Incidents  

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 21st, 2008
Obama's Phone Records Compromised

Obama's Phone Records Compromised

The unauthorized access has been discovered by the phone company

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 21st, 2008
U.S. Army Bans Removable Media Devices

U.S. Army Bans Removable Media Devices

In order to contain a worm outbreak on its networks

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 19th, 2008
Computer Virus Outbreak Hits London Hospitals

Computer Virus Outbreak Hits London Hospitals

Emergency procedures affect normal activities

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 18th, 2008
Popular Anti-fraud British Website DDoSed by Cyber-Crooks

Popular Anti-fraud British Website DDoSed by Cyber-Crooks

The massive botnet-based attack originates from Russia

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 17th, 2008
Personal Records of Thousands of Dental Patients Compromised

Personal Records of Thousands of Dental Patients Compromised

The data was stored on a hacked server belonging to the University of Florida

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 17th, 2008
Cybercriminals Move Fast as McColo Takes a Short Breath of Air

Cybercriminals Move Fast as McColo Takes a Short Breath of Air

A few hours of uptime were enough for the online crooks to move some of their infrastructure

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 10th, 2008
The White House Network Hacked Multiple Times

The White House Network Hacked Multiple Times

Inside sources claim the attacks originated in China

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 10th, 2008
New Massive Wave of Web Hacks

New Massive Wave of Web Hacks

As much as 10,000 websites compromised in only two days

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • November 6th, 2008
Sensitive Data Leak Incident Hits the Bank of Ireland

Sensitive Data Leak Incident Hits the Bank of Ireland

Almost 900 customer details stored on a USB stick were lost

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 28th, 2008
Phishing Attack Uses Yahoo HotJobs XSS Vulnerability

Phishing Attack Uses Yahoo HotJobs XSS Vulnerability

Attackers stole authentication cookies by injecting malicious code into the Yahoo! HotJobs website

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 23rd, 2008
The Ohio Secretary of State Website Has Been Hacked

The Ohio Secretary of State Website Has Been Hacked

The website is used to register voters for the upcoming general election

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 21st, 2008
The President of France Falls Victim to Online Banking Fraud

The President of France Falls Victim to Online Banking Fraud

Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account has been compromised

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 14th, 2008
Hundreds of Tampered Chip and Pin Devices Spread in Stores Across Europe

Hundreds of Tampered Chip and Pin Devices Spread in Stores Across Europe

The scam is considered one of the biggest of its kind

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 13th, 2008
Hundreds of Thousands of Employee Personal Records Lost

Hundreds of Thousands of Employee Personal Records Lost

The information was stored on a stolen laptop that belongs to Deloitte

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 13th, 2008
World Bank Denies the Compromise of Employee Records

World Bank Denies the Compromise of Employee Records

A report claims World Bank sensitive data has been compromised

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 6th, 2008
T-Mobile Loses the Personal Information of 17 Million Subscribers

T-Mobile Loses the Personal Information of 17 Million Subscribers

The incident happened in 2006 and the company kept it a secret for more than two years

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 3rd, 2008
South Korean Military Equipment Development Secrets Compromised by Hackers

South Korean Military Equipment Development Secrets Compromised by Hackers

Spyware was identified on the networks of two critically important manufacturers

 
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