The list of cyber attacks just keeps growing
and this is just a partial listing many more have been reported. 2015 will be even more prolific.
January
1 January, 2014 – 1.1 MILLION customers’ credit card data was swiped in Neiman Marcus breach
20 January, 2014 – Credit Card Details of 20 Million South Koreans Stolen
21 January, 2014 – Microsoft blog hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
24 January, 2014 – CNN website, Twitter and Facebook hijacked by Syrian Electronic Army
25 January, 2014 – Michaels Stores confirms payment card information compromised in breach
February
5 February, 2014 – Texas health system attacked, data on more than 400K compromised
14 February, 2014 – Forbes.com Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army Because of “Hate for Syria”
16 February, 2014 – Kickstarter hacked: Passwords, phone numbers, and phone numbers stolen
24 February, 2014 – YouTube ads spread banking malware
25 February, 2014 – Mt. Gox exchange goes dark as allegations of $350 million hack swirl
March
10 March, 2014 – Hackers steal 12 million customer records from South Korean phone giant
14 March, 2014 – Credit Card Breach at California DMV
17 March, 2014 – Morrisons employee arrested following data breach involving details of 100k staff
20 March, 2014 – EA Games website hacked to phish Apple IDs from users
28 March, 2014 – Malware in 34 Spec’s stores, payment data compromised for 550K
April
7 April, 2014 – Germany suffers biggest ever data breach in its history
8 April, 2014 – The Heartbleed bug: serious vulnerability found in OpenSSL cryptographic software library
15 April, 2014 – German space centre endures cyber attack
15 April, 2014 – Welsh Councils break DPA 2.5 times a week
22 April, 2014 – Iowa State server breach exposes SSNs of nearly 30,000
29 April, 2014 – Security breach at AOL. Users told to change passwords
May
8 May, 2014 – Orange Suffers Data Breach Again, 1.3 Million Affected
9 May, 2014 – WooThemes users notified of payment card breach, 300 reports of fraud
21 May, 2014 – eBay Suffers Cyber Attack, Users Asked to Change Passwords
27 May, 2014 – Avast Suffers Cyber Attack; 400,000 users affected
June
14 June, 2014 – P.F. Chang’s Confirms Credit Card Breach
17 June, 2014 – Hackers Takeaway Domino’s Pizza Customer Data; More Puns Inside
19 June, 2014 – Hacker puts Code Spaces out of business
19 June, 2014 – Sun and Sunday Times Websites Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
22 June, 2014 – British Gas Help Twitter account hacked, customers pointed towards phishing sites
23 June, 2014 – ‘Most sophisticated DDoS’ ever strikes Hong Kong democracy poll
25 June, 2014 – European Bank Hit by Cyber Attack; £400,000 stolen
July
1 July, 2014 – Energy Firms Hacked by Cyber Espionage Group ‘Dragonfly’
4 July, 2014 – $3.75 Billion Brazilian Boleto Malware Attack
8 July, 2014 – HotelHippo.com Closes after Data Leak
15 July, 2014 – CNET Hacked, One Million Users’ Data Stolen
16 July, 2014 – Information Commissioner’s Office Suffers Data Security Breach
23 July, 2014 – eBay has suffered a security breach for the second time this year
31 July, 2014 – Gizmodo Brazil hacked, fake Adobe Flash download opens backdoor
31 July, 2014 – Massive Paddy Power hack: nearly 650,000 customers’ records stolen
August
5 August, 2014 – Goodwill and FBI Investigate Possible Security Breach
15 August, 2014 – Supervalu supermarket chain begin investigating possible data breach
19 August, 2014 – US Cyber Crime Goes Nuclear: NRC Computers Hacked THREE Times
21 August, 2014 – Over 50 UPS franchises hit by data breach
27 August, 2014 – Norwegian oil industry under attack by hackers
27 August, 2014 – Records of 25,000 Homeland Security Employees Stolen in Cyber Attack
28 August, 2014 – FBI Probes Possible Hacking Incident at J.P. Morgan
September
4 September, 2014 – Home Depot suffers breach that may be larger than Target’s
5 September, 2014 – 800k Payment Cards Compromised in Goodwill Industries Breach
5 September, 2014 – ObamaCare Website Hacked
18 September, 2014 – Home Depot: 56M Cards Impacted, Malware Contained
23 September, 2014 – 880,000 Affected by Viator Payment Card Breach
25 September, 2015 – Payment card data stolen in Jimmy John’s data breach
29 September, 2014 – Hundreds of US Stores Affected as POS Provider is Hacked
30 September, 2014 – SuperValu compromised again – for the second time in three months
October
3 October, 2014 – JPMorgan suffers data breach affecting 76 million customers
10 October, 2014 – Dairy Queen data breach hits 395 stores
14 October, 2014 – ‘Big K’ raided by hackers: Kmart warns customers after malware discovered
21 October, 2014 – Staples stores investigated: suspected payment card breach
23 October, 2014 – POODLE attack digs up downgrade flaw in TLS
29 October, 2014 – White House unclassified network hacked
November
7 November, 2014 – Home Depot admits 53 million email addresses stolen in data breach
13 November, 2014 – Data breach affects 2.7 million HSBC Turkey cardholders
17 November, 2014 – US State Department network shut amid reports of cyber breach
18 November, 2014 – Staples confirms POS malware attack
25 November, 2014 – Sony Pictures Entertainment hacked
27 November, 2014 – Syrian Electronic Army attack on Gigya affects Telegraph, Independent, Evening Standard…
December
4 December, 2014 – Possible credit card breach at Bebe Stores
11 December, 2014 – Union Station parking lot suffers suspected data breach
11 December, 2014 – Electronic payment company CHARGE Anywhere suffers five-year breach
15 December, 2014 – Personal information leaked in University of California, Berkeley, data breach
19 December, 2014 – KeyPoint cyber attack compromises 48,000 federal employees
22 December, 2014 – Staples confirm details of six-month breach, 1.16 million cards affected
Summary
It’s not been a good year and we should expect an even worse year in 2015. It appears we’ll be going into 2015 with mystery still hanging over the Sony story. And don’t forget: we’re still waiting for an update from Bebe stores on their breach.
