List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2015
iSpeech
It’s a big list this month . There have been some interesting attacks and revelations this month, including the Imgur DDoS attack and the theft of six million US Government fingerprints. Passwords can be changed but fingerprints can’t.
Data breach
London’s 56 Dean Street clinic leaks HIV status of 780 patients
Data breach costs Comcast $33million
Large US health insurer announces mass data breach that occurred in December 2013
WHSmith ‘data breach’: Dozens of customers’ private details sent to others via mass emails
Nearly 80,000 college students affected by data breach
800,000 fans of the Kardashians left exposed after privacy blunder
Iron Tiger: How hackers have stolen terabytes of confidential data from US high-tech firms
About 2,800 Kentucky high school students notified of breach
CVS employee steals data on 55K Molina Healthcare members
Employee data on computer stolen from California Outback Steakhouse
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools breach affects 7,600 job applicants
Oakland Family Services notifies 16K clients of information breach
Hawaii credit union notifies customers of employee email breach
UCLA Health laptop stolen, contained data on about 1,200 patients
Hackers have stolen almost six million US Government fingerprints
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Cyber attacks and malware
Malware sneaks into the iOS App Store. What you need to know about XcodeGhost
NCA website falls foul of Lizard Squad DDoS attack
Imgur suffers DDoS attack on 4chan and 8chan servers
Bored Brazilian skiddie claims DDoS against Essex Police
Rutgers university’s computer network under attack; website, internet access down on campus
WhatsApp for web a malware risk
Energy department “successfully compromised” by more than 150 cyber attacks
xHamster adult site infects computers through malicious Sex Messenger ad
Malware hits the Google Play Android app store again (and again)
Forbes gives you another reason to run an ad blocker – by serving up malvertising for a week
PornHub, YouPorn hit in malvertising campaign
Payment card information
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Banks: Card Breach at Hilton Hotel Properties
Thousands of Lloyds Premier Bank customers have had their data “stolen” in security breach
Malware targets credit cards used at Pennsylvania Holiday Inn
Padlocks4Less website possibly compromised, payment cards at risk
About 2,500 customer credit cards affected in Mohu website breach
Malware on Maine hotel computer targets guest payment cards
GreenDispenser ATM malware found in the wild, stealing cash from banks
Fighting back against cyber crime
Danish man arrested after cyber attack on Auckland girl
Northampton boy arrested in Lizard Stresser ‘cyber attack’ investigation
Russian hacker behind massive data breach pleads guilty
Other
It’s not a tax rebate – it’s an HMRC phishing scam
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