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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1.5 million user data have been stolen from eSports

The managers of online gaming community ESEA (eSports Entertainment Association) have reported data leak of approximately 1.5 million user accounts. Among the stolen information were personal data...

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play.esea.net

csoonline.com

play.esea.net

ibtimes.co.uk

elespanol.com

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Information leakage

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Methbot, the largest and most profitable ad fraud operation

Security firm White Ops has reported an advertising fraud operation that would generate between $3 and $5 million per day focused on premium advertising videos. This operation would be controlled...

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whiteops.com

forbes.com

krebsonsecurity.com

thehackernews.com

cnn.com

nytimes.com

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Confirmed 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked

Yahoo has confirmed the theft of data linked to 1000 million user accounts. This unauthorized access took place in August of 2013, being a different case than the data theft that suffered at the...

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yahoo.tumblr.com

lavanguardia.com

krebsonsecurity.com

certsi.es

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

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New release of Mirai caused internet connection problems for 900.000 Deutsche Telekom customers

Along Sunday 26 November and Monday several attacks of what seems to be a new version of the botnet Mirai left disabled about 900,000 routers of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom. Affected Zyxel branded...

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pcworld.com

arstechnica.com

csoonline.com

abc.es

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DDoS attack on DNS service provider out of service to multiple sites like PlayStation Network and Twitter

The manage DNS service of Dyn, a cloud-based Internet Management company, suffered several DDoS attacks disrupted access to many sites as important as New York Times, Reddit, Twitter, Spotify,...

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tecnologia.elpais.com

elmundo.es

hub.dyn.com

krebsonsecurity.com

arstechnica.com

thenextweb.com

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Yahoo confirms a massive data breach of 500 millions of users

Yahoo has confirmed an users information leakage by the end of 2014, in what it is believed was a state-backed attack. The stolen information contains names, e-mail, hashed password made mostly...

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yahoo.tumblr.com

ft.com

elmundo.es

tecnologia.elpais.com

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Incident

Information leakage

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WADA documents leaked

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed attack by Russian ciber espionage group Tsar Team using spear phishing. The data leaked includes confidential medical record of USA participants in the...

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wada-ama.org

fancybear.net

theatlantic.com

marca.com

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100 million users of Russian website Rambler.ru leaked

The Russian website Rambler.ru, one of the most visited in the country, has suffered a leak of nearly 100 million accounts. Data published by LeakedSource come from a security breach suffered by...

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theregister.co.uk

zdnet.com

scmagazineuk.com

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Information leakage

Internet

43 million accounts from last.fm leaked

Mid 2012, last.fm reported a security incident and, as a preventive measure, asked users to change passwords. The stolen database in this incident has just been published, according to Leakedsource...

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last.fm

leakedsource.com

securityaffairs.co

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The FBI reports attacks against American voting system

FBI has reported evidence than foreign hackers have breached into electoral database in two states in the last weeks. In Illinois, personal data of 200.000 voters were stolen, an incident that...

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yahoo.com

washingtonpost.com

computerworld.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

1.5 million user data have been stolen from eSports

Methbot, the largest and most profitable ad fraud operation

Confirmed 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked

New release of Mirai caused internet connection problems for 900.000 Deutsche Telekom customers

DDoS attack on DNS service provider out of service to multiple sites like PlayStation Network and Twitter

Yahoo confirms a massive data breach of 500 millions of users

WADA documents leaked

100 million users of Russian website Rambler.ru leaked

43 million accounts from last.fm leaked

The FBI reports attacks against American voting system

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