The Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2014
•[ hack, social, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army is back and hijacks a total of four Twitter accounts of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
St. Aldhelm's Academy
April 8, 2014
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Members of the finance staff at the UK's St. Aldhelm's Academy were fooled in July of 2013 by an e-mail that appeared to come from the school's bank. As a consequence, more than 1 million ($1.7 million) was stolen.
EA
March 19, 2014
•[ hack, social, phishing ]
One of Electronic Arts' servers is breached, allowing hackers to create a phony Apple log-in screen that prompts users for personal information.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
January 31, 2014
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Dartmouth-Hitchcock notifies some employees that their names and direct deposit bank account information were compromised after some employees fell for a phishing attempt.
Astropid
December 19, 2013
•[ social, leak, forum ]
In December 2013, the vBulletin forum for the social engineering site known as "AstroPID" was breached and leaked publicly. The site provided tips on fraudulently obtaining goods and services, often by providing a legitimate "PID" or Product Information Description. The breach resulted in nearly 6k user accounts and over 220k private messages between forum members being exposed.
