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b30d315d2fa40357
2018-10-04 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
US Department of Defense
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Political-Espionage
Roughly 30,000 DOD military and civilian personnel are believed to be affected by a cyber attack. A third-party contractor is compromised, granting the attackers access to the Pentagon network to steal travel data for DOD personnel.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/pentagon-discloses-card-breach/
9c431e5f9133eabd
2018-10-03 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Black History Month Website
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
The Black History Month website falls victim to two cyber attacks in just 24 hours.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6234321/Cyber-racist-hackers-Black-History-Month-website-twice-24-hours.html
e48bc387ddc15a11
2018-10-03 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Managed Service Providers
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
The US Department of Homeland Security issues an alert about "ongoing" cyber-attacks against managed service providers, indirectly attributed to APT10.
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Department (APT10)
Nation-State
China
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dhs-aware-of-ongoing-apt-attacks-on-cloud-service-providers/
047fc113a32e82db
2018-10-02 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
City of Regina
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
A city of Regina email is hacked, and used as a phishing tool to try and get passwords and emails from other city of Regina staff as well as external groups.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://globalnews.ca/news/4521346/city-of-regina-email-hacked-experts-warn-citys-website-unsafe-as-well/
b3b3f4d11678f16b
2018-10-02 00:00:00
2,018
India
SBM Holdings (State Bank of Mauritius India)
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Mauritius banking group SBM Holdings unveils that its Indian operations suffered a cyber fraud earlier in the week, and that the bank has potentially lost up to $14 million worth. The bank is able to recover $10 million.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/cyberattack-on-indian-operations-of-state-bank-of-mauritius
65eb86073102598d
2018-10-02 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
US Banks
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of Sensors
Financial
A joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and the Treasury warns about a new ATM cash-out scheme, dubbed "FASTCash," used by the Hidden Cobra APT.
NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Nation-State
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/76798/hacking/fastcash-hidden-cobra-attacks.html
3a8e75a786fd16cb
2018-10-01 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Apollo
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200 million contact records, is hacked and sends an email to its affected customers.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/apollo-contacts-data-breach/
e1f0079c934b18a3
2018-10-01 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
Omar Abdulaziz
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Political-Espionage
A report from The Citizen Lab reveals that the Canadian permanent resident and Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz was targeted by an attack infecting his phone with NSO's Pegasus spyware.
Saudi Arabia
Nation-State
Saudi Arabia
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/10/the-kingdom-came-to-canada-how-saudi-linked-digital-espionage-reached-canadian-soil/
186e321bcd7ae2aa
2018-09-30 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Burgerville
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of Sensors
Financial
Burgerville reveals a data breach impacting the chain which may have led to the theft of detailed credit card information belonging to customers.
FIN7
Criminal
Russian Federation
https://www.zdnet.com/article/burgerville-customer-credit-card-info-stolen-in-data-breach-laid-at-fin7s-feet/
9a35ed99f3138222
2018-09-29 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC)
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
Gwinnett Medical Center(GMC) is hacked and the patient data is posted online.
baidu3250617231
Undetermined
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/ga-gwinnett-medical-center-investigating-possible-data-breach/
8e72c5452c9dd1c4
2018-09-29 00:00:00
2,018
India
Virat Kohli's official website
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Disruptive
Message Manipulation
Protest
Following the defeat of the Bangladeshi cricket team against India at the 2018 Asia Cup final, a group of Bangladeshi hackers defaces Virat Kohli's official website (the current captain of India's team) to protest against an 'unfair decision' during the match.
CyberSecurity & Intelligence (CSI)
Hacktivist
India
https://www.thequint.com/sports/bangladeshi-fans-hack-virat-kohli-website-over-asia-cup-final-defeat
896321a4ccbdcbbb
2018-09-28 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
Recipe Unlimited
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Recipe Unlimited, a Canadian restaurant chain that operates over 20 restaurant brands, suffers a country-wide outage of its IT systems over the weekend in a ransomware incident.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/restaurant-chain-suffers-canada-wide-outage-after-malware-outbreak/
ad6e191e345c8e50
2018-09-28 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
SHEIN
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
A criminal cyber-attack is thought to have affected roughly 6.42 million customers of fashion brand SHEIN. The attack took place on August 22, and gained access to email addresses and encrypted password credentials of customers who visited the company website.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/malware-steals-passwords-from-6-4-million-shein-customers-20375.html
78559815a06f3107
2018-09-28 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Toyota (North America)
Manufacturing
31
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Toyota Industries North America notifies individuals of a phishing incident, potentially impacting approximately 19,000 current/former employees and health plan participants.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/toyota-notifies-employees-and-health-plan-participants-of-data-breach/
ade30aa5972becf3
2018-09-27 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Facebook
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Facebook says a breach affected 50 million people on the social network. The vulnerability stemmed from the "view as" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to others. Attackers exploited code associated with the feature that allowed them to steal "access tokens" that could be used to take over people's accounts.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-breach-affected-50-million-people/
c037cd7784d213ec
2018-09-26 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
pigeoncoin
Finance and Insurance
52
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
The developers behind the pigeoncoin cryptocurrency confirm that an unknown attacker successfully took advantage of a bitcoin bug, printing 235 million pigeoncoins worth about $15,000.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-bug-exploited-on-crypto-fork-as-attacker-prints-235-million-pigeoncoins/
f35785177e294a5d
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Aspire Health
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Aspire Health, is hacked earlier this month and loses at least some patient information to an unknown cyber attacker.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/aspire-health-hacked-by-phishing-scheme-lost-protected-health-information/
c9a287109d4aa3ca
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Chegg
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Educational technology company Chegg resets the passwords for 40 million of its users after news broke that the firm was breached in April of this year.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/chegg-forces-password-reset-on-40-million-users/
cd8a77a440a1d351
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
DoorDash
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Food delivery startup DoorDash receives dozens of complaints from customers who say their accounts have been hacked. The users are the target of a credential stuffing attack.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/25/doordash-customers-say-their-accounts-have-been-hacked/
965b53d9e3a93218
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
NewsNow
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Online news aggregation service NewsNow admits that it has suffered a security breach and an encrypted version of the passwords may have been accessed.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.grahamcluley.com/newsnow-suffers-security-breach-passwords-should-be-considered-compromised/
c171b2a6e4ab8b32
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Port of San Diego
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Service to the public in the Port of San Diego are impacted by a ransomware attack.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/port-of-san-diego-suffers-cyber-attack-second-port-in-a-week-after-barcelona/
992248a683ee1313
2018-09-25 00:00:00
2,018
Germany
RWE
Utilities
22
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Protest
Unknown attackers launch a large-scale DDoS attack that takes down RWE's website.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.dw.com/en/hackers-attack-rwe-website-amid-hambach-forest-evictions/a-45624149
59d9bcb67b7b8135
2018-09-24 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Oklahoma City Public Schools
Educational Services
61
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
The Oklahoma City Public School District is affected by a DDoS attack on their parent portal.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/okcps-student-information-system-down-after-denial-of-service-attack/
753e82df6669d992
2018-09-21 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
AdGuard
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
AdGuard, a popular ad blocker for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac, resets all user passwords, after suffering a brute-force attack during which an unknown attacker tried to log into user accounts by guessing their passwords.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/adguard-resets-all-user-passwords-after-credential-stuffing-attack/
51468658275e85be
2018-09-21 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Bryan Caforio's website
Public Administration
92
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
A DDoS attack takes down California Democratic congressional hopeful Bryan Caforio's website just hours before he steps onto the debate stage to face fellow Democrats.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/ddos-attacks-took-down-calif-democratic-hopefuls-website-during-primaries/
54e06a8232a6d076
2018-09-21 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Infinite Campus
Information
51
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
Infinite Campus, one of the largest student information management systems used by schools in America, is coping with the latest in a string of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/infinite-campus-ddos-attack-impedes-access-to-student-data/
dc8ea9cfab7197e9
2018-09-20 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Arran Brewery
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Arran Brewery says it was locked out of its own computer system after being duped into opening an email attachment that contained a ransomware. The attackers then demanded a 2BTC ransom.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-45587903
c63400726a4c1368
2018-09-20 00:00:00
2,018
Spain
Port of Barcelona
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
The land operations of the Port of Barcelona are impacted by a ransomware attack.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/port-of-san-diego-suffers-cyber-attack-second-port-in-a-week-after-barcelona/
4f310c819ee6bc10
2018-09-20 00:00:00
2,018
Japan
Zaif
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Yet another Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange is hacked, losing a 6.7 billion yen (about $60 million worth of cryptocurrency), including 5,966 bitcoins.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-zaif-hacked-in-60-million-6000-bitcoin-theft/
4839d274ec014dde
2018-09-19 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
City of Beatrice
Public Administration
92
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
A virus shuts down many city operations including phone and internet services for several departments.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/virus-shuts-down-city-services-in-beatrice-nebraska/
b791d61800e09789
2018-09-19 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Newegg
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Researchers from RiskIQ, together with Volexity, reveal that California-based retailer Newegg is the latest well-known merchant to succumb to the Magecart group.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/magecart-claims-another-victim-in-newegg-merchant-data-theft/
88c1fcb465af33ad
2018-09-18 00:00:00
2,018
Philippines
ABS-CBN
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
213 customers of ABS-CBN, a Filipino media conglomerate, have their financial data stolen data due to a payment skimmer discovered in the broadcaster's online store.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/broadcasting-giant-abs-cbn-customer-data-stolen-sent-to-russian-servers/
2405cdeacadb3fd3
2018-09-17 00:00:00
2,018
Australia
Perth Mint
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
A data breach at Perth Mint sees hackers take the personal details of about 3200 customers, far more than initially suspected. The breach occurred on the system of a third-party technology provider and only involved 13 customers initially.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/perth-mint-says-3200-customers-affected-by-data-breach-a-11521
987c4f165e29767b
2018-09-17 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Saverspy.com
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Bob Diachenko, a security researcher, identifies an unsecured MongoDB server leaking the personal details of nearly 11 million users. The database seems to have been ransomed back in June.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-server-leaks-11-million-user-records-from-e-marketing-service/
8c0cdbe49c4a5222
2018-09-17 00:00:00
2,018
Italy
Unuci.org (Union of Italian Retired Military Officials)
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Protest
LulzSecITA leaks the personal details of about 300 retired military officials.
LulzSecITA
Hacktivist
Italy
https://www.wired.it/internet/web/2018/09/17/lulzsec-italia-militari-congedo/
e02ea7ea1221c42b
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bristol Airport
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Flight information screens are blacked out over the weekend at the Bristol Airport. Airport officials blame the incident on a ransomware infection that affected the computers running the airport's in-house TV.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-attack-blacks-out-screens-at-bristol-airport/
7df773d0d8927caf
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Colorado Timberline
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Colorado Timberline, a Colorado printing company claims to have been forced out of business after being hit with a severe ransomware attack from which it could not recover.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/colorado-firm-claims-ransomware-attack-behind-closure/
48ae0d2ff30070e9
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
Undetermined
EOSBet
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
A gambling application that is based on the EOS blockchain has a flaw in its smart contract system exploited. The attacker is able to make off with $200,000 worth of EOS due to the vulnerability.
aabbccddeefg
Criminal
Undetermined
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/09/14/eos-gambling-app-hacked/
9060cbe96620a4db
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Groopdealz
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Groopdealz joins the list of the victims of the Magecart group.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://twitter.com/ydklijnsma/status/1040229145119141888
4e644f9357cdf255
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Guardant Health
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Guardant Health suffered a phishing attack in July 2018 according to an SEC filing for the firm's initial public offering, where private information from about 1,100 individuals was compromised.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/guardant-health-to-notify-hhs-1100-individuals-of-phishing-attack-that-involved-phi/
9dc5176a47173a55
2018-09-14 00:00:00
2,018
Italy
Italian National Institute for Social Assistance (INAS)
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
The portal of the Italian National Institute for Social Assistance (INAS) is hacked, compromising the information of 37,500 individuals.
LulzSecITA
Hacktivist
Italy
https://www.governmentcomputing.com/business/news/cyber-attack-italian-national-institute-social-assistance-threatens-users-personal-data
c4e86b5c80989aca
2018-09-13 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific (FDIP)
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Honolulu-based Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific (FDIP) announces to have been hit by a ransomware attack that may have compromised patient data.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/honolulu-based-fetal-diagnostic-institute-of-the-pacific-hit-with-ransomware/
9fe5fc1cec91198c
2018-09-12 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Edinburgh University (ed.ac.uk)
Educational Services
61
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
The website of Edinburgh University is down after the institution suffered a major DDoS attack.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/edinburgh-uni-hit-by-major-cyber/
f74859e9f523001b
2018-09-12 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Feedify
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Customer engagement service Feedify is hit by Magecart attackers, who repeatedly modified a script that it serves to a few hundred websites to include payment card skimming code.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/09/13/feedify-magecart-compromise/
0201378df5dc5cd6
2018-09-12 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Monroe County School District
Educational Services
61
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
A GandCrab ransomware attack forces Monroe County School District in Florida to shut down its computer systems for at least three days.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/new-gandcrab-variant-attacks-florida-school-district/
fc731ffd1c41bfa3
2018-09-12 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SMEG UK
Manufacturing
31
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
The UK branch of the appliance manufacturer SMEG reveals to have been hit by a "targeted cyber attack".
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/18/smeg_cyber_attack/
0cbe461e43c64a1c
2018-09-11 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
City of Tyler
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
The city of Tyler is the latest victim of the Click2Gov payment system breach.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/click2gov-payment-system-security-breach/
e217bc4d0c483185
2018-09-11 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
University of Louisville
Educational Services
61
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Nearly 250 University of Louisville faculty and staff enrolled between 2007 and 2014 have their personal info stolen through the "Get Healthy Now" program.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.louisvillecardinal.com/2018/09/brief-uofl-faculty-and-staff-facing-data-breach/
8abbb0d85e4cdf2e
2018-09-10 00:00:00
2,018
Malta
DEOSGames
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
71
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Betting platform DEOSGames is drained of a significant chunk of its operating funds in a heist that netted one 'lucky' punter almost $24,000.
runningsnail
Criminal
Undetermined
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/09/10/eos-betting-platform-hacked/
1e5f149ea2e8dbe6
2018-09-10 00:00:00
2,018
India
FreshMenu
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
The Indian online food platform FreshMenu admits to have hidden a data breach affecting 110K users for two years. The data breach happened on July 1, 2016.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/09/12/indian-online-food-platform-freshmenu-hid-data-breach-affecting-110k-users-for-two-years/
03b5b914cbe55e14
2018-09-09 00:00:00
2,018
Germany
C-CEX
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Cryptocurrency exchange C-CEX is hacked. The attackers are successfully able to withdraw all Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE) from company servers.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/c-cex-crypto-exchange-experiences-hack-loses-all-doge-and-ltc-funds/
30de25b901fb5ce0
2018-09-07 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
U.S. Department of State
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
The State Department suffers a breach of its unclassified email system, and the compromise exposes the personal information of a small number of employees.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/17/state-department-email-personal-information-792665
427a1916d367af57
2018-09-06 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British Airways
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
British Airways notifies authorities, after being hacked between August 21 and September 5, with 380,000 payments compromised.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/09/06/british-airways-hacked-380000-sets-payment-details-stolen/
fafef0eab5979f76
2018-09-06 00:00:00
2,018
Ireland
Cork City Park by Phone
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
A data breach at Cork City Park by Phone service in Ireland affects more than 5,000 people. The unauthorized access started in May.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/park-by-phone-data-breach-affects-5000-customers/
5bc2e54cdada7d7d
2018-09-06 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mammoth Screen
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
71
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Sabotage
A threat actor targeted Mammoth Screen, a UK production company that produced Opposite Number, a television drama set in North Korea.
NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Nation-State
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41640976
25c6aa6b36046841
2018-09-05 00:00:00
2,018
Italy
Rousseau
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
56
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Rousseau, the online platform of the Italian Five Star Movement is hacked again by rogue0, who leaks private data related to the donors.
rogue0
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/18_settembre_06/m5s-tornato-l-hacker-rousseau-pubblicati-numeri-alcuni-donatori-7a4e4402-b1a5-11e8-b837-d3ad6d664b0d.shtml
ea98a263d6bc5845
2018-09-04 00:00:00
2,018
Brazil
Boa Vista SCPC
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Brazilian credit bureau Boa Vista SCPC investigates a possible hack, after a group of hackers called Fatal Error claimed it accessed the database of the company which has more than 350M personal data.
Fatal Error
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/banking/brazilian-credit-bureau-investigates-potential-data-leak
4670c896ec50fe69
2018-09-04 00:00:00
2,018
New Zealand
Mega.nz
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
The official Chrome extension for the MEGA.nz file sharing service is compromised with malicious code that steals usernames and passwords, but also private keys for cryptocurrency accounts.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/mega-nz-chrome-extension-caught-stealing-passwords-cryptocurrency-private-keys/
626ace5a85fbf0a2
2018-09-03 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Hoopeston Area School District
Educational Services
61
Disruptive
Message Manipulation
Undetermined
The Hoopeston Area School District website is hacked with pictures and repeated emergency callout messages to district families.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/il-hoopeston-area-school-district-website-hacked-false-emergency-messages-sent-out/
555d612a2e995b5c
2018-09-03 00:00:00
2,018
South Africa
South African Department of Labour
Public Administration
92
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Undetermined
The South African Department of Labour confirms a DDoS attack which disrupted the government agency's website.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/274161-hackers-did-not-compromise-our-servers-department-of-labour.html
a27576e6775fb84a
2018-09-01 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
EscortReviews.com
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
71
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
An online community promoting female escorts and reviews of their services has suffered a data breach after a hacker downloaded the site's database. The site ran vBulletin 3.8.9, which has known vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to breach the site. It is unknown if the forum was hacked using one of these vulnerabilities or if the site left an unsecured backup of the database online.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/female-escort-review-site-data-breach-affects-470-000-members/
58197ea4a51f034a
2018-09-01 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
Town of Midland
Public Administration
92
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
The small Canadian town of Midland, Ontario plans to pay off a $35,000 ransom to the malicious actors who shut down the municipalities computer system with a ransomware attack.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/news/canadian-town-bows-to-ransomware-attack-will-pay-attackers/
327beed6662b4e58
2018-08-30 00:00:00
2,018
Brazil
C&A
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
The Brazilian operation of international fashion retail clothing chain C&A confirms a cyberattack to its gift card platform. Data from 36,000 customers who purchased gift cards is leaked on Pastebin.
@joshua
Hobbyist
Undetermined
https://www.zdnet.com/article/c-a-suffers-data-leak-in-brazil/
b19f19fba1b90265
2018-08-30 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Family Orbit
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
An anonymous hacker is able to find the key to the cloud servers of Family Orbit and leaks 281 Gb of pictures and videos.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywk8gy/spyware-family-orbit-children-photos-data-breach
3eea0b7fd26f02df
2018-08-30 00:00:00
2,018
Russian Federation
NS Bank
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Researchers from NetScout Arbor reveal the details of a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt Group via spear phishing. One of the targets is NS Bank.
Carbanak
Criminal
Spain
https://asert.arbornetworks.com/double-the-infection-double-the-fun/
df3be869f08f0d7e
2018-08-30 00:00:00
2,018
Romania
Patria Bank
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Researchers from NetScout Arbor reveal the details of a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt Group via spear phishing. One of the targets is Patria Bank.
Carbanak
Criminal
Spain
https://asert.arbornetworks.com/double-the-infection-double-the-fun/
a16d03be4f51937b
2018-08-29 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
Air Canada
Transportation and Warehousing
48
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Air Canada says the personal information for about 20,000 customers "may potentially have been improperly accessed" via a breach in its mobile app, so the company has locked down all 1.7 million accounts as a precaution until customers change their passwords.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-mobile-app-1.4802879
592af2cce3919e66
2018-08-29 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Cloquet School District
Educational Services
61
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Cloquet school district is hit by a ransomware attack second time in the past three years.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/cloquet-school-district-again-targeted-by-a-ransomware-attack/
b35048b93b073579
2018-08-29 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
University of Missouri
Educational Services
61
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
The University of Missouri suspends email delivery after a Missouri State Democratic Party email seeking interns helps jumpstart a phishing attempt.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180829/university-of-missouri-suspends-email-deliveries-after-phishing-attempt
06e7bbcba5a8670d
2018-08-29 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
University of Oregon
Educational Services
61
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
University of Oregon is target of a phishing campaign.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/08/29/phishing-scam-targets-university-of-oregon-email-addresses/
47a45e3790307696
2018-08-28 00:00:00
2,018
China
Huazhu Group Ltd.
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
71
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Shanghai police launches an investigation into the alleged massive data breach of Huazhu Group Ltd., one of China's largest hotel operators. An online post emerges, containing nearly 500 million pieces of information related to the hotel group's customers.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/29/c_137427355.htm
f78f8dc18992a969
2018-08-28 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
TheTruthSpy
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
54
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Undetermined
A hacker breaks into the servers of TheTruthSpy, one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there, and stole logins, audio recordings, pictures, and text messages, among other data. The breach occurred on February 2018.
L.M.
Undetermined
Undetermined
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb4y5x/thetruthspy-spyware-domestic-abusers-hacked-data-breach
1fe82485d8d73f79
2018-08-28 00:00:00
2,018
Canada
West Vancouver
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
West Vancouver warns thousands of its residents after discovering hackers installed malicious software on the district server used to store personal information collected through its website. The attack was discovered on July 31.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.nsnews.com/news/hackers-hit-west-vancouver-s-server-1.23415718
ac7a9c7c86256cb6
2018-08-27 00:00:00
2,018
Brazil
Atlas
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Atlas, a popular Brazilian cryptocurrency investment platform is hacked. The personal information of over 264,000 of its customers is leaked, including 4,500 records that detail users' balances on the platform.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.ccn.com/brazilian-crypto-investment-platform-atlas-hacked-data-of-264000-users-leaks/
b5ba01a1ae4e532c
2018-08-26 00:00:00
2,018
Spain
Bank of Spain
Finance and Insurance
52
Disruptive
External Denial of Service
Protest
Hacktivists from Anonymous Catalonia claim to have taken down the website of Bank of Spain.
Anonymous (Catalonia)
Hacktivist
Spain
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anonymous-catalonia-claims-ddos-attack-on-bank-of-spain-website/
b7a56171782b9674
2018-08-24 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Coweta County
Public Administration
92
Disruptive
Data Attack
Financial
Coweta County restores most of its computer servers, nearly two weeks after hackers demanded $341,000 in bitcoins.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/coweta-county-ga-largely-restores-servers-following-ransomware-attack/
ed1d652cf9c02ddb
2018-08-24 00:00:00
2,018
France
Schneider Electric
Manufacturing
31
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Undetermined
Schneider Electric finds a malicious code on the USB drives that have been shipped with Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/75986/malware/schneider-usb-drives-malware.html
a7858d1529591b3a
2018-08-23 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
T-Mobile
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
T-Mobile reveals that hackers stole some of the personal data of 2 million people in a new data breach. The intrusion took place on August 20 when hackers accessed company servers through an API that "didn't contain any financial data or other sensitive data."
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3qpk5/t-mobile-hack-data-breach-api-customer-data
a0563baf45d4ec72
2018-08-22 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Cheddar Scratch Kitchen
Accommodation and Food Services
72
Exploitive
Exploitation of Sensors
Financial
Restaurants in 23 states belonging to Cheddar Scratch Kitchen are affected by a cyberattack that exposed payment card information. The amount of impacted card details is estimated to be 567,000 and were stolen between November 3, 2017, and January 2, 2018.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://investor.darden.com/investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2018/Notice-of-Unauthorized-Access-to-Cheddars-Scratch-Kitchen-Guest-Data/default.aspx
8a41c9ab235949c7
2018-08-22 00:00:00
2,018
Undetermined
Undisclosed cryptocurrency exchange
Finance and Insurance
52
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Political-Espionage
Kaspersky Lab reveals the details of Operation AppleJeus, an attack against cryptocurrency exchanges carried out via a trojanized cryptocurrency trading application distributing the Fallchill malware.
NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Nation-State
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
https://securelist.com/operation-applejeus/87553/
9c493c4b1b0f70de
2018-08-20 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Animoto
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Animoto, a cloud-based video maker service for social media sites, reveals a data breach. The breach occurred on July 10 but was confirmed by the company in early August, and later reported to the California attorney general. Names, dates of birth and user email addresses were accesed by the hackers, but the company said it wasn't known if data had been exfiltrated.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/20/animoto-hack-exposes-personal-information-geolocation-data/
dabb1cab71114073
2018-08-20 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Legacy Health
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Legacy Health notifies 38,000 patients that a phishing attack may have breached their data. Officials discovered unauthorized access to some employee email accounts on June 21. However, the access began several weeks before in May 2018.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/phishing-attack-breaches-38000-patient-records-legacy-health
149f1f93945ce3be
2018-08-20 00:00:00
2,018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Superdrug
Retail Trade
44
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Superdrug confirms that hackers claim to have obtained the personal details of almost 20,000 individuals who shopped online at Superdrug.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/21/superdrug_hackers_claims/
d29a31448ac36272
2018-08-18 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Bossier City
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Some Bossier City water customers may have had their information compromised due to a possible breach of an online billing payment system.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/la-bossier-city-shuts-downs-online-water-bill-payment-system-over-possible-data-breach/
57ddfaca8fcbce49
2018-08-18 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
David Min
Other Services (except Public Administration)
81
Exploitive
Exploitation of End Hosts
Political-Espionage
Reuters reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of David Min, a Democratic candidate in California.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-hacking-exclusive/exclusive-fbi-probing-cyber-attack-on-congressional-campaign-in-california-sources-idUSKBN1L22BZ
ec076c208bbafa3f
2018-08-17 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Dallas County Community College
Educational Services
61
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Dallas County Community College discloses a breach after some employees' emails credentials are compromised by a phishing attack from September 14, 2017 to December 18, 2017.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.databreaches.net/dallas-county-community-college-district-notification-of-breach/
a0c3f8976bda3c12
2018-08-17 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Eastern Maine Community College
Educational Services
61
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Financial
Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor warns of a possible data breach that could have exposed the personal information of current and former staff and students. School officials notify 42,000 current and former students and employees that certain computers were recently infected with malware and may have been hacked.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/08/17/eastern-maine-community-college-warns-of-possible-data-breach/
f3bafaff4a2b61a2
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
96741254fe7be311
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Alaska Power & Telephone Company
Utilities
22
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
9e53acc9f58a8671
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
Augusta University Health
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Financial
Augusta University Health discloses a breach affecting 417,000 patients as a consequence of two phishing attacks occurred on September 11, 2017 and July 31, 2018.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/university-breach-risks-health-personal-information-417-000/nPuUSV8qqvQXTQjY0ML8wN/
ac4fc4d667945ad6
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Germany
Daimler AG
Manufacturing
31
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
bf2bc97972dcbfe3
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Kenya
Kenya Ports Authority
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
5e162fb6fa57147a
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Mongolia
Mongolian National Data Center Building
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
c0ad2573f9309830
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Mongolia
Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
31a19163df07ca3a
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Brazil
Public Ministry of the State of Amap
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
f0099e516cb39deb
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
State of Alaska Government
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
5c54413bef9bec78
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Kenya
Strathmore University
Health Care and Social Assistance
62
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
b9a919c487b8833e
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
TelAlaska
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
3e167178a33e1e33
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
United States of America
The Alaska Communications Systems Group
Information
51
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/
6db095b6ae9cd9cb
2018-08-16 00:00:00
2,018
Kenya
United Nations Office in Nairobi
Public Administration
92
Exploitive
Exploitation of Application Server
Industrial-Espionage
A threat actor is targeting multiple organizations with trade ties to China, including those connected with China's Belt and Road Initiative. The actor also targets organizations in advance of officials' meetings with Chinese trade officials.
Undetermined
Criminal
Undetermined
https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-cyberespionage-operations/