digitalnintendo
February 11, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hackers hacks digitalnintendo.com and dumps 23,000+ usernames and hashed passwords.
Broadband Systems Corporation (bsc.rw)
February 6, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Hacktivists kick off their #OpAfrica and breached the backend of the Broadband Systems Corporation.
Roosh V
February 4, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
Roosh V, the controversial 'neo-masculinist', claims to have been doxxed by an online group associated with Anonymous.
Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)
February 1, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
In February 2016, the music-based rhythm game known as Flash Flash Revolution was hacked and 1.8M accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes.
pastebin
January 30, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Pastebin is taken down by a huge DDoS attack.
CPanel
January 28, 2016
•[ leak, technology ]
CPanel says the company has managed to repel a cyberattack against servers containing customer data. One of the cPanel customer databases might have been breached.
valleyevents
January 28, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker hacks valleyevents.ca and dumps 4.646 usernames and hashed passwords.
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.
