Incidents  

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 15th, 2015
Software Bug in MetroPCS Website Dumps User Data in Cleartext

Software Bug in MetroPCS Website Dumps User Data in Cleartext

Data on every MetroPCS customer was easily accessible

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Victim's Mother Contacts Anonymous for Justice After Police Closes Rape Case

Victim's Mother Contacts Anonymous for Justice After Police Closes Rape Case

Public outcry forces police to reopen the case

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 8th, 2015
Bitcoin Transactions Were Under Attack for a Week, Prankster Reveals Himself

Bitcoin Transactions Were Under Attack for a Week, Prankster Reveals Himself

Transactions were being duplicated in a malleability attack

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 6th, 2015
Danish Bank Leaves Server in Debug Mode, Exposes Sensitive Information in JavaScript Comments

Danish Bank Leaves Server in Debug Mode, Exposes Sensitive Information in JavaScript Comments

Bank denies it was real user information, only test data

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 2nd, 2015
Thai Government Websites Hit by DDoS Attacks Following Plan to Restrict Internet Access

Thai Government Websites Hit by DDoS Attacks Following Plan to Restrict Internet Access

Thai people protest against the government's decision to hinder Internet access and increase censorship measures

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 30th, 2015
Despite New Equipment, Rutgers University Goes Down After DDoS Attack

Despite New Equipment, Rutgers University Goes Down After DDoS Attack

As with previous attacks, hacker Exfocus is to blame

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 29th, 2015
Anonymous Takes On Saudi Government over Teenager's Impending Execution <em>UPDATE</em>

Anonymous Takes On Saudi Government over Teenager's Impending Execution UPDATE

Anonymous tries a last ditch effort to convince the Saudi government to save Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's life

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 27th, 2015
Mobile Ad Network Used in DDoS Attack

Mobile Ad Network Used in DDoS Attack

The attack originated in China and used Chinese mobile users

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 22nd, 2015
Hackers Used Imgur to Launch DDOS Attacks on 4chan

Hackers Used Imgur to Launch DDOS Attacks on 4chan

Malicious code injected in Imgur images used a Reddit thread to bombard 4chan servers with millions of requests

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 20th, 2015
Three Symantec Employees Fired for Issuing Fake Google SSL Certificates

Three Symantec Employees Fired for Issuing Fake Google SSL Certificates

Symantec employees mistakenly leak test SSL certificates

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 11th, 2015
US Department of Energy Hacked 159 Times in 4 Years

US Department of Energy Hacked 159 Times in 4 Years

US DoE is a prime target for cyber-espionage groups

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 29th, 2015
Recent GitHub DDOS Linked to Chinese Government and Two GitHub Projects

Recent GitHub DDOS Linked to Chinese Government and Two GitHub Projects

China wanted two GitHub projects that circumvented the Great Chinese Firewall to be taken off the site

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 3rd, 2015
Indian Bank Passbooks Easy to Spoof to Reveal Customer Transactions

Indian Bank Passbooks Easy to Spoof to Reveal Customer Transactions

UCO Bank and Canara Bank passbook printing devices affected

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • July 6th, 2015
Individuals with Anxiety Disorder Get Their Emails Leaked

Individuals with Anxiety Disorder Get Their Emails Leaked

The incident has significant impact on the mental state

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • July 3rd, 2015
Privacy Blunder Exposes Mozilla Developers’ Phone Numbers

Privacy Blunder Exposes Mozilla Developers’ Phone Numbers

Privacy incidents can happen to more technical users, too

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • July 2nd, 2015
Harvard University Announces Cyber Intrusion

Harvard University Announces Cyber Intrusion

Institution urges affiliates to change their passwords

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • June 25th, 2015
Card Breach Incident Investigated at Hersheypark

Card Breach Incident Investigated at Hersheypark

Banks and guest reports point to breach at amusement park

 
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