Magnolia Health Corporation
February 3, 2016
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Magnolia Health Corporation suffers a breach after an unknown perpetrator uses MHC CEO Kensett Moyle's email address to request an Excel spreadsheet containing employee information.
Metropolitan Jewish Health System
January 18, 2016
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Metropolitan Jewish Health System notifies members and patients of phishing incident, possibly involving 2,483 individuals.
Facebook Account of Ruqia Hassan
January 5, 2016
•[ espionage, social, technology ]
The Independent reveals that after murdering the activist Ruqia Hassan Mohammed in September, the ISIS jihadists hijacked and continued to operate her social media accounts until very recently to lure other opponents into a trap.
Matthew Craig (matthdgamer)
October 8, 2015
•[ social, technology ]
Six of the most successful FIFA video gamers to feature on YouTube are targeted by cyber-thieves, who are able to steal millions of FIFA coins, the in-game currency, and delete valuable players. The attackers are thought to have convinced manufacturer EA to transfer their victims' Origin accounts to email addresses the hackers controlled.
Hawaii First Federal Credit Union
September 3, 2015
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Hawaii First Federal Credit Union notifies an undisclosed number of customers that an unauthorized individual may have gained access to an employee's email account, and could have accessed personal information.
Red Granite Pictures
July 30, 2015
•[ hack, social, technology ]
Red Granite Pictures, claims in a new lawsuit that it has been the subject of a malicious hack that has allowed the attackers to intimidate employees and disrupt its business via a mass emails campaign.
Seton Family of Hospitals
April 30, 2015
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Seton Family of Hospitals notifies approximately 39,000 patients that an employee's email address, which contained personal information, was compromised in a phishing attack.
Partners HealthCare
April 30, 2015
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Non-profit health care system Partners HealthCare notifies about 3,300 patients about a security breach after a phishing email attack.
Saint Agnes Health Care
April 27, 2015
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Saint Agnes Health Care notifies appoximately 25,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised by attackers who used a phishing email to gain access to an emplyee's email account which contained the data.
Antonio Cesaro
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, social, technology ]
The official verified Twitter account of WWE superstar Antonio Cesaro (@WWECesaro) is hacked by unknown hackers wishing cancer to the company's Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon.
Newsweek
February 10, 2015
•[ hack, social, technology ]
The CyberCaliphate hacks the Newsweek Twitter Account (@Newsweek) and threatens US President Barack Obama.
Chipotle
February 9, 2015
•[ hack, social, retail ]
Fast-food restaurant chain Chipotle is forced to apologise after its Twitter account (@ChipotleTweets) isused to post racist, homophobic and anti-government tweets.
New York Post
January 17, 2015
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
A total of six fake messages are posted from the Twitter accounts of New York Post and United Press International (UPI) by unknown individuals.
Fidelity National Financial
October 27, 2014
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Fidelity National Financial notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal information may have been accessible after a small number of employees had their email accounts compromised in a targeted phishing attack.
Provo City School District
October 3, 2014
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Personal information of more than 1,000 employees of Provo City School District is accessed by an unidentified party, who used phishing to breach the systems.
Steve-O
September 25, 2014
•[ hack, social ]
The stunt performer Steve-o dares hackers to break into his iCloud account and steal nude photos of him. A day after his Twitter account is hacked.
University of Louisiana at Monroe
August 21, 2014
•[ social, phishing, education ]
An employee of the University of Louisiana at Monroe falls victim of a phishing attempt, possibly compromising the personal information of students who graduated from ULM in fall 2013, and spring 2014.
Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
May 30, 2014
•[ hack, social, phishing ]
The internal communications system of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations has been hit by hackers carried on with spear-phishing emails.
Gary Barlow
May 12, 2014
•[ hack, social ]
The Twitter account of Gary Barlow (@GaryBarlow) the former frontman of the famous boy band Take That is hacked.
