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dcfdc6221f972240
|
2018-08-15 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Hans Keirstead
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Rolling Stone reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a series of cyberattacks over the past year that targeted Dr. Hans Keirstead, a Democratic candidate in California.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/california-election-hacking-711202/
|
ef0fd083df8d1aa4
|
2018-08-15 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Michael Terpin
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Michael Terpin, a bitcoin investor is suing AT&T for $240m after it allegedly ported his phone number to a hacker, allowing the criminal to steal $24m in cryptocurrency.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/15/att_sued_cryptocurrency/
|
706ecee17119df91
|
2018-08-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
India
|
Cosmos Bank
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Cyber criminals hack the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphon off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries. Unidentified hackers stole customer information through a malware attack on its ATM server.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.reuters.com/article/cyber-heist-india/indias-cosmos-bank-loses-13-5-mln-in-cyber-attack-idUSL4N1V551G
|
560dc3ac9b950286
|
2018-08-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Adams County
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Adams County officials release a media statement and a detailed notification regarding a security breach affecting 258,120 individuals in the Adams County. The investigations revealed that the breach, due to an unauthorized access, lasted for around six years.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/08/12/massive-wisconsin-data-breach-data-of-more-than-258k-people-accessed/
|
868af68772574985
|
2018-08-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Butlin's
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Butlin's has confirmed that the records of up to 34,000 guests have been accessed by hackers. The stolen data does not include payment details, but customers' names, holiday dates, postal and email addresses and telephone numbers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://news.sky.com/story/butlins-admits-34000-guest-records-lost-in-hack-11468288
|
77fa68cfed0585bf
|
2018-08-09 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Hennepin County
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Officials reveal that cyber attackers have infiltrated e-mail accounts for about 20 Hennepin County employees since late June, and may have accessed the private information of people who rely on the county's services.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/mn-cyberattackers-successfully-phish-numerous-hennepin-county-workers-e-mails/
|
dde0be670fc35c6a
|
2018-08-07 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
PGA of America
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
PGA of America's computers are locked by a ransomware.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://golfweek.com/2018/08/08/hackers-target-pga-servers-seek-bitcoin-ransom/
|
4177889f41d67e05
|
2018-08-04 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Livecoin
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Livecoin crypto exchange announces that it met considerable losses because crucial bug in Monero code, allowing to manipulate transaction amounts. The total amount of the funds lost is 15108 XMR (more than $1,8 million).
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://icobrothers.media/2018/08/04/livecoin-crypto-exchange-lost-more-than-18-million-because-of-monero-code-vulnerability/
|
fa4940a5d06f8f03
|
2018-08-04 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
RAF Airwoman
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Mixed
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
|
Industrial-Espionage
|
An RAF airwoman has her Tinder profile hacked. The attackers use the hacked profile to steal secrets of Britain's new F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6027207/Honeytrap-spy-stole-secrets-new-RAF-stealth-jet-hacking-Tinder-profile.html
|
cc52e258d0c66d98
|
2018-08-03 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Datawire
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Researchers from Oracle publish the details of three DNS hijacks against three payment processors.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/bgp-dns-hijacks-target-payment-systems
|
0de27454169a3f3d
|
2018-08-03 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
France
|
Mention
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Mention CEO Matthieu Vaxelaire informs users of the occurrence of a data security breach involving a third-party provider. The breach occurred in July and Mention promptly reported details to the French data protection authorities.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mention-data-breach
|
920966f8e521e713
|
2018-08-03 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Mercury Payment Systems
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Researchers from Oracle publish the details of three DNS hijacks against three payment processors.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/bgp-dns-hijacks-target-payment-systems
|
4cf4bb038ad191aa
|
2018-08-03 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Taiwan (Province of China)
|
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.)
|
Manufacturing
| 31
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
A computer virus, later reported to be a variant of WannaCry, halts several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factories, the sole maker of the iPhone's main processor.
|
NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
|
Nation-State
|
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
|
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-04/tsmc-takes-emergency-steps-as-operations-hit-by-computer-virus
|
caf7988a296e55a6
|
2018-08-03 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Vantiv
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Researchers from Oracle publish the details of three DNS hijacks against three payment processors.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/bgp-dns-hijacks-target-payment-systems
|
34baf139e78d9065
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Amnesty International
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
Amnesty International reveals to have been targeted by a campaign carried out via the surveillance malware developed by the Israel surveillance vendor, NSO Group.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2018/08/amnesty-international-among-targets-of-nso-powered-campaign/
|
5c707300b63fbb64
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Ghanem al-Masarir
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Nation-State
|
Saudi Arabia
|
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/reader-center/phone-hacking-saudi-arabia.html
|
b1e71c338d27ef8b
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
China
|
Hong Kong's Department of Health
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
Three computers at the Hong Kong Department of Health are hit by ransomware.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2158023/after-singapore-medical-data-hack-hong-kongs
|
c3626c80e89964a4
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
recruitmilitary.com
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A user called booloop a publishes a database containing over 850,000 US military officers personal information.
|
booloop
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/forum-post-claims-breach-of-850k-us-military-related-personal/
|
962bf30fa35c5c44
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Reddit
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Financial
|
Reddit discloses a breach of its systems that compromised user data including some current email addresses and salted and hashed passwords from a 2007 database backup. The attacker gained access to several employee accounts via SMS intercept between June 14 and June 18.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/93qnm5/we_had_a_security_incident_heres_what_you_need_to/
|
a26435971e5819ca
|
2018-08-01 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Yahya Assiri
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor targeted Yahya Assiri, a critic of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Nation-State
|
Saudi Arabia
|
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/reader-center/phone-hacking-saudi-arabia.html
|
1c26536deb7ae258
|
2018-07-31 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Borough of Matanuska-Susitna
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
The Borough of Matanuska-Susitna is hit by CryptoLocker. The attack took place on July 24 but was maybe dormant since May. The IT systems are not operational with some users starting to use typewriters.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-45032132
|
111793f70031523c
|
2018-07-31 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
City of Valdez
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
Also the City of Valdez is hit by CryptoLocker.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/alaska-city-borough-under-attack-by-cryptolocker/article/784776/
|
76ad2216b060ca69
|
2018-07-31 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Jersey Mike's Subs
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Jersey Mike's Subs warns some of their customers to change their account passwords to ensure account security. According to the email, the firm suspected a possible data breach at some third party.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/08/02/jersey-mikes-warns-customers-to-reset-passwords/
|
9d14956a9ef6ceaa
|
2018-07-30 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Undetermined
|
Altex Exchange
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Altex Exchange acknowledges that a double-counting bug in Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency did result in a major undisclosed financial loss.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/08/02/monero-wallet-bug-sees-altex-exchange-suffer-major-loss/
|
6d95e77082829f03
|
2018-07-30 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
New Zealand
|
Hwera High School
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
An anonymous computer hacker demands US$5000 from a Hwera High School to return course work they are holding for ransom.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/105913739/taranaki-high-school-in-digital-lockdown-after-hacker-demands-us5000-to-release-school-work
|
0cbb27b2f1b338f5
|
2018-07-30 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Switzerland
|
Spiez Laboratory
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Undetermined
|
The state-run Spiez laboratory near Bern, which analyzed the nerve agent samples from Salisbury, reveals to have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to the Russian government ahead of a conference of chemical and biological warfare.
|
GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/30/swiss-lab-analysed-salisbury-nerve-agent-says-targeted-russian/
|
090513583a3b6228
|
2018-07-30 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
UnityPoint Health
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
UnityPoint Health warns 1.4 million patients their information might have been breached by email hackers after a phishing attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishing-attack-strikes-unitypoint/
|
454520c7516d225d
|
2018-07-28 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Chile
|
Banks in Chile
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Additional 55,106 cards are leaked in Chile.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/chile-probes-credit-card-details-leak/?position=729004
|
fb60c112493acb6a
|
2018-07-28 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Confluence Health
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Confluence Health discloses a patient data breach after an employee email account is hacked on March 30 and May 28, 2018.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/confluence-health-discloses-patient-data-breach/
|
9f9bf63fdad43552
|
2018-07-28 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
India
|
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Undetermined
|
Alleged personal details of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma are leaked after he tweeted his 12-digit Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI number and challenged hackers.
|
@fs0c131y
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.latestly.com/india/aadhaar-details-of-trai-chief-leaked-after-he-tweets-his-uidai-number-throwing-security-breach-challenge-293454.html
|
1cf5487352091c59
|
2018-07-27 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Undetermined
|
Government agency in the Middle East
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 unveils a targeted attack against a government agency in the Middle East carried out by a threat actor dubbed DarkHydrus.
|
DarkHydrus
|
Nation-State
|
Undetermined
|
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-new-threat-actor-group-darkhydrus-targets-middle-east-government/
|
c9b56ce77de3dec5
|
2018-07-27 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Hudl football team
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Coaches for the football team at Braden River (Bradenton, Fla.), are caught using a college Hudl account to access opponents' game and practice videos.
|
Coaches for the football team at Braden River
|
Undetermined
|
Undetermined
|
https://usatodayhss.com/2018/school-nicknamed-the-pirates-steals-opponents-hudl-videos
|
9283e1ae70c416a5
|
2018-07-27 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Kaiser Permanente
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
Kaiser Permanente's Health Innovations website is defaced by Dohaeragon.
|
Dohaeragon
|
Hobbyist
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/hear-me-roar-kaiser-permanente-site-defaced-by-got-fans/
|
98b317b8abd458e3
|
2018-07-26 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Blue Springs Family Care
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
Healthcare provider Blue Springs Family Care discloses a ransomware attack resulting from an authorized access that may have also compromised 44,979 patients records.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/data-breach-at-blue-springs-family-care-endangers-patient-records-enables-ransomware-attack/article/784080/
|
b062f02fe4d816f5
|
2018-07-26 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Russian Federation
|
KICKICO
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
KICKICO, an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) project suffers a security breach. Attackers access the private key of the smart contract and as a result, steal more than 70 million KickCoins which is around $7.7 million.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/ico-hacked-hackers-steal-millions-kickico-blockchain/
|
63191c82135826bb
|
2018-07-26 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Prison-issued tablets
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Idaho prison officials announce in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability in their prison-issued tablets and have used it to assign nearly $225,000 worth of digital credits to their tablet accounts.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/364-inmates-hacked-prison-tablets-to-steal-money/
|
700415396d6a75cf
|
2018-07-26 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Yale University
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Yale University notifies members of breach that took place between 2008 and 2009, when a threat actor managed to access a database and exfiltrate names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The breach was discovered on June 16 this year.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.zdnet.com/article/yale-discloses-old-school-data-breach/
|
9e7d01484811f04e
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Chile
|
Banks in Chile
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Hackers from the Shadow Brokers gain access to some 14,000 credit card numbers in Chile and publish them on social media.
|
Shadow Brokers
|
Criminal
|
Russian Federation
|
https://gulfnews.com/news/americas/chile-reports-hack-of-14-000-credit-cards-1.2257221
|
b60a4990ad767ac1
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
City of Medford
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
1,842 Medford residents are impacted by a City of Medford data breach after the city's online utility billing service is infected with malware. The breaches happened between February 18th through March 14th and March 29th through April 16th.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/or-city-of-medford-notifies-1842-after-malware-attack/
|
42ccf134a76b76b7
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
China
|
COSCO
|
Transportation and Warehousing
| 48
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
A ransomware attack severely disables the U.S. network of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), one of the world's largest shipping companies.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/ransomware-attack-knocks-out-cosco-shipping-giants-american-network/article/783584/
|
535f296e5e9c734b
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Thailand
|
Kasikornbank (Kbank)
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Computer systems of Kasikornbank (Kbank) and Krungthai Bank (KTB) are compromised, affecting the security of the personal and corporate data of more than 120,000 customers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/data-leaks-at-2-thai-banks-spark-call-for-legal-safeguards
|
f2d720c7d7c21622
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Thailand
|
Krungthai Bank (KTB)
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Computer systems of Kasikornbank (Kbank) and Krungthai Bank (KTB) are compromised, affecting the security of the personal and corporate data of more than 120,000 customers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/data-leaks-at-2-thai-banks-spark-call-for-legal-safeguards
|
c1a04a38d866a526
|
2018-07-25 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Singapore
|
Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS)
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
The Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) announces to have suffered a breach. The breach occurred in 2013 and that the NRIC numbers, home addresses, email addresses, mobile and landline numbers of 70,000 people were compromised in the incident.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/singapore-securities-investor-database-breached-in-2013/article/783413/
|
0b1125824ca5b811
|
2018-07-24 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) International Mission Board announces to have suffered a data breach earlier this year (on April 11) exposing the personally identifiable information on its current and former employees, volunteers and applicants.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/southern-baptist-convention-imb-suffers-data-breach/article/782884/
|
908db3f487062452
|
2018-07-24 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
The National Bank of Blacksburg
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Brian Krebs reveals that hackers used phishing emails to break into The National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 million total. The breaches happened in May 2016 and January 2017.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/hackers-breached-virginia-bank-twice-in-eight-months-stole-2-4m/
|
7c5812c19af19db4
|
2018-07-24 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Verified @AlmostHumanFOX Twitter Account
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Mixed
|
Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
An apparent hacker is able to hack a discontinued TV show's verified Twitter account (@AlmostHumanFOX) to impersonate Justin Sun, the founder of the decentralized Tron currency and promote a cryptocurrency scam.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://mashable.com/2018/07/24/verified-twitter-hack-almost-human-fox-cryptocurrency-scam/?europe=true
|
b14d371d796b8b4d
|
2018-07-23 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
A "security incident" occurred on April 3 at a third-party vendor (Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC) may have compromised the personal information of employees, inmates and others involved with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/pa-state-dept-of-corrections-notifies-employees-inmates-of-online-security-incident-with-third-party-vendor/
|
d7bf1e1a1df3dba9
|
2018-07-23 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Undetermined
|
Etherscan.io
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
Visitors of the popular Ethereum blockchain explorer Etherscan.io are shown a pop-up message showing "1337" indicating the website has been compromised.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywkw9j/etherscan-l337-hack
|
a006fd210adc8bbc
|
2018-07-23 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
U.S. Utility Control Rooms
|
Utilities
| 22
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Homeland Security Officials reveal that attackers from the malicious actor Dragonfly AKA Energetic Bear might have accessed the control rooms of U.S. Energetic Utilities.
|
FSB 18th Center for Information Security (Berserk Bear)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-reach-u-s-utility-control-rooms-homeland-security-officials-say-1532388110
|
b5297095ca35f209
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Boys Town National Research Hospital
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Boys Town National Research Hospital discloses data breach that may have exposed PHI on 105,309 individuals. The hospital, on May 23, discovered unusual activity relating to an employee's email account.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://healthitsecurity.com/news/phi-of-105k-people-at-risk-in-boys-town-healthcare-data-breach
|
0e6885d66f5bde16
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Clark University
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Clark University in Massachusetts notifies some students whose personal information, including Social Security Numbers, were in an employee's email account that had been accessed between March 19 and March 23rd, amid a phishing attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/clark-university-notifies-students-of-phishing-incident/
|
80b56da1fdc3cca6
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Golden Heart Administrative Professionals
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Mixed
|
Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, a billing company and business associate of several healthcare providers in Alaska, notifies 44,600 individuals that some of their protected health information has potentially been accessed by unauthorized individuals.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hipaajournal.com/golden-heart-administrative-professionals-ransomware-attack-impacts-44600-patients/
|
76188449fe6ae92d
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
MedSpring Urgent Care
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
MedSpring Urgent Care notifies 13,000 patients after a phishing attack occurred on May 8.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/tx-medspring-urgent-care-notifies-13000-patients-after-phishing-attack/
|
395fd97ec7e66105
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
NorthStar Anesthesia
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
NorthStar Anesthesia notifies patients after some employee email accounts are compromised between April 3 and May 24, 2018.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/northstar-anesthesia-notifies-patients-after-employee-email-accounts-compromised/
|
7873fdfa6ab82ec7
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Australia
|
Ochre Health Wollongong
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
An unspecified cyber incident at Ochre Health Wollongong medical centre leaves patients without the possibility to access their patient data.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/au-patients-concerns-over-hacking-incident-at-ochre-health-wollongong/
|
01e0ccf3bd5a6673
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Russian Federation
|
PIR Bank of Russia
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
|
Financial
|
Cybercriminals part of the notorious hacking group MoneyTaker attack the PIR Bank of Russia and steal $1M. The hacking is carried out after infiltrating the bank's systems by compromising an old, outdated router. The router was installed at one of the regional branches of the bank.
|
MoneyTaker
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/hackers-attack-russian-bank-to-steal-1m-using-an-outdated-router/
|
27fc9ce32afa310c
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Singapore
|
SingHealth
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Singapore's largest health care group, SingHealth, reveals to have suffered a cyber attack to a company database in which attackers copied information belonging to roughly 1.5 million patients, including the country's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.reuters.com/article/singapore-cyberattack-symantec/state-sponsored-espionage-group-whitefly-behind-major-singapore-cyberattack-report-idUSL1N20T03V
|
bc33ac3cb37cda79
|
2018-07-20 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Three U.S. congressional candidates
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
Microsoft reveals to have helped the U.S. government to fend off attempts by Russia to hack into the campaigns of three congressional candidates earlier this year.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/microsoft-shares-evidence-russia-hacked-2018-congressional-candidates-house-votes-down-additional-state-election-funds/article/782184/
|
cf37a51397f129c9
|
2018-07-19 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
ComplyRight
|
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| 54
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Cloud-based human resources company ComplyRight reveals that a security breach of its Web site may have compromised sensitive consumer information ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ââ'¬Ã 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'âÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆ'Ã'â'ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ìÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''" including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ââ'¬Ã 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'âÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆ'Ã'â'ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ìÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆââ¬Â ''" from tax forms submitted by the company's thousands of clients on behalf of employees.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/human-resources-firm-complyright-breached/
|
f9c6ea5508356918
|
2018-07-19 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
Liverpool FC
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Liverpool FC's fan database is hacked resulting in a serious data breach for around 150 supporters. The club confirms that season ticket holder information - including home addresses and bank details - were stolen from a club email account.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-fc-hacked-club-admits-14929140
|
7ecacd983646ecce
|
2018-07-19 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Roblox
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
Roblox, a hugely popular online game for kids, is hacked by an individual who subverts the game's protection systems in order to have customized animations appear. This allows two male avatars to gang rape a young girl's avatar on a playground in one of the Roblox games.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/18/roblox-responds-to-the-hack-that-allowed-a-childs-avatar-to-be-raped-in-its-game/
|
e8eccccf4f93bab8
|
2018-07-18 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Adhoc
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Disruptive
|
Message Manipulation
|
Undetermined
|
The website of Adhoc, a Cambodian rights group, is defaced.
|
Turksiberkarargh
|
Nation-State
|
Cambodia
|
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hacked-07192018173610.html
|
dd1be15e41ef5363
|
2018-07-17 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
France
|
Ubisoft
|
Information
| 51
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Video game publisher Ubisoft suffers a series of massive DDoS attacks. As a result, several Ubisoft gaming servers face connectivity issues.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.hackread.com/ubisoft-games-hit-by-massive-ddos-attacks/
|
1cc9cb2414046271
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
City of Bozeman
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
The city of Bozeman says some customers that used its Click2Gov utility payment system in 2017 may have had their credit information stolen.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/mt-bozeman-says-security-breach-stole-some-utility-customers-credit-cards/
|
250540873a201dc4
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
LabCorp
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
LabCorp, the US' biggest blood testing laboratories network, announces that hackers breached its IT network over the weekend.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-network-of-labcorp-us-biggest-blood-testing-laboratories/
|
62f2d1b814cb799e
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
New Zealand
|
Mega
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Thousands of credentials for accounts associated with New Zealand-based file storage service Mega are published online. The text file contains over 15,500 usernames, passwords, and files names.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-mega-logins-dumped-online-exposing-user-files/
|
bf730d932187664b
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Southern College of Optometry
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
The Southern College of Optometry notifies an undisclosed number of students whose student loan information and Social Security numbers were in an employee email account that was hacked.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/southern-college-of-optometry-notifies-students-whose-loan-information-was-hacked/
|
3bec23f3e2dd45d1
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Sunspire Health
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Sunspire Health notifies an undisclosed number of individuals after several employee email accounts were accessed in a phishing attack between March 1, 2018 and May 4, 2018.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/sunspire-health-notifying-patients-after-employee-email-accounts-accessed-in-phishing-attack/
|
6e9513a7cff94fc6
|
2018-07-16 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Cole
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
UPMC Cole has notified 790 patients treated at UPMC Cole that their personal information may have been inappropriately accessed after two phishing attacks on June 7 and June 14.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/university-of-pittsburgh-medical-center-cole-notifies-patients-of-personal-data-breach/
|
c5366982b5a74dc4
|
2018-07-15 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Italy
|
Italian Military
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Political-Espionage
|
Security researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybersec reveal the details of Operation "Roman Holiday" an operation carried on by APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear) and targeting the Italian Military.
|
GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
|
Nation-State
|
Russian Federation
|
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/16/apt28_italian_job/
|
fc0afd622d2e5877
|
2018-07-15 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Philippines
|
League of Legends Philippines'
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
League of Legends Philippines' confirms an unauthorized modification in their client lobby code resulting in the injection of the Coinhive Monero miner.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/07/15/league-of-legends-philippines-attacked-by-coinhive-monero-mining-malware/
|
05001a725bb68970
|
2018-07-15 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
India
|
Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
The Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital in Mumbai is hit by a ransomware attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-ransomware-dadar-office-bitcoins-5281187/
|
271d77d4ebec1057
|
2018-07-14 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
China
|
ROMWE
|
Undetermined
| 99
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
E-commerce site ROMWE has been hacked with over 7.3 million passwords and emails stolen. The data theft is thought to have started in July 2018.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/__trashed-3/
|
c12ae7700220063f
|
2018-07-13 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Alive Hospice
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Alive Hospice notifies patients whose personal and protected health information were in employee emails that were accessed by an unknown person or persons beginning on December 20, 2017 and again on April 5, 2018 after two employees fell prey to phishing attempts.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alive-hospice-notice-of-data-privacy-event-300680932.html
|
e2525b701fc0ad35
|
2018-07-13 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Billings Clinic
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Billings Clinic discloses a breach exposing details of 8,400 patients. The organization detected anomalous activity on one of the employees' email accounts on May 14, 2018. The investigation revealed the account was compromised while the employee was travelling.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.billingsclinic.com/app/files/public/3296/Data-Breach-PDF-July2018.pdf
|
b03a58d121412dc4
|
2018-07-13 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Pennsylvania Department of Health
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
A government spokesman reveals that the Pennsylvania Department of Health's birth certificate system was shut down for nearly a week last month after someone hacked into an internal website but did not take or alter citizens records.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/pennsylvania-birth-certificate-system-hacked-no-records-stolen/
|
246d9fe7f9e62482
|
2018-07-12 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
UMC Physicians (UMCP)
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
UMC Physicians (UMCP) notifies patients who may have been affected by a recent data breach. On May 18, the UMCP IT team discovered an employee's email account was hacked on March 15, potentially compromising the personal health information of more than 18,000 patients.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/tx-umc-physicians-offers-identity-protection-to-18000-patients-after-data-breach/
|
b95bd8587190e442
|
2018-07-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Ammyy
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Researchers from ESET reveal that on June 13 or 14, the Ammyy website was compromised to serve a malware-tainted version of this otherwise legitimate software bundling the Kasidet trojan. To add an interesting twist to the incident, the attackers tried to hide their malicious activity behind the brand of the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/07/11/ammyy-admin-compromised-malware-world-cup-cover/
|
72ff5a9f6122e47b
|
2018-07-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Australia
|
Aviation ID Australia
|
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
| 56
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Undetermined
|
Aviation ID Australia, the company that issues Aviation Security Identity Cards (ASICs) is hacked and notifies hundreds of people that their ASIC application information may have been stolen.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/afp-investigating-airport-security-card-data-hack/9981796
|
3004609b30c74213
|
2018-07-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
BP
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
BP emails about 60,000 people who applied for jobs in its retail stores since 2008 to notify them they could have had their personal information accessed by hackers. The company originally thought about 10,000 applicants' data had been breached.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.databreaches.net/update-bp-data-breach-affected-60000-after-malware-attack-on-pageup-job-portal/
|
b3788fbfa17616b5
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2018-07-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Ukraine
|
Chlorine distillation plant in Ukraine
|
Utilities
| 22
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Data in Transit
|
Undetermined
|
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) reveals it stopped a cyber-attack with the VPNFilter malware on a chlorine distillation plant in the village of Aulska, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The SBU accuses Russia of operating the malware and launching the attack.
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Undetermined
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Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-it-stopped-a-vpnfilter-attack-on-a-chlorine-distillation-station/
|
8f803d2b2655d5d7
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2018-07-11 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Major international airport
|
Transportation and Warehousing
| 48
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
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Financial
|
While researching underground hacker marketplaces, researchers from McAfee discover that access linked to security and building automation systems of a major international airport could be bought for only US$10.
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Undetermined
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Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/organizations-leave-backdoors-open-to-cheap-remote-desktop-protocol-attacks/
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5ccc3c608350a693
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2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodia
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
Researchers from FireEye reveal a large scale operation from TEMP.Periscope, a Chinese cyber espionage group seeking to monitor the country's upcoming and contentious July 29 national elections.
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Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/07/chinese-espionage-group-targets-cambodia-ahead-of-elections.html
|
0995945caaeebc19
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodia National Rescue Party
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hacked-07192018173610.html
|
b0877f8969ea8ea7
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/07/chinese-espionage-group-targets-cambodia-ahead-of-elections.html
|
d1af06e50617317f
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/07/chinese-espionage-group-targets-cambodia-ahead-of-elections.html
|
970bd677b5c7457b
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian Ministry of the Interior
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/07/chinese-espionage-group-targets-cambodia-ahead-of-elections.html
|
49f75c6b010e2792
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian National Election Committee
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian National Election Committee.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hacked-07192018173610.html
|
a328fc2dcfb4aa06
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian People's Party
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hacked-07192018173610.html
|
9e3229489ad875a0
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Cambodian Senate
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Senate.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/07/chinese-espionage-group-targets-cambodia-ahead-of-elections.html
|
53f719a8d44dd435
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Career and Technology Education Centers (C-TEC)
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Career and Technology Education Centers (C-TEC) reveals it suffered a possible data breach earlier this year that could have exposed individuals' names and Social Security numbers. The breach happened on May 25 when an unauthorized person had access to a private file for several minutes.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/career-and-technology-education-centers-of-licking-county-acknowledge-possible-breach/article/780212/
|
52ee4d7f12278827
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Cass Regional Medical Center
|
Health Care and Social Assistance
| 62
|
Disruptive
|
Data Attack
|
Financial
|
Cass Regional Medical Center, a Missouri health care center, announces that they have been affected by an undisclosed ransomware. This incident affected their internal communications system and their electronic health record (EHR) system.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cass-regional-medical-center-hit-with-unidentified-ransomware/
|
64819b34e1150c32
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Cambodia
|
Monovithya Kem
|
Other Services (except Public Administration)
| 81
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Political-Espionage
|
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is Monovithya Kem, the daughter of a jailed opposition leader.
|
Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
|
Nation-State
|
China
|
https://apnews.com/article/0b52e20517a74b678cf5eae5d0e177ab
|
704722e0d38956fd
|
2018-07-10 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
U.S. Air Force
|
Public Administration
| 92
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Security Firm Recorded Future identifies an attempted sale of what is believed to be highly sensitive U.S. Air Force documents pertaining to the MQ-9 Reaper drone. The attack was carried on via the default FTP authentication credentials in Netgear routers.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.recordedfuture.com/reaper-drone-documents-leaked/
|
7a18e426f9896482
|
2018-07-09 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Switzerland
|
Bancor
|
Finance and Insurance
| 52
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Token creation platform Bancor goes offline following a "security breach" that sees the platform lose millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. The company lost roughly $13.5 million in the hack and the value of the coin quickly drops 14%.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.coindesk.com/token-platform-bancor-goes-offline-following-security-breach/
|
05c8ac1316b54df1
|
2018-07-09 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Gas station in Detroit
|
Transportation and Warehousing
| 48
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Sensors
|
Financial
|
Police in Detroit are looking into an apparent hack at a gas station that allowed people to steal more than 600 gallons of gas, valued at over $1,800. Authorities believe the thieves used some sort of remote device to take control of the pump.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
http://fortune.com/2018/07/09/hackers-gas-stations/
|
5667b9a79260a4fd
|
2018-07-09 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Macy's Inc.
|
Retail Trade
| 44
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
|
Financial
|
Macy's Inc. warns customers that hackers compromised the login information of some users of the retailer's websites. The suspicious activity took place from April 26 to June 12. A third party obtained valid usernames and passwords through websites not related to macys.com.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/07/09/macys-hit-by-data-breach.amp.html
|
7548d2aca2a6428f
|
2018-07-08 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Timehop
|
Information
| 51
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Financial
|
Timehop discloses a security breach that has compromised the personal data of 21 million users (essentially its entire user base). Around a fifth of the affected users have also had a phone number that was attached to their account breached in the attack.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/timehop-discloses-july-4-data-breach-affecting-21-million/
|
db730ac8b6b33d01
|
2018-07-07 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
United States of America
|
Blizzard Entertainment
|
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
| 71
|
Disruptive
|
External Denial of Service
|
Undetermined
|
Blizzard Entertainment is hit by a DDoS attack. Players of Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and World of Warcraft are affected.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.scmagazine.com/blizzard-hit-with-another-dos-attack-affecting-overwatch-heroes-of-the-storm-world-of-warcraft/article/780371/
|
962a3ca548532bd3
|
2018-07-06 00:00:00
| 2,018
|
Australia
|
Australian National University
|
Educational Services
| 61
|
Exploitive
|
Exploitation of Application Server
|
Industrial-Espionage
|
China-based hackers have successfully infiltrated the IT systems at the Australian National University, potentially compromising the home of Australia's leading national security college and key defence research projects.
|
Undetermined
|
Criminal
|
Undetermined
|
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-hackers-breach-anu-putting-national-security-at-risk-20180706-p4zq0q.html
|
Subsets and Splits
Cyber Attacks by Industry Since 201
Displays the number and percentage of events affecting different industries annually since 2019, highlighting significant trends and proportions.