Although July hasn’t been as bad as June in terms of attacks and breaches, it’s still been a very bad month. For the second month running we have seen a business fold due to a data leak, and this one wasn’t caused by an attacker.
Data Breaches
Massive Paddy Power hack: nearly 650,000 customers’ records stolen
HotelHippo.com Closes after Data Leak
CNET Hacked, One Million Users’ Data Stolen
eBay has suffered a security breach for the second time this year
Information Commissioner’s Office Suffers Data Security Breach
Hacker claims breach of Wall Street Journal and Vice websites, punts ‘user data’ for sale
Former Thomas Cook subsidiary fined £150,000 over internet security breach
Penn State College of Medicine breach risks alumni Social Security numbers
Attacker accesses the systems of Onsite Health Diagnostics, 1700 affected
Payment Information
Thousands notified of six-month payment card breach at The Houstonian Hotel
Card Breach at Goodwill Industries
Australian daily deals site discloses data breach after three years
$3.75 Billion Brazilian Boleto Malware Attack
DDOS Attacks
DDOS takes down Cirrus Communications
Attackers install DDoS bots on Amazon cloud, exploiting Elasticsearch weakness
Norway banks hit in largest-ever DDoS attack, Anonymous ‘takes credit’
Other attacks, breaches and mistakes
Chinese cyber attack forces computer shutdown at Canada’s National Research Council
Israeli TV hijacked by Hamas hackers
Energy Firms Hacked by Cyber Espionage Group ‘Dragonfly’
Document posted to California city website, employee data accessed
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