DailyMotion
December 5, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
An unknown hacker extracts 85.2 million unique email addresses and usernames from video-sharing site Dailymotion, one of the biggest video platforms in the world.
MrExcel
January 16, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
MrExcel.com reveals that its forum has been compromised on the morning of December 6, 2016.
EA Battlefield 1
December 17, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Phantom Squad Collective takes down the servers of EA Battlefield 1.
Bleacher Report
December 16, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Bleacher Report reports that an unauthorized user gained access to user information for its website and mobile app.
Eir Telecom
December 5, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Eir warns customers that 2000 of its modems have been compromised by the Mirai botnet.
Sony PlayStation Network
October 21, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Sony Playstation Network is the target of the Mirai botnet DDoS attack.
RedBus
October 18, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
Online travel giant Ibibo Group-owned ticketing platform RedBus confirms to have been subject to a cyber attack that might have exposed the email addresses of some of its customers.
i-dressup
September 26, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Un unknown hacker downloads more than 2.2 million of improperly stored account credentials from i-dressup.com, a social hangout website for teenage girls.
modaco
September 20, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Modaco.com, a UK-based forum dedicated to the Android operating system is breached, with nearly 800,000 usernames and passwords stolen by hackers. The attack dates back to January 2016.
Unknown Organization
September 18, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Blizzard's Battle.net servers are knocked offline by yet another denial-of-service (DDoS) attack claimed by hacking group PoodleCorp.
Unknown Organization
September 9, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Popular science website EurekAlert!, which handles embargoed reports on health, medicine, and technology is hacked. The announcement in the website states that usernames and passwords to the service have been compromised. The hacker has also leaked two embargoed reports.
Linode
September 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Linode reports the first of a series of DoS attacks on September 2nd, September 4th and September 5th. Another round will strike the company on Saturday, September 10th. Some of the attacks lasted up to eight hours.
Deutsche Telekom
November 29, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers are knocked off the internet when their routers are hit by a malware attack launched through the Mirai Botnet exploiting a SOAP Remote Execution Vulnerability.
Mega
November 18, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
The Amn3s1a Team hacking group releases a data dump containing what the group claims is nearly 2GB of source code stolen from several Mega.nz servers.
Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest account
November 17, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
OurMine hack Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest Account and post a message suggesting they could help him with his online security.
Business Insider
November 2, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
The collective called OurMine post and edited some stories on the US version of the website.
newseasims
September 30, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
A hacker going by the handle of "Websites Hunter" hacks newseasims.com, a website that offers custom content for Sims video games from Electronic Arts, and leaks personal details of 118,000 customers/users.
KrebsOnSecurity
September 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Security researcher Brian Krebs' website KrebsOnSecurity comes under "heavy and sustainable" attack after two 18 year-old Israeli hackers were arrested over their connection with a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS.
MICROS
August 8, 2016
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
The Carbanak Gang appears to have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems, and used that access to steal administrative credentials and implant malicious code on 700 terminals.
michaelphelps
August 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
New World Hackers claim responsibility for taking down the personal website of Michael Phelps.
