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Amazon password reset email states that a list of login credentials was found posted online — Although, it is unclear how many accounts were found but if you are an Amazon customer simply change your password now. Amazon, the electronic commerce giant is sending emails to its registered customers urging them to change their passwords […]
Dating sites are the best platforms for cyber criminals to steal data but why hack when data itself is available for the public. The Security Research Center at MackKeeper discovered an unprotected and poorly configured database of New Zealand-based company C&Z Tech Limited. They run cheating and dating websites such as ”haveafling.mobi, haveafling.co.nz, haveanaffair.co.nz, haveanaffair.mobi and hookupdating.mobi.” It is unclear how […]
The targeted site is called NewSeaSims and provides custom content for SIMS2 and SIMS3 video games. A hacker going by the handle of “Websites Hunter” who was previously found leaking personal details of Kuwait Automotive Imports Company’s customers is back with another hack. This time, he has breached a website that offers custom content for Sims video […]
2.9 Million voters’ data means the entire State of Louisiana — It shows how vulnerable the US cyber infrastructure is. In June 2016 HackRead exclusively reported about a hacker who was selling a quarter Million State of Louisiana drivers’ licence database on the Darknet. Now, a security researcher has discovered a publicly available database named ‘lavoter’ containing voters’ […]
Hackers Expose Passwords of 6.6million Pay-to-click ad service site ClixSense Users — Worse for users the passwords were stored in plain text. ClixSense is one company that offers high rate for viewing ads or completing online surveys, making searches on Google and categorizing videos or pictures online. The company also runs an affiliate network under […]
Anonymous ‘Fancy Bears’ hacking group claims it hacked World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sports server and leaked documents that show top American athletes were caught doping. A group of hackers calling themselves Anonymous Fancy Bears have claimed to hack the official website of World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport (WADA-CAS) […]
A group of hackers going by the online handle of “Expl.oit” or “Exploit” hacked the official website of Exile Mod gaming forum on Sunday the 28th of August 2016 and leaked personal details of 11,902 registered users. The two hackers from the group @Allergically and @pr0jekkt contacted HackRead with in-depth details about their latest hack but the reason […]
Rambler.ru becomes the latest target of cyber-attack- 100 million users at risk of exposure. It is called Russia’s answer to Yahoo. It is very popular in Russia and hundreds and thousands of users are actively using it.. it is called Rambler.ru and today, it is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The popular […]
Dropbox says the hack was related to a security incident in 2012 Last week, after discovering a file containing salted and hashed passwords of Dropbox users, the online storage giant issued a mass password reset for all those accounts who hadn’t changed their passwords since 2012. Now, Motherboard reports that in 2012, Dropbox suffered a security breach where […]
Someone hacked the Infowars website and stole thousands of accounts belonging to its registered users — The accounts were found on an underground hacking forum. Alex Jones, a hardcore Donald Trump supporter, radio show host, documentary filmmaker and conspiracy theorist had his site hacked by unknown attackers who stole login account credentials of tens of […]
Some hack for a reason, some hack for no reason and some hack to teach others a lesson — This hack is to teach bad admins a lesson. A hacker going by the handle of “Websites Hunter” on Twitter breached into the server of Kuwait Automotive Imports Company (Kaico.net) and stole personal details of 10,000 customers on […]
Another day another hack — This time, it’s Mail.Ru, a Russian Internet company hacked due to a security flaw in vBulletin forum software. A group comprising of just two hackers hacked Russia’s biggest internet company Mail.ru and stole a trove of data from forums hosted on the company’s server between July and August 2016. The total data which is […]
Last month Wikileaks published emails stolen from Turkish ruling party AKP — Now, a researcher has presented a report showing the AKP emails contain malware attachments! A security researcher, Vesselin Bontchev, claims to have found malware in several downloadable files in the leaked data dump published by WikiLeaks from the Turkish ruling party (AKP) server. […]
A Ukrainian hacking group ”Pravyy Sector” has breached the servers of Central Ohio Urology Group (COUG) and leaked a trove of data and by trove we mean TROVE!! A group of Ukrainian hackers going by the handle of Pravyy Sector has contacted HackRead with a data breach and it’s shockingly massive. It happened yesterday on Twitter when Pravyy […]
The pro-transparency publisher WikiLeaks has released voicemails in mp3 files downloaded from email records it leaked last week! After leaking Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails last week WikiLeaks has now released voicemails belonging to some top Democratic officials. According to tweets from WikiLeaks, the leaked files include 29 phone calls, totaling about 14 minutes. RELEASE: The DNC recordings […]
Anonymous hackers are conducting cyber attacks on Turkish cyberspace, especially after the failed coup — Latest target is Izmir Gaz company! The online hacktivist Anonymous conducted a cyber attack on the website of Izmir Gaz, a Turkish-based Energy and Gas contractor headquartered in Izmir city on Turkey’s Aegean coast. The motive behind the attack was to protest against President Recep […]
WikiLeaks’ latest DNC email data dump is part one of organization’s new Hillary Leaks series — However, it also contains personal and financial data of innocent donors. The world looks at WikiLeaks as a source for exclusive information from the secret world of governments running the world and the world’s elite — While there is absolutely no […]
Hackers are selling Thomson Reuters World-Check terrorist database on Dark Net — They claim the database is proven legit! In two separate listings, two hackers going by the handles of DataDirect and BestBuy are selling a database which they claim is actually the Thomson Reuters World-Check terrorist database containing details about activities of alleged terrorists. The database […]
A hacker has been selling a medical database of 34,000 Patients from Bronx, New York in Bitcoins 20.0000 (13173.80 US Dollar). Last month we brought you an in-depth report on massive multiple US healthcare insurance databases of 655,000 patients which were being sold on the Dark Net. Now, the same “thedarkoverlord” hacker is selling healthcare database of more 34,000 patients from […]
Anonymous has hacked into the servers of Armscor, a South African arms procurement agency and leaked financial data belonging to agency’s officials, clients and trade details! The operation OpAfrica has found another victim, this time, it’s the Pretoria-based arms procurement agency Armscor or Armaments Corporation of South Africa. The breach which took place just a […]
Poland’s second largest telecom company Netia has suffered a data breach in which personal details of its users and clients have been leaked online! A Ukrainian hacker going by the handle of Pravy Sektor has breached the servers of Poland’s telecom company Netia SA and stole a massive trove of data a couple of days […]