers are tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers' bank accounts. The majority of the money, $11.4 million, has been traced to bank accounts in Montreal and Hong Kong.
Three major banks in Hungary
August 8, 2017
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The National Bank of Hungary reveals that hackers have been targeting three major banks in Hungary with a slew of phishing attempts.
Kaleida Health
August 1, 2017
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Kaleida Health notifies 2,789 patients about a phishing incident that happened on May 24.
Macron Campaign
July 27, 2017
•[ espionage, social, government ]
Reuters reveals that Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas.
Bank of America customers
July 21, 2017
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
A new campaign targets Bank of America customers via emails pretending to be from representatives of the Bank of America.
Newcastle University
July 20, 2017
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Newcastle University issues an alert, warning prospective students to be careful when seeking to apply and pay online for courses, after discovering the existence of a sophisticated phishing scam.
China Digital Times
July 5, 2017
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
A threat actor targeted the China Digital Times, a civil-society and news organization based outside China that publishes English- and Chinese-language content, using phishing techniques with the goal of compromising its network.
University of Alaska
June 1, 2017
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A phishing scam in December 2016 resulted in a data breach at the University of Alaska, affecting around 25,000 students, staff and faculty members.
