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.
Verrit
September 4, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Verrit, a political fact-checking site is DDoSed almost immediately after it was endorsed by Hillary Clinton.
Taringa
September 4, 2017
•[ leak, technology ]
LeakBase, a breach notification service, obtains a copy of the hacked database of Taringa, a social network popular in Latin America, containing details on 28,722,877 accounts, which includes usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords.
Canoe
September 2, 2017
•[ leak, technology ]
The free news and entertainment portal Canoe.ca, operated by MediaQMI Inc. and owned by Sun Media Corp. prior to 2015, wishes to inform users that some of its databases containing records from the period of 1996 to 2008 have been breached.
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.
Selena Gomez Instagram account
August 28, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Selena Gomez's Instagram account is hacked and posts several nude photos of Justin Bieber.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Taringa
August 1, 2017
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In September 2017, news broke that Taringa had suffered a data breach exposing 28 million records. Known as "The Latin American Reddit", Taringa's breach disclosure notice indicated the incident dated back to August that year. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords.
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.
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.
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.
Equifax
July 29, 2017
•[ financial, technology ]
Equifax, reveals to have been hit by a data breach that could potentially affect 143 million consumers in the United States. The breach was discovered on July 29th.
Victoria Justice's Twitter account
July 26, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Victoria Justice's Twitter account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account
July 25, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
KQED
July 18, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
KQED, a San Francisco radio station is still recovering from a ransomware attack, nearly one month after.
