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5afab86e6605afe6
|
2016-10-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Belgium
|
Gazet van Antwerpen
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Protest
|
The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.
|
Syrian Cyber Army
|
Hacktivist
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/syrian-cyber-army-claim-ddos-attacks-on-belgian-media-509623.shtml
|
30aaeff2310d912c
|
2016-10-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Belgium
|
Het Belang van Limburg
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Protest
|
The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.
|
Syrian Cyber Army
|
Hacktivist
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/syrian-cyber-army-claim-ddos-attacks-on-belgian-media-509623.shtml
|
793401f60074440b
|
2016-10-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Belgium
|
Het Nieuwsblad
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Protest
|
The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.
|
Syrian Cyber Army
|
Hacktivist
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/syrian-cyber-army-claim-ddos-attacks-on-belgian-media-509623.shtml
|
6f8dec7f2d4ba960
|
2016-10-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Belgium
|
RTFB
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Protest
|
The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.
|
Syrian Cyber Army
|
Hacktivist
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/syrian-cyber-army-claim-ddos-attacks-on-belgian-media-509623.shtml
|
31ca24384afa7188
|
2016-10-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Singapore
|
StarHub
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
A new DDoS attack hits the infrastructure of StarHub.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/singapores-starhub-says-malicious-ddos-attacks-caused-broadband-disruptions-1588332
|
7d1405b2105381a5
|
2016-10-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Singapore
|
StarHub
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Singapore telecommunications company StarHub is the target of a DDoS attack (once again carried on flooding the company with bogus DNS queries).
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/singapores-starhub-says-malicious-ddos-attacks-caused-broadband-disruptions-1588332
|
6a7420e1f5f29872
|
2016-10-21 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
City of Middletown
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
The city of Middletown reveals that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/ny-hackers-breach-city-of-middletown-computer-system/
|
83693dac3c0a0279
|
2016-10-21 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Dyn DNS
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
A distributed denial of service attack against Dyn, the dynamic DNS service, affects the availability of dozens of major websites and Internet services this morning, including Twitter and Reddit.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/dos-attack-on-major-dns-provider-brings-internet-to-morning-crawl/
|
4ffa681da90d4c19
|
2016-10-21 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Pakistan
|
Pakistan Government Officials
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
Forcepoint reveals the details of BITTER, a cyber espionage campaign targeting Pakistani government officials.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/pakistan-government-officials-targeted-with-rats-in-cyber-espionage-campaign-509529.shtml
|
20035ee5b8adb47e
|
2016-10-21 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Japan
|
Sony PlayStation Network
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
The Sony Playstation Network is the target of the Mirai botnet DDoS attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-who-shook-the-internet-in-2016-pleads-guilty-to-ddos-attacks/
|
63a385d53a723290
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
Axis Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/3-2-million-debit-cards-compromised-sbi-hdfc-bank-icici-yes-bank-and-axis-worst-hit/articleshow/54945561.cms
|
0799e97a6563447c
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
HFDC Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/3-2-million-debit-cards-compromised-sbi-hdfc-bank-icici-yes-bank-and-axis-worst-hit/articleshow/54945561.cms
|
07abadddb05cf348
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
ICICI Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/3-2-million-debit-cards-compromised-sbi-hdfc-bank-icici-yes-bank-and-axis-worst-hit/articleshow/54945561.cms
|
8b6ee45717f56562
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
State Bank of India
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/3-2-million-debit-cards-compromised-sbi-hdfc-bank-icici-yes-bank-and-axis-worst-hit/articleshow/54945561.cms
|
5ae4d7aae4d75a3b
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Weebly
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
LeakedSource reveals that the well known San-Francisco based "drag-n-drop" website creator Weebly.com had information on 43 million users leaked from its main database in February of 2016.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.zdnet.com/article/millions-of-accounts-stolen-in-weebly-foursquare-breaches/
|
a956222d7a02bcef
|
2016-10-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
YES Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Details of more than 3.2 million cash cards of customers of top Indian banks (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay) have reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the biggest financial data breaches in the country. The worst hit banks are the State Bank of India, HFDC Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, and Axis Bank.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/3-2-million-debit-cards-compromised-sbi-hdfc-bank-icici-yes-bank-and-axis-worst-hit/articleshow/54945561.cms
|
a1f30931849c1180
|
2016-10-19 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
AdultFriendFinder
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A hacker known as Revolver or 1x0123 claims to have breached into AdultFriendFinder, posting two screenshots that appeared to show he had access to some portion of the website's infrastructure. Another notorious hacker known as Peace also claims to have hacked in.
|
Peace
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjeap/hookup-service-adult-friendfinder-may-have-been-hacked-again
|
1c78e9d9452ccf16
|
2016-10-19 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
AdultFriendFinder
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A hacker known as Revolver or 1x0123 claims to have breached into AdultFriendFinder, posting two screenshots that appeared to show he had access to some portion of the website's infrastructure. Another notorious hacker known as Peace also claims to have hacked in.
|
Revolver AKA 1x0123
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjeap/hookup-service-adult-friendfinder-may-have-been-hacked-again
|
7c72effbeb600da5
|
2016-10-19 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
Axis Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Axis Bank, India's third-largest private bank, announces that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, but has managed to stop the intrusion before the hacker stole any funds from customer accounts.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/hacker-infiltrates-the-network-of-axis-bank-509459.shtml
|
4bb4b953fc679ebf
|
2016-10-19 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Democratic National Committee
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Sabotage
|
Guccifer 2.0 is back and leaks new fresh documents relating to the US political system (documents allegedly showing email conversations between DNC employees and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign staff discussing Donald Trump's position on his tax returns).
|
GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacker-guccifer-2-0-leaks-files-claiming-dnc-researched-donald-trumps-taxes-1587073
|
f76e024453087728
|
2016-10-18 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
India
|
RedBus
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Online travel giant Ibibo Group-owned ticketing platform RedBus confirms to have been subject to a cyber attack that might have exposed the email addresses of some of its customers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/four-million-email-ids-leaked-redbus-to-look-into-hacking-claims-116101800459_1.html
|
d56e651a91ff5e4f
|
2016-10-17 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Road signs in Chicago
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
A number of people at the Chicago's Grand Avenue and Central Avenue intersection witness an unusual message on a construction signboard against the mayor Rahm Emanuel.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/construction-sign-hacked-message-for-rahm-emanuel/
|
f03b87a299370adc
|
2016-10-17 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
University of Santa Clara Office of Marketing and Communication (OMC)
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A hacker dubbed SCUWatch leaks a trove of internal documents from the Office of Marketing and Communications from the University of Santa Clara.
|
SCUWatch
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/omc-targeted-in-latest-leak-involving-santa-clara-university/
|
f847ea1348baa911
|
2016-10-14 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Evony Gaming
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
LeakedSource reveals that Evony Gaming suffered a massive breach involving the usernames, email addresses, unsalted MD5 and SHA-1 passwords and IP addresses of 33 million gamers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/evony-gaming-company-website-hacked/
|
7738f0e915704b3c
|
2016-10-14 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Noble House Hotels and Resorts
|
Accommodation and Food Services
| 72
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Sensors
|
Financial
|
Noble House Hotels and Resorts notifies guests of payment card breaches at Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa and Hotel Terra. The breached happened on September 5 and September 6.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/noble-house-hotels-resorts-notifies-guests-of-payment-card-breaches-at-teton-mountain-lodge-spa-and-hotel-terra/
|
369d47204fac167f
|
2016-10-13 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
John Podesta's Twitter Account
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation,Data Attack
|
Undetermined
|
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's Twitter account is hacked and sends out a pro-Trump tweet. Several screenshots also suggest that his phone could have been hacked.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/clinton-campaign-chiefs-iphone-was-hacked-and-wiped-photos-suggest/
|
75140ab3eec9ab39
|
2016-10-13 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Modern Business Systems (MBS)
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Over 58 million customer records are stolen and leaked online. Data includes names, email and postal addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses and more.
|
0x2Taylor
|
Hacktivist
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/13/us_data_aggregator_megabreach/
|
1d983f92f0fd6a74
|
2016-10-13 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Potter County
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Potter County officials assure users that their voter information website is safe after learning that hackers gained access to it.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/potter-county-texas-voter-website-hacked/
|
28a4c4d01f7314db
|
2016-10-13 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Vera Bradley
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Sensors
|
Financial
|
American high-end fashion retailer Vera Bradley has revealed that hackers may have accessed customers' card data from payment processing systems at its retail stores this summer.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vera-bradley-reveals-payment-system-hacked-retail-stores-customer-data-feared-stolen-1586178
|
21d8744181a76134
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
Alexey Shlyapuzhnikov
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-activists-journalists-receive-google-warnings-over-nation-state-hacking-attempts-1586036
|
b817f9a0534d8d90
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Aric Toler
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-activists-journalists-receive-google-warnings-over-nation-state-hacking-attempts-1586036
|
c44ecc10b1a1b5fa
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Luxembourg
|
Blockchain.com
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service,Internal Denial of Service
|
Financial
|
The DNS server records for blockchain.info and blockchain.com are hijacked.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blog.opendns.com/2016/10/12/detecting-recent-blockchain-dns-hijack/
|
165293b9f1950672
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Luxembourg
|
Blockchain.info
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service,Internal Denial of Service
|
Financial
|
The DNS server records for blockchain.info and blockchain.com are hijacked.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blog.opendns.com/2016/10/12/detecting-recent-blockchain-dns-hijack/
|
7422bedde9b4e56c
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
Nikolay Kavkazsky
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-activists-journalists-receive-google-warnings-over-nation-state-hacking-attempts-1586036
|
041226200055fff9
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
Roman Dobrokhotov
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-activists-journalists-receive-google-warnings-over-nation-state-hacking-attempts-1586036
|
da19e325cf1e6a48
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Undetermined
|
SWIFT
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Symantec reveals that a second group of hackers are attempting to rob banks by targeting SWIFT users deploying the same methods that led to the Bangladesh Bank hacking heist. The tools used are linked to the Odinaff group, which since the beginning of the year, has targeted financial institutions worldwide.
|
Odinaff group
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/copycat-hackers-try-rob-banks-methods-used-bangladesh-bank-heist-1585966
|
ba9a13593b0b70e3
|
2016-10-12 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
Vera Kichanova
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-activists-journalists-receive-google-warnings-over-nation-state-hacking-attempts-1586036
|
48615bc7c4335d5e
|
2016-10-10 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Japan
|
University of Toyama's Hydrogen Isotope Research Center
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Undetermined
|
Research data and personal information may have been stolen from a personal computer belonging to a researcher of Tritium, at the University of Toyama's Hydrogen Isotope Research Center. Attackers stole data in three batches: December 2015, March 2016 and June 2016.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/hackers-stole-data-and-personal-information-from-nuclear-research-center/
|
6673bf129c24afa3
|
2016-10-10 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Germany
|
Unnamed German nuclear power plant
|
Utilities
| 22
|
Disruptive
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Yukiya Amano, a nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://in.reuters.com/article/nuclear-cyber-idINKCN12A1P1
|
0f6cf728b84a3c06
|
2016-10-06 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Australia
|
Pont3
|
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
| 56
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Pont3, an Australian event organizer, reveals that an unauthorized party had gained access to its mailing list account and downloaded data about individuals that subscribed to various events organized by the company in the past.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/event-organizer-suffers-data-breach-after-hacker-steals-event-mailing-lists-509281.shtml
|
1ca9b4167c44ce24
|
2016-10-06 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
The Clinton Foundation
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Undetermined
|
The Clinton Foundation warns donors about targeted hacking attempts to steal their personal information.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-foundation-idUSKCN1262IC
|
ff968a52d91d6d50
|
2016-10-05 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
BuzzFeed
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
OurMine hackers take control of BuzzFeed's website and alter multiple stories published on its site.
|
OurMine
|
Hobbyist
|
Saudi Arabia
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ourmine-hacks-buzzfeed-warns-website-not-share-fake-news-about-us-again-1585081
|
e2d3328bbf64bd9d
|
2016-10-04 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Sweden
|
Spotify
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Undetermined
|
Multiple users report that popular music-streaming service Spotify serves malware-laden ads.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spotify-ads-briefly-serve-malware-infested-ads-listeners-computers-1585137
|
28b98194f697f5f0
|
2016-10-04 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
store.nrsc.gov
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Suspected Russian hackers are believed to have been skimming credit card information of Republican donors for the past six months. The NRSC is among more than 5,900 e-commerce sites victims of the same attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hackers-hit-republican-website-steal-credit-card-information-donors-send-them-russian-servers-1586903
|
da16eb5e1c65e313
|
2016-10-04 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
The Clinton Foundation
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Sabotage
|
Guccifer 2.0 posts what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
|
GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/guccifer-hacker-clinton-foundation-files-229113
|
ef96940ee23b321a
|
2016-10-02 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Undetermined
|
w0rm
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Personal Attack
|
In what is defined a "hacker drama", Peace, of the most known BlackHats defaces the forum of w0rm, another well known blackhat.
|
Peace AKA Peace_Of_Mind
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/drama-on-the-underground-hacking-scene-as-black-hats-hack-each-other-508910.shtml
|
75c88e14c1b0e492
|
2016-10-01 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
University of Central Florida
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
A malware infection is to blame for a payment card data breach affecting at least 230 University of Central Florida students.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/malware-behind-payment-card-breach-at-university-of-central-florida/
|
ed6ee73b33bab97d
|
2016-09-30 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Indonesia
|
Large LED video screen billboard in South Jakarta
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
An unknown hacker or a group of hackers hack into the computer system of a large LED video screen billboard in the Kebayoran Baru district of South Jakarta and replace the advertisement on the screen with pornographic content for a short period of time.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/billboard-indonesia-load-japanese-porn/
|
dcdc7fb2e6daf14e
|
2016-09-30 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
newseasims.com
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A hacker going by the handle of "Websites Hunter" hacks newseasims.com, a website that offers custom content for Sims video games from Electronic Arts, and leaks personal details of 118,000 customers/users.
|
Websites Hunter
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/gaming-custom-content-website-hacked/
|
cac952aa115f5d9e
|
2016-09-30 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Newsweek
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Newsweek suspects that Russian hackers are to blame for the crash of its website, after it published an article about Donald Trump's company secretly conducting business in Cuba in the 1990s.
|
Russian hackers
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/09/newsweek-suspects-hackers-crashed-website-because-of-negative-trump-article-004788
|
0f326c75a6eb9411
|
2016-09-29 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Bellingcat
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Sabotage
|
ThreatConnect reveals that investigative journalism group Bellingcat, that helped to investigate the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 have been targeted in a series of sophisticated attacks by pro-Russia group Fancy Bear.
|
GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/29/russian_hackers_target_mh17_journos/
|
da815168e0144e1b
|
2016-09-29 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
feverclan.com
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
pr0jekkt hacks feverclan.com and dumps the data of 50,000 users.
|
pr0jekkt
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/feverclan-responds-to-notification-of-claimed-breach/
|
49ee192076505e9f
|
2016-09-29 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Jive
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Software house Jive resets customers passwords after the company discovered a data breach.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.zdnet.com/article/jive-resets-passwords-after-august-data-breach/
|
214f0b51807741bf
|
2016-09-27 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Pippa Middleton
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Pippa Middleton falls fallen victim to an iCloud hacker after an anonymous seller calling himself 'Crafty Cockney' offers to sell 3,000 private photographs of her and fiance James Matthews to the press for ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ââ'¬Ã ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ã50,000.
|
Nathan Wyatt AKA Crafty Cockney
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pippa-middleton-hacker-sheds-light-illicit-community-profiting-celebrity-extortion-1583590
|
37473d8953a1126f
|
2016-09-27 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
WestPark Capital
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
The Dark Overlord leak around 20 internal files online from Los Angeles-based WestPark Capital, as retaliation for the bank's CEO not accepting their "handsome proposal".
|
The Dark Overlord
|
Criminal
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hackers-steal-internal-data-los-angeles-investment-bank-hold-it-ransom-1583515
|
58add255fd438999
|
2016-09-26 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Turkey
|
Berat Albayrak
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Protest
|
The RedHack collective claims to have hacked personal email accounts of Turkey's Energy Minister and President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak.
|
RedHack
|
Hacktivist
|
Turkey
|
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/redhack-turkey-albayrak-censorship/
|
bd98f0b927a5d52c
|
2016-09-26 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
i-dressup.com
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Un unknown hacker downloads more than 2.2 million of improperly stored account credentials from i-dressup.com, a social hangout website for teenage girls.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/social-hangout-site-for-teens-leaks-millions-of-plaintext-passwords/
|
b09afbae2bc146f9
|
2016-09-26 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
France
|
OVH
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Hosting company OVH is subject to the biggest attack DDoS known to date, with peaks of over 1 Tb per second of traffic.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/ovh-suffers-11tbps-ddos-attack/article/1476220
|
22a5a9e912c0821c
|
2016-09-25 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Azerbaijan
|
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Bulgaria
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) leak personal details of several Azeri government officials and also deface several Azeri embassy and government sites to celebrate 25 years of Armenian independence.
|
Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
|
Hacktivist
|
Azerbaijan
|
https://www.hackread.com/armenian-hackers-leak-azeri-banking-military-data/
|
a9286d5a7cf310c9
|
2016-09-25 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Azerbaijan
|
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Qatar
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) leak personal details of several Azeri government officials and also deface several Azeri embassy and government sites to celebrate 25 years of Armenian independence.
|
Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
|
Hacktivist
|
Azerbaijan
|
https://www.hackread.com/armenian-hackers-leak-azeri-banking-military-data/
|
4596d197322c0214
|
2016-09-25 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Azerbaijan
|
Embassy of Azerbaijan in the Netherlands
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) leak personal details of several Azeri government officials and also deface several Azeri embassy and government sites to celebrate 25 years of Armenian independence.
|
Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
|
Hacktivist
|
Azerbaijan
|
https://www.hackread.com/armenian-hackers-leak-azeri-banking-military-data/
|
25c8054bec4a4821
|
2016-09-25 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Azerbaijan
|
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) leak personal details of several Azeri government officials and also deface several Azeri embassy and government sites to celebrate 25 years of Armenian independence.
|
Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
|
Hacktivist
|
Azerbaijan
|
https://www.hackread.com/armenian-hackers-leak-azeri-banking-military-data/
|
568df5c8e43e34ac
|
2016-09-24 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Sabotage
|
Guccifer 2.0 releases a new cache of documents from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee).
|
GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/guccifer-2-0-releases-new-dccc-docs-congressman-claiming-clinton-was-always-democratic-choice-1583094
|
a3c92ef6f4aa6ad4
|
2016-09-23 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Bermuda
|
apple.afsmith.bm
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Office supplies firm AF Smith suspends sales on its Apple website amid fears over credit-card hacking.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/af-smith-warns-customers-of-data-breach-fear/
|
fe3c58da6dfcf18b
|
2016-09-23 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Afghanistan
|
Unnamed Afghan mobile operator
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
|
Undetermined
|
Der Spiegel reveals that the Bundeswehr's (German Armed Forces) special cyber unit is believed to have conducted the nation's first known "offensive" cyber operation in 2015, when it hacked into the network of an Afghan mobile network provider.
|
Bundeswehr's Computer Network Operations Unit (CNO)
|
Nation-State
|
Germany
|
https://www.rt.com/news/360436-german-military-cyber-attack/
|
e1436063f32bf75e
|
2016-09-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Undetermined
|
Ethereum
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Ethereum, a public blockchain-based decentralised computing platform for the cryptocurrency Ether is targeted by a DDoS attack on its network, causing all mining activities to slow down.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/09/22/ethereum-network-currently-undergoing-dos-attack/
|
17def5f95a6e35c1
|
2016-09-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
floridabar.org
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A hacker or hackers associated with a former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy who has a long-standing dispute with Florida law enforcement that appears to have gotten him raided by the FBI managed to access and acquire what appears to be the Florida Bar Association's entire database.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/florida-bar-association-hacked-members-data-leaked/
|
bd71dec63af3d8e3
|
2016-09-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Michelle Obama
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Sabotage
|
An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport is leaked online alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
|
DC Leaks
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-idUSKCN11S2G3
|
d7b2cef908fc02a9
|
2016-09-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic warns its users to have been hacked on September 22, even if some evidences suggests the hack could have happened several months earlier.
|
The Dark Overlord
|
Criminal
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
https://www.databreaches.net/peachtree-orthopedic-clinic-notifies-patients-of-hack/
|
5db8f4d4c0784f89
|
2016-09-22 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Yahoo!
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) confirms that a copy of certain user account information was stolen by a state-sponsored actor from the company's network in late 2014. The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160922006198/en/Important-Message-Yahoo-Users-Security
|
c9970e83ec15eeb6
|
2016-09-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Australia
|
H&L Australia
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Hackers claim to have hacked Australian point-of-sale technology (PoS) company H&L Australia, and offer the database for sale. They were already offering it for sale for AU$22,000 ($16,580, ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ââ'¬Ã ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ã12,723) more than two months ago.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/20/exclusive_hackers_claim_pos_tech_firm_breach/
|
e865a46c4d85bbb1
|
2016-09-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
justformen[.]com
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
The website for Just For Men, a company that sells various products for men is compromised to serve malware to its visitors.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2016/09/just-for-men-website-serves-malware/
|
c5a3d5fa37b6c29d
|
2016-09-20 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
modaco.com
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Modaco.com, a UK-based forum dedicated to the Android operating system is breached, with nearly 800,000 usernames and passwords stolen by hackers. The attack dates back to January 2016.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/20/modaco_breach/
|
27c86651600eb9e4
|
2016-09-19 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Saint Francis Health System
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Saint Francis Health System acknowledges the hack of 6,000 names and addresses.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/ok-saint-francis-investigating-hack-by-seeming-tdo-copycats/
|
aef20cde219e3a76
|
2016-09-18 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Blizzard's Battle.net
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Blizzard's Battle.net servers are knocked offline by yet another denial-of-service (DDoS) attack claimed by hacking group PoodleCorp.
|
PoodleCorp
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/blizzards-battle-net-servers-knocked-offline-by-another-ddos-attack-claimed-by-hacker-group-1582024
|
d9fac750e26584ff
|
2016-09-17 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
American Human Rights Council
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
A hacker going by the name MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida) defaces the American Human Rights Council (AHRC) and 62 other websites, leaving a message calling for jihad.
|
MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida)
|
Hacktivist
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacker-attacks-american-human-rights-council-62-other-websites-calling-jihad-1581813
|
11655e1baafe70ea
|
2016-09-17 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
American Muslim Leadership Council
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
A hacker going by the name MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida) defaces the American Human Rights Council (AHRC) and 62 other websites, leaving a message calling for jihad.
|
MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida)
|
Hacktivist
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacker-attacks-american-human-rights-council-62-other-websites-calling-jihad-1581813
|
e59c9901dd457656
|
2016-09-17 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Arab and Muslim American Political Action Committee
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Protest
|
A hacker going by the name MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida) defaces the American Human Rights Council (AHRC) and 62 other websites, leaving a message calling for jihad.
|
MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida)
|
Hacktivist
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacker-attacks-american-human-rights-council-62-other-websites-calling-jihad-1581813
|
a6a1cfbdb8ae02db
|
2016-09-16 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
SS&C Technologies
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
SS&C Technologies, falls victim to China-based hackers who sent fake emails to company staffers in order to trick them into releasing client money, according to a complaint.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/16/china-hackers-swipe-millions-in-data-breach.html
|
22452f5d00130f55
|
2016-09-14 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Empireminecraft.com
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Empireminecraft notifies its users of the compromise of one of the staff member's email account. As a result the attacker was able to access confidential information.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://empireminecraft.com/threads/notice-staff-information-data-leak.67744/
|
0def07802d95736d
|
2016-09-14 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
St. Francis Health System
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
St. Francis Health System is hacked and the data is sold on the Dark Web for 24 BTC (14,500 USD, 11,000 GBP, 13,000 EUR).
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/st-francis-health-system-hacked-thedarkoverlord/
|
36729bc5224b6b76
|
2016-09-14 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Canada
|
World Anti-Doping Agency
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a suspected Russian hacking group illegally accessed its "administration and management system" - known as "Adams" and stole troves of sensitive data on athletes. Among those targeted are Serena and Venus Williams.
|
GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-wada-hack-troves-confidential-medical-data-leaked-by-suspected-russian-espionage-group-1581180
|
b64da0d1e14bb55a
|
2016-09-13 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
ClixSense
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Plaintext passwords, usernames, e-mail addresses, and other personal information for more than 2.2 million people who created accounts with ClixSense are published online. The attackers claim to release additional 4.4 million accounts.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/plaintext-passwords-and-wealth-of-other-data-for-6-6-million-people-go-public/
|
f2555b91f8864555
|
2016-09-11 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Bremerton Housing Authority (bremertonhousing.org)
|
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
| 53
|
Mixed
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
|
Financial
|
A group of cyber criminals defaces the official website of Bremerton Housing Authority (bremertonhousing.org) and demands $4,000 as ransom.
|
B0yzTeam
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/cyber-terrorists-demand-ransom-housing-data/
|
bef45f99239f5f6d
|
2016-09-10 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
QIP.ru
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
QIP.ru is the latest organization to join the list of companies hit by mega breaches. A hacker dubbed daykalif dumps a trove of 33 million accounts.
|
DayKalif
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/2016-mega-breaches-continue-hackers-steal-leak-33-million-qip-ru-accounts-1580666
|
7ec40879f5431b14
|
2016-09-09 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Netherlands
|
Almelo.nl
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Hackers steal 22 gigabytes of data from municipal servers in Almelo.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/nl-massive-data-breach-at-almelo-municipaility/
|
22911cf0a8f71719
|
2016-09-09 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Austria
|
Austrian National Bank (OeNB.at)
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Turkish hackers have launched DoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks against the web servers of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB).
|
Aslan Neferler Tim
|
Hacktivist
|
Austria
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/turkish-hackers-continue-to-pester-austrians-in-a-one-sided-cyber-war-508264.shtml
|
0e2826977a748100
|
2016-09-09 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
EurekAlert! (eurekalert.org)
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Popular science website EurekAlert!, which handles embargoed reports on health, medicine, and technology is hacked. The announcement in the website states that usernames and passwords to the service have been compromised. The hacker has also leaked two embargoed reports.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacker-steals-passwords-for-science-site-eurekalert-leaks-embargoed-news
|
3d3f6f20da0453b3
|
2016-09-09 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
KrebsOnSecurity
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Security researcher Brian Krebs' website KrebsOnSecurity comes under "heavy and sustainable" attack after two 18 year-old Israeli hackers were arrested over their connection with a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/krebsonsecurity-site-under-attack-after-ddos-hire-service-was-exposed-alleged-owners-arrested-1580835
|
17bdcd9e5d679e46
|
2016-09-09 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
VoIPTalk
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Telephony provider VolPtalk may have been hit by hackers. The firm discreetly informs customers about a potential data breach and request to reset their passwords as a precautionary measure.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/voiptalk-may-have-been-hit-by-hackers-initiates-precautionary-password-resets-1581246
|
c644431cbad141b3
|
2016-09-08 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Israel
|
vDoS
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
vDos, a "booter" service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 DDoS attacks is massively hacked, spilling secrets about tens of thousands of paying customers and their targets.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/israeli-online-attack-service-vdos-earned-600000-in-two-years/
|
87594ff1b9512401
|
2016-09-07 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Hutton Hotel
|
Accommodation and Food Services
| 72
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Sensors
|
Financial
|
The Hutton Hotel says it engaged a third-party cyber security firm after it was notified of a possible breach by its payment processor. The investigation found that malware designed to capture card data had been installed on the hotel's payment processing system.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/hutton-hotel-kimpton-hotels-acknowledge-payment-card-breaches.html
|
1213d75083d6dfef
|
2016-09-07 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Project on Crowdsourced Imagery Analysis (geo4nonpro.org)
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Sabotage
|
Servers belonging to the Project on Crowdsourced Imagery Analysis (PCIA), hosting data about nuclear tests, have been the subject of DDoS attacks just two days before North Korea's most recent nuclear tests.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/nuclear-watchdog-suffers-ddos-attack-ahead-of-north-korea-s-nuclear-test-508193.shtml
|
8f87bf0719bc9974
|
2016-09-07 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Austria
|
Vienna Airport
|
Transportation and Warehousing
| 48
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
Protest
|
Austrian police investigates a failed cyberattack on Vienna's airport saying they are looking into the authenticity of a claim of responsibility from a Turkish nationalist group.
|
Aslan Neferler Tim
|
Hacktivist
|
Austria
|
https://apnews.com/ca386f2588854fac897024630c6640bb
|
9465d96341aacf74
|
2016-09-06 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Russian Federation
|
Rambler.ru
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Nearly 100 million usernames and passwords from the Russian internet giant Rambler surface online in the latest in a long line of hacks that first occurred back in 2012.
|
DayKalif
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/major-leak-100-million-passwords-russias-yahoo-surfaces-online-1579900
|
8d9c67eed9bca648
|
2016-09-06 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
San Francisco Exploratorium Museum
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Mixed
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
The San Francisco Exploratorium Museum admits to have fallen victim to a Spear Phishing Attack.
|
Unknown Nigerian attackers
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/spear-phishing-incident-causes-havoc-at-san-francisco-exploratorium-museum-509625.shtml
|
02a7e8b0fb13831f
|
2016-09-06 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
University of Alaska
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
University of Alaska officials announces that an attacker using employee credentials may have accessed student information of approximately 5,400 individuals.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/data-breach/phishing-scam-compromises-data-on-25000-individuals-at-university-of-alaska/
|
c0a799db0d72da17
|
2016-09-05 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Brazzers
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vv7pgd/nearly-800000-brazzers-porn-site-accounts-exposed-in-forum-hack
|
25edc6557ff1d19d
|
2016-09-03 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
United States of America
|
Twitter
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
A group of hackers dubbed Spain Squad claims to have found a way to seize inactive and suspended Twitter accounts, and sells them on the social network.
|
Spain Squad
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.businessinsider.in/Hackers-found-a-way-to-resurrect-suspended-and-inactive-Twitter-accounts/articleshow/53987363.cms
|
e76381a88885608b
|
2016-09-03 00:00:00
| 2,016
|
Ukraine
|
Ukrainian alleged pro-Russian Journalists
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Myrotvorets, a group of Ukrainian nationalist hackers, leaks the personal details of local journalists they consider pro-Russian for the second time in four months.
|
Myrotvorets
|
Hacktivist
|
Ukraine
|
http://news.softpedia.com/news/pro-ukraine-hackers-leak-personal-details-of-ukrainian-and-foreign-journalists-507926.shtml
|
Subsets and Splits
Cyber Attacks by Industry Since 201
Displays the number and percentage of events affecting different industries annually since 2019, highlighting significant trends and proportions.