Incidents  

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 5th, 2015
Anthem Health Insurer Breached, Data on Millions Exposed

Anthem Health Insurer Breached, Data on Millions Exposed

Company to email breach notifications, offers free identity protection service to affected individuals

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 5th, 2015
Possible Data Breach Discovered at Marriott Hotels Run by White Lodging

Possible Data Breach Discovered at Marriott Hotels Run by White Lodging

Banks alert of fraudulent card activity, inquiry is ongoing

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 4th, 2015
Cancer Foundation Alerts of Patients’ Personal Info Exposure

Cancer Foundation Alerts of Patients’ Personal Info Exposure

Affected individuals get free identity protection service

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 2nd, 2015
Book2Park.com Service Hacked, Customer Cards Are Up for Sale

Book2Park.com Service Hacked, Customer Cards Are Up for Sale

Web server has been cleaned of malicious files

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 2nd, 2015
HipChat Warns of Security Breach

HipChat Warns of Security Breach

Less than two percent affected, users should change password

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • February 2nd, 2015
Raptr Networking Service Hacked, User Data Compromised

Raptr Networking Service Hacked, User Data Compromised

CEO suggests that salt was not applied to passwords

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 29th, 2015
Great Firewall of China Mis-Configuration Raises Suspicion of DDoS Attack

Great Firewall of China Mis-Configuration Raises Suspicion of DDoS Attack

Sucuri systems received thousands of requests per second

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 28th, 2015
ValuePetSupplies.com Announces Data Breach

ValuePetSupplies.com Announces Data Breach

Hackers have all they need for fraudulent transactions

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 28th, 2015
Taylor Swift’s Twitter and Instagram Hijacked, Hackers Threaten with Nude Leaks

Taylor Swift’s Twitter and Instagram Hijacked, Hackers Threaten with Nude Leaks

Unauthorized tweets removed, hacker accounts suspended

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 27th, 2015
Two-Foot Drone Hits White House [AP]

Two-Foot Drone Hits White House [AP]

No harm done, but emergency services were deployed

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 26th, 2015
Prankster Calls UK Prime Minister Pretenting to Be GCHQ Boss

Prankster Calls UK Prime Minister Pretenting to Be GCHQ Boss

Conversation was brief, PM sensed something was untrue

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 26th, 2015
Data of 20 Million Users Stolen from Dating Website

Data of 20 Million Users Stolen from Dating Website

Info includes Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo emails

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 26th, 2015
Lizard Squad, Cyber Caliphate Hack Malaysia Airlines Website

Lizard Squad, Cyber Caliphate Hack Malaysia Airlines Website

Hackers claim possession of database with client details

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 26th, 2015
Ransomware Scam Pushes Teen to Suicide

Ransomware Scam Pushes Teen to Suicide

17-year-old was greatly distressed by the message

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 22nd, 2015
Ad Fraud Malware Is Distributed Through Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit

Ad Fraud Malware Is Distributed Through Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit

Windows File Explorer process used for ad fraud calls

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 21st, 2015
Le Monde Tweets “Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie,” Hackers at Fault

Le Monde Tweets “Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie,” Hackers at Fault

Syrian Electronic Army tried to publish article in Le Monde

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 20th, 2015
The Dirty Gossip Website Knocked Offline

The Dirty Gossip Website Knocked Offline

Distributed denial of service or technical issue

 
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