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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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AnonSec violates the security of NASA

01/31/2016
The group of hackers AnonSec, acceded through brute force to the computer systems of NASA, taking over the personal data of more than 2400 employees, aircraft and weather radar videos and the...
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http://elchapuzasinformatico.com/
blog.segu-info.com.ar
panamaon.com
altf4.cl
theregister.co.uk
ibtimes.co.uk
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Information leakage

Hackers steal confidential information to Pearson VUE

11/23/2015
Pearson VUE, a company in charge of training and issue professional certificates that counts among its major clients Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, confirmed an attack of information theft. Pearson...
References: 
home.pearsonvue.com/
theregister.co.uk
welivesecurity.com
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Large luxury hotel chains are attacked

11/15/2015
Large luxury hotel chains such as Sheraton, Westin, Hilton, Trump have been victims of an attack between November 2014 and June 2015. Officials said a hosted malware in payment systems able to...
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krebsonsecurity.com
theregister.co.uk
Starwood Reports Payment-Information Data Breach
eleconomista.com.mx
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VTech Hack Exposes 4.8 Million Customers

11/14/2015
The toy company and electronic technology specialist VTech has confirmed the security breach suffered, by November 14, 2015, the Learning Lodge app store customer database, where users can download...
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motherboard.vice.com
troyhunt.com
vtech.com
reuters.com
elespanol.com
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13 Million Passwords Leaked From 000Webhost

10/28/2015
000Webhost, one of the main free hosting, has been attacked and leaked 13 millones password in plain text because the data did not have encryption. The company has been notified of the multiple...
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forbes.com
zdnet.com
nakedsecurity.sophos.com
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