Telecom Argentina
July 18, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
The REvil ransomware gang infects the internal network of Telecom Argentina, and asks for a $7.5 million ransom demand to unlock encrypted files.
Blackbaud
July 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Blackbaud, a cloud software provider specializing in fundraising suites for charities and educational institutions, discloses a ransomware attack that occurred in May, 2020.
ArbiterSports
July 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
ArbiterSports, the official software provider for the NCAA and many other leagues, says that the details of 540,000 referees were taken in a failed ransomware attack.
Citrix third-party
July 15, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
An actor sells what they claim to be a database with information on 2,000,000 Citrix customers on the dark web. An official statement by the company reveals that the database has been obtained from a third-party.
Wattpad
July 14, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
An allegedly stolen Wattpad database containing 270 million records is being sold in private sales for over $100,000 and offered for free on hacker forums.
Collabera
July 14, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Collabera discloses a ransomware attack that occurred on June 8th.
Cloudflare
July 9, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Cloudflare reveals that on June 21 it detected and mitigated a packet-based volumetric DDoS attack that peaked at 754 million packets-per-second.
Xchanging
July 5, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology announces over the weekend a ransomware attack on systems from its Xchanging subsidiary.
Orange
July 4, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Orange is hit with a ransomware attack through the "Orange Business Solutions" division.
Swvl
July 3, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Swvl, a bus-booking app and operator of bus routes in Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan, becomes aware of "unauthorized access to its IT infrastructure".
Uyghur ethnic minority
July 1, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Lookout discover four Android surveillance tools, named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle, elements of campaigns originating in China, and primarily targeting the Uyghur ethnic minority.
Wattpad
June 29, 2020
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In June 2020, the user-generated stories website Wattpad suffered a huge data breach that exposed almost 270 million records. The data was initially sold then published on a public hacking forum where it was broadly shared. The incident exposed extensive personal information including names and usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
France Tvisions
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
The France T l visions group announces it was the victim of a cyber attack that targeted one of its broadcasting sites.
E27
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Media firm E27 is hacked, and attackers ask for a small "donation" to provide information on the vulnerabilities used in the attack.
Frost & Sullivan
June 24, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
U.S. business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan is breached after data from an unsecured backup folder exposed on the Internet is sold on a hacker forum.
Encrochat
June 22, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
The encrypted chat Encrochat shuts down after a police hack.
Not Acxiom
June 21, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In 2020, a corpus of data containing almost a quarter of a billion records spanning over 400 different fields was misattributed to database marketing company Acxiom and subsequently circulated within the hacking community. On review, Acxiom concluded that "the claims are indeed false and that the data, which has been readily available across multiple environments, does not come from Acxiom and is in no way the subject of an Acxiom breach". The data contained almost 52M unique email addresses.
SitePoint
June 20, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
In June 2020, the web development site SitePoint suffered a data breach that exposed over 1M customer records. Impacted data included email and IP addresses, names, usernames, bios and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
Blaze Angel Roberts Instagram account
June 19, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Popular Australian surfer Blaze Angel Roberts has her Instagram account hacked, posting sexually explicit images.
RBX.Place
June 18, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers steal data from RBX.Place, a grey marketplace where players of the massively popular online game Roblox can sell in-game items for real money.
