List of security hacking incidents (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of security hacking incidents" in Simple English language version.

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9web.archive.org

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5cnn.com

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baltimoresun.com

Campbell, Ian Duncan, Colin. "Baltimore city government computer network hit by ransomware attack". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Zhang, Ian Duncan, Christine. "Analysis of ransomware used in Baltimore attack indicates hackers needed 'unfettered access' to city computers". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

bangordailynews.com

"Hacker wanted more than $100K to restore Maine city's computers". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

bbc.co.uk

"Israeli hacker retaliates to credit card hacking". BBC News. January 12, 2012.

bbc.com

"White House computer network 'hacked' - BBC". BBC. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
"Cyber-attack: Europol says it was unprecedented in scale". BBC News. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
"Global ransomware attack causes chaos". BBC News. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

beincrypto.com

Haaster, Dirk van (2023-10-17). "Navigating Challenges: CoinEx's Resilient Response to a $70 Million Hack and Lessons for the Crypto World". BeInCrypto. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

bitdefender.com

"Cyber attack forces live TV shows off-air on Australia's Channel 9". BitDefender.

bleepingcomputer.com

"Wattpad data breach exposes account info for millions of users". www.bleepingcomputer.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
"Chemical distributor pays $4.4 million to DarkSide ransomware". www.bleepingcomputer.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

cbc.ca

Apr 27, 2011 10:56 AM ET (April 27, 2011). "PlayStation data breach deemed in 'top 5 ever' - Business - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2011-04-29.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

cbs6albany.com

Staff, WRGB (2019-03-30). "City of Albany experiences cyber attack". WRGB. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

cnbc.com

Haselton, Todd (2017-09-07). "Credit reporting firm Equifax says data breach could potentially affect 143 million US consumers". cnbc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

cnet.com

"T-Mobile data breach 2021: Here's what it means for securing your data". CNET. Retrieved 2023-09-09.

cnn.com

edition.cnn.com

"Chinese hackers: No site is safe". CNN. March 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
Evan Perez; Shimon Prokupecz (8 April 2015). "How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House". CNN. Retrieved 17 December 2016. Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

money.cnn.com

"Jose Pagliery: The inside story of the biggest hack in history". 5 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
Larson, Selena (2017-11-22). "Uber's massive hack: What we know". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

cnn.com

CNN, Faith Karimi. "Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago". CNN. Retrieved 2019-06-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

cointelegraph.com

"CoinEx hack: Compromised private keys led to $70M theft". Cointelegraph. 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

coorms.com

Michael Angelo Santos. "Globe Website was Hacked by Blood Sec Hackers". Coorms.

courant.com

Rondinone, Nicholas. "Hackers Target Connecticut City, Force Officials To Pay $2,000 Ransom". courant.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

crn.com

"Trend Micro Victim Of Malicious Hack". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

cshub.com

Powell, Olivia (2023-09-18). "CoinEx loses $70 million in cyber attack". Cyber Security Hub. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

csoonline.com

Constantin, Lucian (2019-04-10). "Group behind TRITON industrial sabotage malware made more victims". CSO Online. Retrieved 2019-07-17.

dagbladet.no

Jonas Sverrisson Rasch. "News article about the arrests of Noria". Dagbladet. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

go.com

abcnews.go.com

"Plastic surgery clinics hacked; 25,000 photos, data online". Abcnews.go.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

googleblog.blogspot.com

"A new approach to China". Google Inc. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 17 January 2010.

govexec.com

Aitoro, Jill R. (March 5, 2008). "Defense officials still concerned about data lost in 2007 network attack". Government Executive. National Journal Group. Retrieved 2008-03-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

heavy.com

Mussa, Matthew (2017-04-30). "'The Dark Overlord', Netflix Hacker: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.

imemc.org

Ashkar, Alaa. "PA Telecommunications minister: Palestinian Internet Under Hacking Attacks". IMEMC. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

infoworld.com

McMillan, Robert (June 21, 2007). "Pentagon shuts down systems after cyberattack". InfoWorld. IDG. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

intel.com

"Lazy FP state restore". Intel. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

internethaber.com

"BM'nin sitesi hacklendi |Haber'in Doğru Adresi, Haber, Yerel Haber, Siyaset Haberleri, Sondakika Haberleri, Gazeteler, Haberler". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

justice.gov

"ISIL-Linked Kosovo Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison". Justice Department of the United States. 2016-09-23.

kotaku.com

Ashcraft, Brian. "Steam Forums Apparently Hacked". Kotaku.

latimes.com

Shalby, Colleen (2019-04-18). "Ryuk malware hacked a county government website. It's been down for 6 days". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

modernhealthcare.com

"Feds indict ransomware hackers of Allscripts, others". Modern Healthcare. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

networkworld.com

"Estonia recovers from massive denial-of-service attack - Network World". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims |NetworkWorld.com Community". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"FBI 'Bot Roast II: 1 million infected PCs, $20 million in losses and 8 indictments |NetworkWorld.com Community". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

newscentermaine.com

"Augusta city offices hit by computer virus". WCSH. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

npr.org

Sanders, Sam (4 June 2015). "Massive Data Breach Puts 4 Million Federal Employees' Records At Risk". NPR. Retrieved 5 June 2015.

nytimes.com

Markoff, John (2009-08-26). "Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
Stack, Liam (2017-12-06). "North Carolina County Refuses to Pay $23,000 Ransom to Hackers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
Chokshi, Niraj (2019-05-22). "Hackers Are Holding Baltimore Hostage: How They Struck and What's Next". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

pcworld.com

John P. Mello Jr. "Sesame Street Hacked, Porn Posted". PC World. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

politi.no

Kripos. "(Norwegian) Tre personer siktet for datainnbrudd". Kripos. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

politico.com

Romm, Tony; Geller, Eric. "WikiLeaks supporters claim credit for massive U.S. cyberattack, but researchers skeptical". POLITICO. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

readwrite.com

Saudi Hacker Threatens to Release 1 Million Israeli Credit Card Numbers, Curt Hopkins, 6 January 2012

reuters.com

Zengerle, Patricia; Cassella, Megan (2015-07-09). "Estimate of Americans hit by government personnel data hack skyrockets". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

rt.com

"Hackers seize unreleased Disney film, demand 'huge' Bitcoin ransom – report". RT International. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

seattletimes.com

"Plastic surgery clinics hacked; 25,000 photos, data online". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

simcoe.com

Adams, Ian (2018-05-01). "Wasaga Beach town hall computers seized by hackers". Simcoe.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

slashdot.org

it.slashdot.org

"Marriott,Hack,Extortion, Arrest and important websites hacked". Feb 3, 2012.

softpedia.com

news.softpedia.com

Kovacs, Eduard (26 September 2011). "700,000 InMotion Websites Hacked by TiGER-M@TE". softpedia. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

sophos.com

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Brenner, Bill (2017-05-16). "WannaCry: the ransomware worm that didn't arrive on a phishing hook". Naked Security. Retrieved 2017-05-18.

techcrunch.com

Ramaswamy, Anita (2022-01-20). "2FA compromise led to $34M Crypto.com hack". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-09-09.

theguardian.com

Garside, Juliette (February 9, 2012). "Apple supplier Foxconn hacked in factory conditions protest". The Guardian. London.
Hern, Alex (1970-01-01). "Hackers publish private photos from cosmetic surgery clinic | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
Hopkins, Nick (25 September 2017). "Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients' secret emails". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

thehackernews.com

Kumar, Mohit (26 March 2011). "Thousands of Bank of America Accounts Hacked !". The Hacker News - Biggest Information Security Channel. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Is Department of Defense (DoD), Pentagon, NASA, NSA secure?, TheHackerNews, May 14, 2011.

timesunion.com

Moench, Mallory (2019-03-31). "Albany cyber attack affecting records, police". Times Union. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

ubuntu.com

wiki.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Community (2018-05-21). "Variant4". Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

vice.com

motherboard.vice.com

"Hackers Stole 65 Million Passwords From Tumblr, New Analysis Reveals - Motherboard". Motherboard.vice.com. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2017-07-01.

washingtonpost.com

Flock, Elizabeth (January 3, 2012). "Saudi hackers say they published Israeli credit card information". The Washington Post.

web.archive.org

"Estonia recovers from massive denial-of-service attack - Network World". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims |NetworkWorld.com Community". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"BM'nin sitesi hacklendi |Haber'in Doğru Adresi, Haber, Yerel Haber, Siyaset Haberleri, Sondakika Haberleri, Gazeteler, Haberler". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"Trend Micro Victim Of Malicious Hack". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
"FBI 'Bot Roast II: 1 million infected PCs, $20 million in losses and 8 indictments |NetworkWorld.com Community". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
Kripos. "(Norwegian) Tre personer siktet for datainnbrudd". Kripos. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
"SCADA systems of 6 countries breached by Sl1nk". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
"Plastic surgery clinics hacked; 25,000 photos, data online". Abcnews.go.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
Ubuntu Community (2018-05-21). "Variant4". Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

wired.com

"The Inside Story of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin's $460 Million Disaster - WIRED". WIRED. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

witn.com

WITN. "FBI now investigating "RobinHood" ransomware attack on Greenville computers". www.witn.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

worldcat.org

Stack, Liam (2017-12-06). "North Carolina County Refuses to Pay $23,000 Ransom to Hackers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
Chokshi, Niraj (2019-05-22). "Hackers Are Holding Baltimore Hostage: How They Struck and What's Next". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

wsj.com

Barrett, Devlin (5 June 2015). "U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About four (4) Million People's Records, Officials Say". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
McWhirter, Joseph De Avila and Cameron. "Atlanta Hit With Cyberattack". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
Press, Associated. "Two Iranians Indicted in Atlanta on Cyber Crime Charges". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
Kamp, Scott Calvert and Jon. "Hackers Won't Let Up in Their Attack on U.S. Cities". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

zdnet.com

Cimpanu, Catalin. "Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
"Exclusive: Details of 10.6 million MGM hotel guests posted on a hacking forum". ZDNET. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

zerosecurity.org

"SCADA systems of 6 countries breached by Sl1nk". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-15.