vinitvek/cybersecurityattacks · Datasets at Hugging Face

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5e13be35ed55d261	2019-10-03 00:00:00	2,019	Egypt	Shady al-Ghazaly Harba	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is Dr. Shady al-Ghazaly Harba, a surgeon and opposition activist who has been detained since 2018.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/middleeast/egypt-cyber-attack-phones.html
7cfe35afe1a91c2f	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	City of Cornelia	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia's billing system results in a day of lost productivity.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/ga-cornelia-fends-off-third-ransomware-attack-of-the-year-upgrades-firewall/
79fc5e1deaa33379	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	Japan	Japanese government agencies	Public Administration	92	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Researchers at JPCERT reveal the details of a campaign targeting Japanese government agencies and exploiting a vulnerability in the local SkySea Client View software (CVE-2016-7836).	Tick	Nation-State	China	https://threatpost.com/virus-bulletin-japanese-attacks-apt-strategygy/148859/
86e17905082b26b1	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	Japan	Japanese government agencies	Public Administration	92	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Researchers at JPCERT reveal the details of a campaign targeting Japanese government agencies and exploiting a vulnerability in the local Sanshiro spreadsheet application (CVE-2014-0810).	Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Jinan State Security Department (APT17)	Nation-State	China	https://threatpost.com/virus-bulletin-japanese-attacks-apt-strategygy/148859/
3639a1242d2c3bf1	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	McAlister's Deli	Accommodation and Food Services	72	Exploitive	Exploitation of Sensors	Financial	McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/
736c6c6b325364c8	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Moe's Southwest Grill	Accommodation and Food Services	72	Exploitive	Exploitation of Sensors	Financial	McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/
b4f367ccedfe6387	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Schlotzsky's	Accommodation and Food Services	72	Exploitive	Exploitation of Sensors	Financial	McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/
62aa5f3ee6e3a89d	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Tukwila School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The Tukwila School District is the victim of a "phishing scam".	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/wa-tukwila-school-district-victim-of-a-phishing-scam/
c3a3d5a9de076ae5	2019-10-02 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Zendesk	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	54	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Undetermined	Customer service software company Zendesk notifies a security incident, occurred in 2016, that might have impacted roughly 10,000 Zendesk Support and Chat accounts activated prior to November 1, 2016.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zendesk-security-breach-may-impact-orgs-like-uber-slack-and-fcc/
ca9bdd8f99c52969	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Undetermined	Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics notifies 125,291 patients, employees and dependents of a cyberattack that took place over a yearlong breach.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/cybercriminals-accessed-maryland-orthopedic-center-s-emails-for-a-year-affecting-125-000.html
7ba9bdc7d218186e	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa is paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack and forced to turn away patients.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/
acf6d4475d4385de	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Fayette Medical Center	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Fayette Medical Center paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/
4b864d46ee71822e	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Luzerne County	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	A school district in Luzerne County confirms it was the victim of a ransomware attack that locked up their computers for weeks.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/pa-wyoming-area-school-district-pays-38000-ransom-to-free-their-network-from-attack/
e15420f322f2501f	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	North Florida OB-GYN	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	North Florida OB-GYN notifies its patients of a ransomware attack discovered on July 27. Potentially 520,000 users are affected.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/528k-patients-impacted-by-months-long-north-florida-ob-gyn-hack/
84f3947772a97e0c	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Northport Medical Center	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Northport Medical Center is also paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/
8bad49f943172735	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Pipestone Kin-Ability Centre	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	The Pipestone Kin-Ability Centre in Moosomin, Sask is hit by a cyber attack in its payroll system. The criminals steal $400,000.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/kin-ability-cyber-attack-sask-1.5349230
3b9167da5347d48c	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	Australia	Seven hospitals in Australia	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Seven hospitals in Gippsland and Victoria, Australia, are also paralyzed for more than 24 hours for a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/
27aaa4191e9bd646	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	US petroleum industry	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	21	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Industrial-Espionage	Researchers from Netskope discover a campaign against the US petroleum industry carried out via a new Adwind Remote Access Trojan (RAT) variant.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-adwind-rat-variant-used-against-the-us-petroleum-sector/
5879876465c43e17	2019-10-01 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Voatz	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Undetermined	The FBI is investigating after someone allegedly tried to hack into Voatz, West Virginia's mobile voting app during the 2018 midterm elections.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/fbi-hacking-attempt-alleged-mobile-voting-app-voatz/index.html
7a1fff1cd351e41a	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Bradford City Hall	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Bradford City Hall suffers a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/pa-bradford-city-hall-nearly-back-to-normal-after-ransomware-incident/
6c3f3577bf585519	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Comodo	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	54	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	Account data belonging to more than half of all Comodo Forums users (170,000 users) has been stolen and is now traded online. The breach was possible by exploiting a vulnerability in the vBulletin software that powers the forum.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comodo-forums-breached-data-of-over-170-000-users-up-for-grabs/
90fe67c4e2dbc7c8	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	Denmark	Demant	Manufacturing	31	Disruptive	Data Attack	Undetermined	Demant, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hearing aids, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following what appears to be a ransomware infection that hit the company at the start of the month.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-incident-to-cost-danish-company-a-whopping-95-million/
be8798738917ba9e	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Goshen Health	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Undetermined	Goshen Health discloses a security incident that involved the personal information of some of its patients. An unauthorized third party may have accessed two employees' email accounts from approximately August 2, 2018 to August 13, 2018.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/in-goshen-health-notifies-patients-potentially-impacted-by-2018-data-security-breach/
301194dee4a4d869	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	ITarian	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	54	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	ITarian, also owned by Comodo is hit by the same attack (that's probably the origin of the breach).	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comodo-forums-breached-data-of-over-170-000-users-up-for-grabs/
bf1401da4709251d	2019-09-30 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Wood Ranch Medical	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Wood Ranch Medical permanently closes its doors, after the provider was unable to recover its patient records encrypted by ransomware back in August.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://healthitsecurity.com/news/california-provider-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-damages-system
7ebc3bf9f1ee3560	2019-09-29 00:00:00	2,019	New Zealand	ASICS Store in Auckland	Transportation and Warehousing	48	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Undetermined	Major sportswear brand Asics blames a "cyberattack" after large storefront display screens played pornography to passersby for nine hours. The incident took place at a busy Asics store on a major high street in Auckland.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/30/asics-blames-hackers-for-running-hours-of-porn-on-store-window-display-screens/#13fc1fdd6ad3
2ca32ccb4f265c1d	2019-09-29 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Zynga	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	71	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Undetermined	Gnosticplayers claims to have stolen more than 218 million records from Words with Friends a popular mobile social game from Zynga Inc.	Gnosticplayers	Criminal	Undetermined	https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91850/data-breach/zynga-game-data-breach.html
9e54028d78a24f66	2019-09-28 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Billboard on Interstate 75	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Undetermined	Two individuals play an adult pornography video on a billboard on Interstate 75 near Michigan highway 59.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/highway-advertisement-billboard-hacked-to-play-porn-video/
cc0430ddbc44f575	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Undetermined	Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center notifies of a phishing incident, potentially impacting 4,559 patients.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/cancer-treatment-centers-of-america-in-atlanta-discloses-three-phishing-incidents-in-6-months/
e41a85ffa30d8744	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Catholic Health Initiative (CHI) at Lakeside Hospital	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The CHI Health clinic at Lakeside Hospital informs patients that their personal information may have been exposed during a ransomware incident, occurred Aug. 1.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/ne-chi-health-says-ransomware-incident-may-have-exposed-info-of-patients-at-lakeside-hospitals-orthopedic-clinic/
27a1b29bd7de178d	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Defence Construction Canada (DCC)	Manufacturing	31	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyber-attacks-hit-defense-contractors-in-europe-and-north-america/
1dff1059790c76cc	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Listowel Hospital	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The Listowel Hospital is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458
3d8dc2bccbbe5021	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Manufacturing company in Strathroy	Manufacturing	31	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	An undisclosed manufacturing company in Strathroy is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458
cac81e03d10fa2ca	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Meridian Lightweight Technologies	Manufacturing	31	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Meridian Lightweight Technologies, a supplier of lightweight magnesium for car parts, is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/cyber-attack-on-strathroy-manufacturer-latest-in-string-in-southwestern-ontario
cc7dc8a738441803	2019-09-27 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Wingham Hospital	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The Wingham Hospital is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458
6e120c3fd26699f5	2019-09-26 00:00:00	2,019	France	Airbus	Manufacturing	31	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Industrial-Espionage	A series of cyber attacks on Airbus in the past few months was conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and security sources suspect a link to China.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-cyberattack-report/hackers-tried-to-steal-airbus-secrets-via-contractors-afp-idUSKBN1WB0U9
e249e76dc578fe86	2019-09-26 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	DoorDash	Accommodation and Food Services	72	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	DoorDash announces that the personal data of 4.9 million people on its platform has been compromised in a security breach. The breach occurred on May 4.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://gizmodo.com/doordash-breach-exposed-the-private-data-of-4-9-million-1838499197
162fd38e822b5033	2019-09-26 00:00:00	2,019	Germany	Rheinmetall Automotive	Manufacturing	31	Disruptive	Internal Denial of Service	Undetermined	A malware infection at German car parts manufacturer Rheinmetall Automotive has caused "significant disruption" to production at company plants in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States, the company disclosed Thursday.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.cyberscoop.com/rheinmetall-malware-disruption-manufacturing/
c4a1f47f087202a8	2019-09-25 00:00:00	2,019	Czechia	Czech Republic	Public Administration	92	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Political-Espionage	The Czech Intelligence reveals that China was behind a major cyber attack at a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.securityweek.com/czech-intelligence-blames-china-major-cyber-attack
4d30650436a6b1f2	2019-09-25 00:00:00	2,019	Lithuania	kaunas.kasvyksta.lt	Information	51	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Sabotage	Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and PolandÃ'ÃÂ to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.	Ghostwriter	Nation-State	Belarus	https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/pdfs/Ghostwriter-Influence-Campaign.pdf
9651e1ff3ad4b2d7	2019-09-25 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Northshore School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	External Denial of Service,Data Attack	Financial	Northshore School District in Washington is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/09/25/yet-another-u-s-school-district-has-been-ravaged-by-malware/
83a6ccb74484611a	2019-09-25 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	Vmedia	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Undetermined	Vmedia reveals that its forum has been compromised and shuts it down temporarily, urging users to change password.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/in-september-vmedia-notified-members-of-a-vbulletin-0day/
92936b38b347e38a	2019-09-24 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Guthrie Public Schools	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Guthrie Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/ok-guthrie-public-schools-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
1669150d0c8961ff	2019-09-24 00:00:00	2,019	Italy	Laura Pausini Instagram account	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The Instagram profile of the Italian singer Laura Pausini is hacked and starts to promote giveaways.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/hackerato-il-profilo-instagram-di-laura-pausini-pubblicava-pubblicita-e-spam_it_5d8a1e99e4b0d2694654df87
785e721bf53a1aa9	2019-09-24 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Mobile County Public Schools	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Mobile County Public Schools are impacted by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/mobile-county-public-schools-impacted-by-ransomware-attack-on-vendor-back-online-now/
c1108a29ae3adbd8	2019-09-24 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN)	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN) notifies 12,502 Washington residents that their data was potentially at risk from an April 22 ransomware attack that infected three of their servers.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/personal-injury-network-northwest-notifies-patients-of-ransomware-incident/
d1ef7e4ad0c8f25f	2019-09-23 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	At least 17 Utilities in the US.	Utilities	22	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Industrial-Espionage	Researchers from Proofpoint disclose a new attack targeting US Utilities. The operation is dubbed LookBack.	Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Department (APT10)	Nation-State	China	https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/23/chinese-state-hackers-suspected-as-nasty-new-cyberattack-hits-us-utilities-report/#72f4462273e5
1d63d22beff74a35	2019-09-23 00:00:00	2,019	Canada	City of Woodstock	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	External Denial of Service,Data Attack	Undetermined	The City of Woodstock tries to recover from a cyber attack that has blocked access to email and most of the files involved in the operation of the municipal government.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/city-of-woodstock-cyber-attack-email-data-blocked-1.5295452
a5d2199132f4af70	2019-09-23 00:00:00	2,019	Italy	GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci)	Transportation and Warehousing	48	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	GNV reports it has been the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack that has led to a breach of personal information of a number of passengers and credit card holders. The attack took place in the period from 25 June to 18 July 2019.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://info.gnv.it/en/avviso-attacco.html
94f3e7eb8319e307	2019-09-23 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Union City	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service	Undetermined	Union City is hit by a malware.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/virus-cripples-most-city-owned-computers-in-union-city/
5427f63435f89dac	2019-09-21 00:00:00	2,019	South Africa	Cool Ideas	Information	51	Disruptive	External Denial of Service	Undetermined	A prolonged DDoS attack takes down Cool Ideas, one of South Africa's largest ISPs.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.zdnet.com/article/carpet-bombing-ddos-attack-takes-down-south-african-isp-for-an-entire-day/
483a0894bbafeda1	2019-09-20 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Campbell County Health	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyoming, is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/wy-gillette-hospital-targeted-in-ransomware-attack/
835d639ae9e3fd9b	2019-09-20 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Lee County	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	External Denial of Service	Undetermined	Lee County is hit with a cyber attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/fl-lee-county-hit-with-cybersecurity-attack/
b5b7da47e3af8f87	2019-09-17 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Kent State University	Educational Services	61	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Undetermined	Kent State University announces over 3,000 student emails has been hacked the week before, as a result of credential harvesting.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/3000-kent-state-student-emails-hacked/
e41907265279e3de	2019-09-17 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Magellan Health	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Financial	Magellan Health issues a statement saying two of its subsidiaries - National Imaging Associates and Magellan Healthcare - "discovered a potential data breach related to a phishing attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/2-phishing-attacks-affect-presbyterian-health-plan-members-a-13125
020cc71dfd733d3d	2019-09-16 00:00:00	2,019	New Zealand	Lumin PDF	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	54	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Undetermined	The details of over 24.3 million Lumin PDF users have been shared today on a hacking forum	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-24-3-million-lumin-pdf-users-shared-on-hacking-forum/
53aee601f0cfe890	2019-09-16 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Nicole Scherzinger Instagram account	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The Instagram account of singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger is hacked.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/celebrity-instagram-accounts-being-hacked-to-push-scams/
5ad334480cac8106	2019-09-16 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Yanet Garcia Instagram account	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The Instagram account of Yanet Garciï¿½a is hacked.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/celebrity-instagram-accounts-being-hacked-to-push-scams/
09a8ee83fb327c26	2019-09-15 00:00:00	2,019	Ireland	Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment admits to have been hit by a ransomware attack last year.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/irish-government-admits-ransomware-breach/
06b7e9577d90987f	2019-09-15 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Users of Venmo mobile payment service	Finance and Insurance	52	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Financial	The Dighton Police Department warns of a wave of phishing scams targeting users of Venmo mobile payment service with text messages that direct to a fake website.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-of-venmo-scams-targeting-users-via-text-messages/
8d40f9c4d15a23fd	2019-09-15 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Wallenpaupack Area School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	A ransomware attack on the Wallenpaupack Area School District, leads to a shut down of all 3,000 or so computers district-wide.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/wallenpaupack-area-school-district-computers-paralyzed-in-second-ransomware-attack/
eb8b8a12e46765f0	2019-09-14 00:00:00	2,019	Panama	EOSPlay	Finance and Insurance	52	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	A hacker spends $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency through an exploit of EOS gambling game EOSPlay.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-spends-1k-to-win-over-110k-in-eos-betting-game-using-rex
0d9731540f5a8b15	2019-09-14 00:00:00	2,019	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site is targeted with a phishing page that attempts to harvest the unique "codenames" for sources who submitted information using the service.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attack-targets-the-guardians-whistleblowing-site/
b7e63aad61af026b	2019-09-13 00:00:00	2,019	Hungary	Hungarian Development Center (MFK)	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Undetermined	The Hungarian Development Center is hit by a cyber attack allegedly carried out by hackers from North Korea.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.ibtimes.sg/hacker-destroys-hungarian-development-centers-digital-database-32408
9abeaf972f61b974	2019-09-13 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Robstown Police Department	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	A ransomware attack results in the loss of Robstown Police Department evidence and reports in pending investigations from 2018 and 2019.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/robstown-police-evidence-reports-lost-during-data-breach/
16ceafb250eea792	2019-09-12 00:00:00	2,019	South Africa	Garmin South Africa	Manufacturing	31	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Financial	The Garmin South Africa shopping portal (shop.garmin.co.za) is the latest victim of a magecart attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/13/garmin_breach_notification/
1f243f5751961e6b	2019-09-12 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Sarrell Dental	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Sarrell Dental notifies almost 400,000 patients after a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/sarrell-dental-notifies-almost-400000-patients-after-ransomware-attack/
72cb7f647e3b1751	2019-09-11 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Travis Central Appraisal	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	53	Disruptive	External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service	Financial	The Travis Central Appraisal District is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-hit-travis-central-appraisal-district-website/
b98964c412efccca	2019-09-10 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Wakulla County School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The Wakulla County School District is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-target-wakulla-schools-shut-down-district-wide-emails-in-ransomware-attack/
c727b4f10537f459	2019-09-09 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Miracle Systems	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	54	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	The U.S. Secret Service investigates a breach at Miracle Systems, a government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/09/secret-service-investigates-breach-at-u-s-govt-it-contractor/
a2fc9f309645fc2b	2019-09-09 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Premier Family Medical	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Premier Family Medical notifies 320,000 patients of a ransomware incident that they disclosed in August. The incident occurred on July 8.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/cybercrime/ransomware-attack-on-premier-family-medical-reportedly-impacts-records-of-320k-patients/
594c4f90b477093f	2019-09-09 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	US Manufacturing Company	Manufacturing	31	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Financial	Researchers at Fortinet uncover a malspam campaign aimed to distribute the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91150/malware/lokibot-spam-campaign.html
168aa4e11e5d47b5	2019-09-07 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Entercom Communications	Information	51	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	Entercom Communications, one of the largest radio station owners in the U.S. is allegedly hit by a ransomware, affecting all offices the company has across the country.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/giant-entercom-radio-network-deals-with-ransomware-like-incident/
9bedfdde45e3644b	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	China	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)	Finance and Insurance	52	Disruptive	External Denial of Service	Undetermined	The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is hit by a DDoS attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/hong-kong-stock-exchange-says-its-website-was-hacked-while-it-halted-derivatives-trading-fix
0747a460810a6eb5	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Metro Mobility	Transportation and Warehousing	48	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Undetermined	Metro Mobility notifies 15,000 customers of a data breach when an employee's e-mail account was hacked by an unauthorized person, compromising personal ride information between June 13 and Aug. 14.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/mn-metro-mobility-notifies-15000-customers-of-data-breach-that-may-have-exposed-personal-information/
85ec6b862bb63b46	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency	Public Administration	92	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-steal-from-pension-fund/
b5f9fb07435390ae	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Robert Downey Jr. Instagram account	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The Instagram account of Robert Downey Jr. is hacked. The attackers post fake giveaways for Apple products.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91047/breaking-news/robert-downey-jr-instagram-hacked.html
123ae23d08140952	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Rockford Public Schools Dist. 205	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service	Financial	Rockford Public Schools is hit by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/the-rockford-files-ransomware-disrupts-illinois-school-districts-systems/
1c39c902d28a6090	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	Japan	Toyota Boshoku Corporation	Manufacturing	31	Exploitive	Exploitation of Application Server	Financial	Toyota Boshoku Corporation announces that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million due to a business email compromise (BEC) attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-37-million-lost-by-toyota-boshoku-subsidiary-in-bec-scam/
425aa6011a31f8fb	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Wikipedia	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Disruptive	External Denial of Service	Undetermined	Wikipedia is forced offline in several countries after a cyber attack hits the global encyclopedia.	UkDrillas	Undetermined	Undetermined	https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/07/wikipedia-blames-malicious-ddos-attack-after-site-goes-down-across-europe-middle-east/
d940f389669cf06f	2019-09-06 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	World of Warcraft Classic	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	71	Disruptive	External Denial of Service	Undetermined	World of Warcraft Classic is also hit by a DDoS attack.	UkDrillas	Undetermined	Undetermined	https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wikipedia-and-world-of-warcraft-classic-targeted-by-ddos-attacks-21496.html
e2a10e703e6a2ecf	2019-09-05 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	City of Unalaska	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Message Manipulation	Financial	The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/unalaska-recovers-2-3m-after-phishing-email-scam/
c1400f34fd7bce32	2019-09-05 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Flagstaff Unified School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	The Flagstaff Unified School District is closed by a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/students-rejoice-school-district-closed-by-ransomware-attack/
c5524cc27ce5ae98	2019-09-05 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Meridian Community College	Educational Services	61	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Financial	Meridian Community College notifies a phishing incident occurred in January.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/meridian-community-college-discloses-a-breach-that-was-discovered-in-january/
71e9453833b21ad8	2019-09-04 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	City of New Bedford	Public Administration	92	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a counter-offer of $400,000. The incident, due to the Ryuk ransomware, happened in early July.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-gang-wanted-5-3-million-from-us-city-but-they-only-offered-400000/
1662480f87cec4aa	2019-09-04 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Sherman School	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	State Police are investigating the discovery of ransomware on Sherman School computer servers on August 16.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/ct-police-investigate-attempted-sherman-school-data-breach/
806d4948c0fd542e	2019-09-04 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	UC Health	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Undetermined	UC Health discloses that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. Some e-mail accounts were accessed between July 6, 2019 and July 12, 2019.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/oh-uc-health-to-notify-patients-of-phishing-incident/
e136883efc354e22	2019-09-04 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Wolcott School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	For the second time in four months, the Wolcott school district is the victim of a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91122/cyber-crime/wolcott-schools-ransomware-attack.html
7ef8c5d2a7fb4554	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association (ETESA)	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
93d670f61e1ad942	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Istiqlal Haber	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
ff446917b444746b	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Istiqlal TV	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
656ec7bbf462dcc8	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Monroe-Woodbury Central School District	Educational Services	61	Disruptive	Data Attack	Financial	New York's Monroe-Woodbury Central School District delays the first day of school due to a ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.darkreading.com/risk/back-to-school-not-so-fast-cybercriminals-say/d/d-id/1335728
624dada060edcd4e	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	United States of America	Temple University Health System	Health Care and Social Assistance	62	Disruptive	Data Attack	Undetermined	Temple University Health System is back online after an unconfirmed ransomware attack.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.databreaches.net/temple-university-health-system-back-online-after-cyber-attack/
aabeaf41c59042c1	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Turkistan Times	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
89490eb41d1074bb	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Turkistan TV	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
f355839f233f00d3	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Uighur Times (Chinese)	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
0437b47aa561ff70	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Uighur Times (English)	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
8ecb9847e1994f5d	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Uighur Times (Uyghur)	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
800ad1f8e1bf2542	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	Uyghur Academy	Information	51	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
ad58d33f51f36587	2019-09-03 00:00:00	2,019	Turkmenistan	World Uyghurs Writers Union	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	Exploitive	Exploitation of End Hosts	Political-Espionage	Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.	Undetermined	Criminal	Undetermined	https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

5e13be35ed55d261

2019-10-03 00:00:00

2,019

Egypt

Shady al-Ghazaly Harba

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is Dr. Shady al-Ghazaly Harba, a surgeon and opposition activist who has been detained since 2018.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/middleeast/egypt-cyber-attack-phones.html

7cfe35afe1a91c2f

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

City of Cornelia

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia's billing system results in a day of lost productivity.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/ga-cornelia-fends-off-third-ransomware-attack-of-the-year-upgrades-firewall/

79fc5e1deaa33379

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

Japan

Japanese government agencies

Public Administration

92

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Researchers at JPCERT reveal the details of a campaign targeting Japanese government agencies and exploiting a vulnerability in the local SkySea Client View software (CVE-2016-7836).

Tick

Nation-State

China

https://threatpost.com/virus-bulletin-japanese-attacks-apt-strategygy/148859/

86e17905082b26b1

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

Japan

Japanese government agencies

Public Administration

92

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Researchers at JPCERT reveal the details of a campaign targeting Japanese government agencies and exploiting a vulnerability in the local Sanshiro spreadsheet application (CVE-2014-0810).

Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Jinan State Security Department (APT17)

Nation-State

China

https://threatpost.com/virus-bulletin-japanese-attacks-apt-strategygy/148859/

3639a1242d2c3bf1

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

McAlister's Deli

Accommodation and Food Services

72

Exploitive

Exploitation of Sensors

Financial

McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/

736c6c6b325364c8

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Moe's Southwest Grill

Accommodation and Food Services

72

Exploitive

Exploitation of Sensors

Financial

McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/

b4f367ccedfe6387

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Schlotzsky's

Accommodation and Food Services

72

Exploitive

Exploitation of Sensors

Financial

McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's (all of them owned by Focus Brands) disclose publicly that their networks were infected with point-of-sale malware.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/four-us-food-chains-disclose-payment-card-theft-via-pos-malware/

62aa5f3ee6e3a89d

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Tukwila School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The Tukwila School District is the victim of a "phishing scam".

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/wa-tukwila-school-district-victim-of-a-phishing-scam/

c3a3d5a9de076ae5

2019-10-02 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Zendesk

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

54

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Undetermined

Customer service software company Zendesk notifies a security incident, occurred in 2016, that might have impacted roughly 10,000 Zendesk Support and Chat accounts activated prior to November 1, 2016.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zendesk-security-breach-may-impact-orgs-like-uber-slack-and-fcc/

ca9bdd8f99c52969

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Undetermined

Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics notifies 125,291 patients, employees and dependents of a cyberattack that took place over a yearlong breach.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/cybercriminals-accessed-maryland-orthopedic-center-s-emails-for-a-year-affecting-125-000.html

7ba9bdc7d218186e

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa is paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack and forced to turn away patients.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/

acf6d4475d4385de

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Fayette Medical Center

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Fayette Medical Center paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/

4b864d46ee71822e

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Luzerne County

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

A school district in Luzerne County confirms it was the victim of a ransomware attack that locked up their computers for weeks.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/pa-wyoming-area-school-district-pays-38000-ransom-to-free-their-network-from-attack/

e15420f322f2501f

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

North Florida OB-GYN

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

North Florida OB-GYN notifies its patients of a ransomware attack discovered on July 27. Potentially 520,000 users are affected.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/528k-patients-impacted-by-months-long-north-florida-ob-gyn-hack/

84f3947772a97e0c

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Northport Medical Center

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Northport Medical Center is also paralyzed by a Ryuk ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/

8bad49f943172735

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Pipestone Kin-Ability Centre

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

The Pipestone Kin-Ability Centre in Moosomin, Sask is hit by a cyber attack in its payroll system. The criminals steal $400,000.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/kin-ability-cyber-attack-sask-1.5349230

3b9167da5347d48c

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

Australia

Seven hospitals in Australia

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Seven hospitals in Gippsland and Victoria, Australia, are also paralyzed for more than 24 hours for a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hamstrung-by-ransomware-10-hospitals-are-turning-away-some-patients/

27aaa4191e9bd646

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

US petroleum industry

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

21

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Industrial-Espionage

Researchers from Netskope discover a campaign against the US petroleum industry carried out via a new Adwind Remote Access Trojan (RAT) variant.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-adwind-rat-variant-used-against-the-us-petroleum-sector/

5879876465c43e17

2019-10-01 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Voatz

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Undetermined

The FBI is investigating after someone allegedly tried to hack into Voatz, West Virginia's mobile voting app during the 2018 midterm elections.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/01/politics/fbi-hacking-attempt-alleged-mobile-voting-app-voatz/index.html

7a1fff1cd351e41a

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Bradford City Hall

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Bradford City Hall suffers a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/pa-bradford-city-hall-nearly-back-to-normal-after-ransomware-incident/

6c3f3577bf585519

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Comodo

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

54

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

Account data belonging to more than half of all Comodo Forums users (170,000 users) has been stolen and is now traded online. The breach was possible by exploiting a vulnerability in the vBulletin software that powers the forum.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comodo-forums-breached-data-of-over-170-000-users-up-for-grabs/

90fe67c4e2dbc7c8

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

Denmark

Demant

Manufacturing

31

Disruptive

Data Attack

Undetermined

Demant, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hearing aids, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following what appears to be a ransomware infection that hit the company at the start of the month.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-incident-to-cost-danish-company-a-whopping-95-million/

be8798738917ba9e

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Goshen Health

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Undetermined

Goshen Health discloses a security incident that involved the personal information of some of its patients. An unauthorized third party may have accessed two employees' email accounts from approximately August 2, 2018 to August 13, 2018.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/in-goshen-health-notifies-patients-potentially-impacted-by-2018-data-security-breach/

301194dee4a4d869

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

ITarian

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

54

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

ITarian, also owned by Comodo is hit by the same attack (that's probably the origin of the breach).

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comodo-forums-breached-data-of-over-170-000-users-up-for-grabs/

bf1401da4709251d

2019-09-30 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Wood Ranch Medical

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Wood Ranch Medical permanently closes its doors, after the provider was unable to recover its patient records encrypted by ransomware back in August.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/california-provider-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-damages-system

7ebc3bf9f1ee3560

2019-09-29 00:00:00

2,019

New Zealand

ASICS Store in Auckland

Transportation and Warehousing

48

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Undetermined

Major sportswear brand Asics blames a "cyberattack" after large storefront display screens played pornography to passersby for nine hours. The incident took place at a busy Asics store on a major high street in Auckland.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/30/asics-blames-hackers-for-running-hours-of-porn-on-store-window-display-screens/#13fc1fdd6ad3

2ca32ccb4f265c1d

2019-09-29 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Zynga

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

71

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Undetermined

Gnosticplayers claims to have stolen more than 218 million records from Words with Friends a popular mobile social game from Zynga Inc.

Gnosticplayers

Criminal

Undetermined

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91850/data-breach/zynga-game-data-breach.html

9e54028d78a24f66

2019-09-28 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Billboard on Interstate 75

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Undetermined

Two individuals play an adult pornography video on a billboard on Interstate 75 near Michigan highway 59.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/highway-advertisement-billboard-hacked-to-play-porn-video/

cc0430ddbc44f575

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Undetermined

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center notifies of a phishing incident, potentially impacting 4,559 patients.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/cancer-treatment-centers-of-america-in-atlanta-discloses-three-phishing-incidents-in-6-months/

e41a85ffa30d8744

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Catholic Health Initiative (CHI) at Lakeside Hospital

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The CHI Health clinic at Lakeside Hospital informs patients that their personal information may have been exposed during a ransomware incident, occurred Aug. 1.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/ne-chi-health-says-ransomware-incident-may-have-exposed-info-of-patients-at-lakeside-hospitals-orthopedic-clinic/

27a1b29bd7de178d

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Defence Construction Canada (DCC)

Manufacturing

31

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyber-attacks-hit-defense-contractors-in-europe-and-north-america/

1dff1059790c76cc

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Listowel Hospital

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The Listowel Hospital is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458

3d8dc2bccbbe5021

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Manufacturing company in Strathroy

Manufacturing

31

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

An undisclosed manufacturing company in Strathroy is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458

cac81e03d10fa2ca

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Meridian Lightweight Technologies

Manufacturing

31

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Meridian Lightweight Technologies, a supplier of lightweight magnesium for car parts, is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/cyber-attack-on-strathroy-manufacturer-latest-in-string-in-southwestern-ontario

cc7dc8a738441803

2019-09-27 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Wingham Hospital

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The Wingham Hospital is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/3-more-southwestern-ontario-cities-hit-by-cyber-attacks-1.4614458

6e120c3fd26699f5

2019-09-26 00:00:00

2,019

France

Airbus

Manufacturing

31

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Industrial-Espionage

A series of cyber attacks on Airbus in the past few months was conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and security sources suspect a link to China.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-cyberattack-report/hackers-tried-to-steal-airbus-secrets-via-contractors-afp-idUSKBN1WB0U9

e249e76dc578fe86

2019-09-26 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

DoorDash

Accommodation and Food Services

72

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

DoorDash announces that the personal data of 4.9 million people on its platform has been compromised in a security breach. The breach occurred on May 4.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://gizmodo.com/doordash-breach-exposed-the-private-data-of-4-9-million-1838499197

162fd38e822b5033

2019-09-26 00:00:00

2,019

Germany

Rheinmetall Automotive

Manufacturing

31

Disruptive

Internal Denial of Service

Undetermined

A malware infection at German car parts manufacturer Rheinmetall Automotive has caused "significant disruption" to production at company plants in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States, the company disclosed Thursday.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.cyberscoop.com/rheinmetall-malware-disruption-manufacturing/

c4a1f47f087202a8

2019-09-25 00:00:00

2,019

Czechia

Czech Republic

Public Administration

92

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Political-Espionage

The Czech Intelligence reveals that China was behind a major cyber attack at a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.securityweek.com/czech-intelligence-blames-china-major-cyber-attack

4d30650436a6b1f2

2019-09-25 00:00:00

2,019

Lithuania

kaunas.kasvyksta.lt

Information

51

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Sabotage

Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and PolandÃ'ÃÂ to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.

Ghostwriter

Nation-State

Belarus

https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/pdfs/Ghostwriter-Influence-Campaign.pdf

9651e1ff3ad4b2d7

2019-09-25 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Northshore School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

External Denial of Service,Data Attack

Financial

Northshore School District in Washington is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/09/25/yet-another-u-s-school-district-has-been-ravaged-by-malware/

83a6ccb74484611a

2019-09-25 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

Vmedia

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Undetermined

Vmedia reveals that its forum has been compromised and shuts it down temporarily, urging users to change password.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/in-september-vmedia-notified-members-of-a-vbulletin-0day/

92936b38b347e38a

2019-09-24 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Guthrie Public Schools

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Guthrie Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/ok-guthrie-public-schools-hit-by-ransomware-attack/

1669150d0c8961ff

2019-09-24 00:00:00

2,019

Italy

Laura Pausini Instagram account

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The Instagram profile of the Italian singer Laura Pausini is hacked and starts to promote giveaways.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/hackerato-il-profilo-instagram-di-laura-pausini-pubblicava-pubblicita-e-spam_it_5d8a1e99e4b0d2694654df87

785e721bf53a1aa9

2019-09-24 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Mobile County Public Schools

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Mobile County Public Schools are impacted by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/mobile-county-public-schools-impacted-by-ransomware-attack-on-vendor-back-online-now/

c1108a29ae3adbd8

2019-09-24 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN)

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN) notifies 12,502 Washington residents that their data was potentially at risk from an April 22 ransomware attack that infected three of their servers.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/personal-injury-network-northwest-notifies-patients-of-ransomware-incident/

d1ef7e4ad0c8f25f

2019-09-23 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

At least 17 Utilities in the US.

Utilities

22

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Industrial-Espionage

Researchers from Proofpoint disclose a new attack targeting US Utilities. The operation is dubbed LookBack.

Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Department (APT10)

Nation-State

China

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/23/chinese-state-hackers-suspected-as-nasty-new-cyberattack-hits-us-utilities-report/#72f4462273e5

1d63d22beff74a35

2019-09-23 00:00:00

2,019

Canada

City of Woodstock

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

External Denial of Service,Data Attack

Undetermined

The City of Woodstock tries to recover from a cyber attack that has blocked access to email and most of the files involved in the operation of the municipal government.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/city-of-woodstock-cyber-attack-email-data-blocked-1.5295452

a5d2199132f4af70

2019-09-23 00:00:00

2,019

Italy

GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci)

Transportation and Warehousing

48

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

GNV reports it has been the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack that has led to a breach of personal information of a number of passengers and credit card holders. The attack took place in the period from 25 June to 18 July 2019.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://info.gnv.it/en/avviso-attacco.html

94f3e7eb8319e307

2019-09-23 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Union City

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service

Undetermined

Union City is hit by a malware.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/virus-cripples-most-city-owned-computers-in-union-city/

5427f63435f89dac

2019-09-21 00:00:00

2,019

South Africa

Cool Ideas

Information

51

Disruptive

External Denial of Service

Undetermined

A prolonged DDoS attack takes down Cool Ideas, one of South Africa's largest ISPs.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.zdnet.com/article/carpet-bombing-ddos-attack-takes-down-south-african-isp-for-an-entire-day/

483a0894bbafeda1

2019-09-20 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Campbell County Health

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyoming, is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/wy-gillette-hospital-targeted-in-ransomware-attack/

835d639ae9e3fd9b

2019-09-20 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Lee County

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

External Denial of Service

Undetermined

Lee County is hit with a cyber attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/fl-lee-county-hit-with-cybersecurity-attack/

b5b7da47e3af8f87

2019-09-17 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Kent State University

Educational Services

61

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Undetermined

Kent State University announces over 3,000 student emails has been hacked the week before, as a result of credential harvesting.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/3000-kent-state-student-emails-hacked/

e41907265279e3de

2019-09-17 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Magellan Health

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Financial

Magellan Health issues a statement saying two of its subsidiaries - National Imaging Associates and Magellan Healthcare - "discovered a potential data breach related to a phishing attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/2-phishing-attacks-affect-presbyterian-health-plan-members-a-13125

020cc71dfd733d3d

2019-09-16 00:00:00

2,019

New Zealand

Lumin PDF

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

54

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Undetermined

The details of over 24.3 million Lumin PDF users have been shared today on a hacking forum

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-24-3-million-lumin-pdf-users-shared-on-hacking-forum/

53aee601f0cfe890

2019-09-16 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Nicole Scherzinger Instagram account

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The Instagram account of singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger is hacked.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/celebrity-instagram-accounts-being-hacked-to-push-scams/

5ad334480cac8106

2019-09-16 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Yanet Garcia Instagram account

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The Instagram account of Yanet Garciï¿½a is hacked.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/celebrity-instagram-accounts-being-hacked-to-push-scams/

09a8ee83fb327c26

2019-09-15 00:00:00

2,019

Ireland

Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment admits to have been hit by a ransomware attack last year.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/irish-government-admits-ransomware-breach/

06b7e9577d90987f

2019-09-15 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Users of Venmo mobile payment service

Finance and Insurance

52

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Financial

The Dighton Police Department warns of a wave of phishing scams targeting users of Venmo mobile payment service with text messages that direct to a fake website.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-of-venmo-scams-targeting-users-via-text-messages/

8d40f9c4d15a23fd

2019-09-15 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Wallenpaupack Area School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

A ransomware attack on the Wallenpaupack Area School District, leads to a shut down of all 3,000 or so computers district-wide.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/wallenpaupack-area-school-district-computers-paralyzed-in-second-ransomware-attack/

eb8b8a12e46765f0

2019-09-14 00:00:00

2,019

Panama

EOSPlay

Finance and Insurance

52

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

A hacker spends $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency through an exploit of EOS gambling game EOSPlay.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-spends-1k-to-win-over-110k-in-eos-betting-game-using-rex

0d9731540f5a8b15

2019-09-14 00:00:00

2,019

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site is targeted with a phishing page that attempts to harvest the unique "codenames" for sources who submitted information using the service.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attack-targets-the-guardians-whistleblowing-site/

b7e63aad61af026b

2019-09-13 00:00:00

2,019

Hungary

Hungarian Development Center (MFK)

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Undetermined

The Hungarian Development Center is hit by a cyber attack allegedly carried out by hackers from North Korea.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.ibtimes.sg/hacker-destroys-hungarian-development-centers-digital-database-32408

9abeaf972f61b974

2019-09-13 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Robstown Police Department

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

A ransomware attack results in the loss of Robstown Police Department evidence and reports in pending investigations from 2018 and 2019.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/robstown-police-evidence-reports-lost-during-data-breach/

16ceafb250eea792

2019-09-12 00:00:00

2,019

South Africa

Garmin South Africa

Manufacturing

31

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Financial

The Garmin South Africa shopping portal (shop.garmin.co.za) is the latest victim of a magecart attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/13/garmin_breach_notification/

1f243f5751961e6b

2019-09-12 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Sarrell Dental

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Sarrell Dental notifies almost 400,000 patients after a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/sarrell-dental-notifies-almost-400000-patients-after-ransomware-attack/

72cb7f647e3b1751

2019-09-11 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Travis Central Appraisal

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

53

Disruptive

External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service

Financial

The Travis Central Appraisal District is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-hit-travis-central-appraisal-district-website/

b98964c412efccca

2019-09-10 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Wakulla County School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The Wakulla County School District is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-target-wakulla-schools-shut-down-district-wide-emails-in-ransomware-attack/

c727b4f10537f459

2019-09-09 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Miracle Systems

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

54

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

The U.S. Secret Service investigates a breach at Miracle Systems, a government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/09/secret-service-investigates-breach-at-u-s-govt-it-contractor/

a2fc9f309645fc2b

2019-09-09 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Premier Family Medical

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Premier Family Medical notifies 320,000 patients of a ransomware incident that they disclosed in August. The incident occurred on July 8.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/cybercrime/ransomware-attack-on-premier-family-medical-reportedly-impacts-records-of-320k-patients/

594c4f90b477093f

2019-09-09 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

US Manufacturing Company

Manufacturing

31

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Financial

Researchers at Fortinet uncover a malspam campaign aimed to distribute the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91150/malware/lokibot-spam-campaign.html

168aa4e11e5d47b5

2019-09-07 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Entercom Communications

Information

51

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

Entercom Communications, one of the largest radio station owners in the U.S. is allegedly hit by a ransomware, affecting all offices the company has across the country.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/giant-entercom-radio-network-deals-with-ransomware-like-incident/

9bedfdde45e3644b

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

China

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)

Finance and Insurance

52

Disruptive

External Denial of Service

Undetermined

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is hit by a DDoS attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/hong-kong-stock-exchange-says-its-website-was-hacked-while-it-halted-derivatives-trading-fix

0747a460810a6eb5

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Metro Mobility

Transportation and Warehousing

48

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Undetermined

Metro Mobility notifies 15,000 customers of a data breach when an employee's e-mail account was hacked by an unauthorized person, compromising personal ride information between June 13 and Aug. 14.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/mn-metro-mobility-notifies-15000-customers-of-data-breach-that-may-have-exposed-personal-information/

85ec6b862bb63b46

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency

Public Administration

92

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-steal-from-pension-fund/

b5f9fb07435390ae

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Robert Downey Jr. Instagram account

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The Instagram account of Robert Downey Jr. is hacked. The attackers post fake giveaways for Apple products.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91047/breaking-news/robert-downey-jr-instagram-hacked.html

123ae23d08140952

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Rockford Public Schools Dist. 205

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service

Financial

Rockford Public Schools is hit by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/the-rockford-files-ransomware-disrupts-illinois-school-districts-systems/

1c39c902d28a6090

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

Japan

Toyota Boshoku Corporation

Manufacturing

31

Exploitive

Exploitation of Application Server

Financial

Toyota Boshoku Corporation announces that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million due to a business email compromise (BEC) attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-37-million-lost-by-toyota-boshoku-subsidiary-in-bec-scam/

425aa6011a31f8fb

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Wikipedia

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Disruptive

External Denial of Service

Undetermined

Wikipedia is forced offline in several countries after a cyber attack hits the global encyclopedia.

UkDrillas

Undetermined

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/07/wikipedia-blames-malicious-ddos-attack-after-site-goes-down-across-europe-middle-east/

d940f389669cf06f

2019-09-06 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

World of Warcraft Classic

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

71

Disruptive

External Denial of Service

Undetermined

World of Warcraft Classic is also hit by a DDoS attack.

UkDrillas

Undetermined

https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wikipedia-and-world-of-warcraft-classic-targeted-by-ddos-attacks-21496.html

e2a10e703e6a2ecf

2019-09-05 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

City of Unalaska

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Message Manipulation

Financial

The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/unalaska-recovers-2-3m-after-phishing-email-scam/

c1400f34fd7bce32

2019-09-05 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Flagstaff Unified School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

The Flagstaff Unified School District is closed by a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/students-rejoice-school-district-closed-by-ransomware-attack/

c5524cc27ce5ae98

2019-09-05 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Meridian Community College

Educational Services

61

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Financial

Meridian Community College notifies a phishing incident occurred in January.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/meridian-community-college-discloses-a-breach-that-was-discovered-in-january/

71e9453833b21ad8

2019-09-04 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

City of New Bedford

Public Administration

92

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a counter-offer of $400,000. The incident, due to the Ryuk ransomware, happened in early July.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-gang-wanted-5-3-million-from-us-city-but-they-only-offered-400000/

1662480f87cec4aa

2019-09-04 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Sherman School

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

State Police are investigating the discovery of ransomware on Sherman School computer servers on August 16.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/ct-police-investigate-attempted-sherman-school-data-breach/

806d4948c0fd542e

2019-09-04 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

UC Health

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Undetermined

UC Health discloses that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. Some e-mail accounts were accessed between July 6, 2019 and July 12, 2019.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/oh-uc-health-to-notify-patients-of-phishing-incident/

e136883efc354e22

2019-09-04 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Wolcott School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

For the second time in four months, the Wolcott school district is the victim of a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/91122/cyber-crime/wolcott-schools-ransomware-attack.html

7ef8c5d2a7fb4554

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association (ETESA)

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

93d670f61e1ad942

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Istiqlal Haber

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

ff446917b444746b

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Istiqlal TV

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

656ec7bbf462dcc8

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Monroe-Woodbury Central School District

Educational Services

61

Disruptive

Data Attack

Financial

New York's Monroe-Woodbury Central School District delays the first day of school due to a ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.darkreading.com/risk/back-to-school-not-so-fast-cybercriminals-say/d/d-id/1335728

624dada060edcd4e

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

United States of America

Temple University Health System

Health Care and Social Assistance

62

Disruptive

Data Attack

Undetermined

Temple University Health System is back online after an unconfirmed ransomware attack.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.databreaches.net/temple-university-health-system-back-online-after-cyber-attack/

aabeaf41c59042c1

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Turkistan Times

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

89490eb41d1074bb

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Turkistan TV

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

f355839f233f00d3

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Uighur Times (Chinese)

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

0437b47aa561ff70

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Uighur Times (English)

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

8ecb9847e1994f5d

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Uighur Times (Uyghur)

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

800ad1f8e1bf2542

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

Uyghur Academy

Information

51

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/

ad58d33f51f36587

2019-09-03 00:00:00

2,019

Turkmenistan

World Uyghurs Writers Union

Other Services (except Public Administration)

81

Exploitive

Exploitation of End Hosts

Political-Espionage

Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.

Undetermined

Criminal

Undetermined

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/