MSN
January 19, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Malwarebytes detects a malvertising campaign targeting the MSN Home Page via the AD network AdSpirit.
boards
January 18, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The popular Irish forum boards.ie is taken down by a DDoS attack.
KickassTorrents
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
KickassTorrents (kat.cr) is taken down by a DDoS attack.
pagesjaunesdusenegal
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown attacker hacks pagesjaunesdusenegal.com and dumps 9500 usernames and hashed passwords.
uTorrent
January 14, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In early 2016, the forum for the uTorrent BitTorrent client suffered a data breach which came to light later in the year. The database from the IP.Board based forum contained 395k accounts including usernames, email addresses and MD5 password hashes without a salt.
Citrix
January 13, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
A Russian hacker dubbed W0rm claims to have broken into systems run by Citrix, and gained access to potentially a huge number of customers.
Jeremy Corbyn Twitter Account (@jeremycorbyn)
January 10, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An attacker takes over the Twitter account of the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and posts several bogus tweets. In particular one of them mocks the UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
o2c
January 10, 2016
•[ hack, leak, misconfiguration ]
Fr0mShell hacks o2c.fr and dumps 4,160 accounts with clear text passwords.
Interxion
January 9, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Data center services Interxion informs customers that it has suffered a security breach, which has seen hackers access contact information stored in its CRM about corporate clients and prospects. The breach happened in December and could have affected 23,200 contacts.
Forbes
January 6, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Brian Baskin, a digital forensics expert, is served with malware when visiting the Forbes' website, after disabling the AD blocker as suggested.
allwomenstalk
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Root AKA @ciadotgov hacks allwomenstalk.com and dumps 136,938 usernames and passwords.
Facebook Account of Ruqia Hassan
January 5, 2016
•[ espionage, social, technology ]
The Independent reveals that after murdering the activist Ruqia Hassan Mohammed in September, the ISIS jihadists hijacked and continued to operate her social media accounts until very recently to lure other opponents into a trap.
Linode
January 5, 2016
•[ leak, ddos, technology ]
After struggling with a long-lasting DDoS attack, Linode reports a credential leak and runs a system-wide password reset on customer accounts.
EpicNPC
January 2, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
In January 2016, the hacked account reseller EpicNPC suffered a data breach that impacted 409k subscribers. The impacted data included usernames, IP and email addresses and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
ServerPact
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
In mid-2015, the Dutch Minecraft site ServerPact was hacked and 73k accounts were exposed. Along with birth dates, email and IP addresses, the site also exposed SHA1 password hashes with the username as the salt.
Lifeboat
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
In January 2016, the Minecraft community known as Lifeboat was hacked and more than 7 million accounts leaked. Lifeboat knew of the incident for three months before the breach was made public but elected not to advise customers. The leaked data included usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as straight MD5 hashes.
XPG
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
In approximately early 2016, the gaming website Xpgamesaves (XPG) suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 890k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. This data was provided by security researcher and data analyst, Adam Davies.
Anime-Planet
January 1, 2016
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
In approximately 2016, the anime website Anime-Planet suffered a data breach that impacted 369k subscribers. The exposed data included usernames, IP and email addresses, dates of birth and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes and for newer accounts, bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
MoDaCo
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In approximately January 2016, the UK based Android community known as MoDaCo suffered a data breach which exposed 880k subscriber identities. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Cox Communications
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
hacked
