Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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Filtered more than 3 TB of data belonging to VEVO

The group of hackers OurMine, responsible for different security incidents in recent months has returned to be the protagonist of another attack in which VEVO, the streaming video company, has been...

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thehackernews.com

npr.org

variety.com

hackread.com

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Robbed personal data of 143 million users of Equifax.

The US company Equifax, which is dedicated to making credit reports to citizens so that they can or can not access loans, has been hacked for several weeks from mid-May to the end of July. Among...

References:

equifaxsecurity2017.com

cnbc.com

thehackernews.com

xataka.com

elpais.com

money.cnn.com

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28 million Taringa accounts, hacked

According to LeakBase, the popular social network Taringa has suffered an attack on its servers that has obtained data from almost 28 million users of the platform. Filtered data contains usernames...

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thehackernews.com

hackread.com

adslzone.net

gizmodo.com

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Information leakage

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New cyberattack to Scottish health services

The hospital service in the Lanarkshire township in Scotland has again been the victim of a cyber attack similar to the well-known WannaCry, which infected more than 300,000 computers in 150...

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ibtimes.co.uk

firstpost.com

bbc.com

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Hacked accounts in social networks of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona

The official accounts on Twitter and Facebook of Futbol Club Barcelona were hacked, welcoming the club to player Ángel Di María, current player of Paris Saint-Germain. In addition, a few days later...

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certsi.es

marca.com

independent.co.uk

en.as.com

telegraph.co.uk

elpais.com

antena3.com

lavanguardia.com

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Committed the official Twitter and Facebook accounts of PlayStation

The group of hackers OurMine took control of the official accounts of Twitter and Facebook of PlayStation publishing a message asking that if you were a worker of PlayStation you put in contact...

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thehackernews.com

meristation.as.com

redeszone.net

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Theft of $ 500,000 in Ethereum from the Enigma platform

The popular Enigma cryptonegon platform has suffered the theft of about $ 500,000 in Ethereum. According to the official website itself, an "unknown entity" compromised its website, uploading a...

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thehackernews.com

cryptocoinsnews.com

reddit.com

hackread.com

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Cryptocurrency

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Incident

The Scottish Parliament, victim of a cyber attack

The Scottish parliament has been the victim of a brute force attack on their systems in order to access e-mail accounts and other on-line services of parliamentarians. According to Paul Grice, the...

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independent.co.uk

theregister.co.uk

news.sky.com

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Cybercrime

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Internet

Hackers filter unreleased HBO content

The HBO television channel has been the victim of a cyberattack in which 1.5 terabytes of data belonging to the network have been stolen. This information includes unpublished scripts and episodes...

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ew.com

hackread.com

hipertextual.com

xataka.com

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A security bug paralyzes LexNet

LexNet, the telematic notification manager of the Ministry of Justice, had to be temporarily disabled to correct a security breach. The incident was reported by the dean of the Cartagena Bar...

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elmundo.es

mjusticia.gob.es

20minutos.es

elconfidencial.com

microsiervos.com

eldiario.es

elconfidencial.com

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Information leakage

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Vulnerability

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Filtered more than 3 TB of data belonging to VEVO

Robbed personal data of 143 million users of Equifax.

28 million Taringa accounts, hacked

New cyberattack to Scottish health services

Hacked accounts in social networks of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona

Committed the official Twitter and Facebook accounts of PlayStation

Theft of $ 500,000 in Ethereum from the Enigma platform

The Scottish Parliament, victim of a cyber attack

Hackers filter unreleased HBO content

A security bug paralyzes LexNet

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