Disqus
October 6, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Disqus confirms a data breach that appears to have taken place in the summer of 2012, and during which an unknown attacker(s) made off with details for at least 17.5 million user accounts.
Verrit
September 4, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Verrit, a political fact-checking site is DDoSed almost immediately after it was endorsed by Hillary Clinton.
Forrester Research
October 6, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Forrester, one of the world's leading market research and investment advisory firms, admits that a security breach took place during the past week. An unidentified attacker (or attackers) has gained access to the infrastructure hosting its website stealing site credentials and proprietary research.
showtimeanytime
September 25, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Two Showtime domains are found serving Coinhive, a JavaScript library that mines Monero using the CPU resources of users visiting Showtime's websites. It is not clear if the event is the consegue of a hack or an experiment.
Selena Gomez Instagram account
August 28, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Selena Gomez's Instagram account is hacked and posts several nude photos of Justin Bieber.
Blizzard Entertainment
August 15, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The web servers of Blizzard Entertainment suffer a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Ariana Grande Instagram account
August 4, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Ariana Grande is the latest celebrity that gets hacked. This time her Instagram account is hacked.
HBO
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
HBO joins the ranks of Hollywood entertainment companies to suffer a major cyber attack. The company network is compromised and the attackers claim to have stolen 1.5 TB of data. Few days after they leak an episode of the new season of Games of Thrones.
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.
Official PlayStation Twitter account
August 21, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
The official Twitter and Facebook PlayStation accounts are taken over by the hacking group OurMine. The attackers also claim to have managed to access a PSN database.
"Girls" Twitter account
August 17, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Several HBO Twitter accounts are taken over by the notorious OurMine hacking group, posting #HBOHacked messages and warnings about security. Affected accounts include the main HBO Twitter account, as well as those for TV shows including Game of Thrones and Girls.
Chinese Telecom Firm
August 1, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Kaspersky Lab Q2 2017 DDoS Intelligence Report reveals the details of a DDoS attack launched against a Chinese Telecom Firm, lasting for 11 days.
Big Screen in Cardiff's Queen Street
August 1, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
A big screen in Cardiff's main shopping street, Queen Street, is reportedly hacked with images of swastikas and messages about 'Shariah' appearing.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The author of the BrickerBot malware claims responsibility for a cyber-attack that took place in various Indian states and causes over 60,000 modems and routers to lose Internet connectivity.
Wix
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Website-building service Wix.com reveals to have been the subject of a massive cyber-attack in April 2016 when a botnet of rogue Chrome extensions was creating Wix websites to spread itself to new users.
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.
Victoria Justice's Twitter account
July 26, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Victoria Justice's Twitter account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
Square Enix
July 14, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Square Enix attributes the connectivity issues that have plagued Final Fantasy 14's Stormblood expansion since its release in June on continuous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from a third party.
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account
July 25, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
Mansfield 103.2
July 11, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The UK Communications Regulator (Ofcom) is hunting a pirate who persistently overrides frequency of Mansfield 103.2 to play a modified version of "The Winker's Song".
