New York Times Malvertising Cyber Attack

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In February 2015, a Swedish forum called Flashback was hacked and senstive data from 40,000 members was stolen, sold and published in a tabloid newspaper. The type of information stolen was email addresses, government issued IDs, home addresses and social security numbers.

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In April 2013, hackers breached the online video game Dungeons & Dragons Online and stole 1.6 million player account information including date of birth, email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

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In September 2015, a discussion forum for the Final Fantasy video game was breached and 620,000 player records were stolen including email addresses, passwords and usernames.

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In 2013, the Crack Community forum, which allows users to discuss cracks in games and ways to get access to other websites, was hacked and more than 19,000 member account information including email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames was stolen and published online.

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In February 2014, Cannabis.com's online forum was breached and more than 227,000 accounts and 10,000 private messages were stolen. The hack included dates of birth, email addresses, geo location, passwords, Instant Messager IDs, IP addresses and usernames.

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In February 2016, a Russian gaming company called Nival was hacked in an effort to protest the foreign policy stance of the country against Ukraine. The hack resulted in more than 1.5 million user accounts being stolen including avatars, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, languages and usernames.

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In April 2014, the website for Business Acumen Magazine, was hacked and 26,000 member account information was stolen including email addresses, names, passwords and usernames.

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In March 2014, Boxee, a home theater PC software company, was hacked and approximately 160,000 customer records were stolen that contained dates of birth, email addresses, geo location passwords, Instant Messenger IDs, IP addresses, private messages and usernames.

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In June 2014, the SEO forum, Black Hat World, was hacked and approximately 750,000 member accounts were breached. Hackers stole dates of birth, email addresses, Instant Messenger IDs, IP addresses, password and usernames.

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In April 2014, the website bigmoneyjobs.com was hacked and information from more than 36,000 custumer accounts were taken including career and education levels, email address, home addreses, names, passwords, phone numbers and website activity.

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In February 2014, Bell Canada, the telecommunications company, was hacked and and 40,000 customer records were stolen that included credit card, gender, password and username information.

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In June 2011, a hacker group infiltrated the game Battlefield Heroes and stole 500,000 players' passwords and usernames.

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In May 2014, Avast, anti-virus forum, was hacked and approximately 423,000 member email addresses, passwords and usernames were stolen.

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In December 2013, an online forum for AstroPID, a website that provides tips on fraudulently obtaining goods and services, was hacked and approximately 6,000 email addresses, Instant Messenger IDs, IP addresses, names, passwords, private messages and usernames was stolen and publicly published.

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In May 2013, AhaShare.com, which is a torrent website, was breached and more than 180,000 email addresses, genders, geo locations, IP addresses, passwords, usernames and year of births were stolen and published for the public to view.

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In November 2014, Acne.org, which is a website about the skin disease, was hacked and resulted in more than 430,000 forum members' dates of birth, email address, IP addresses, passwords and usernames being stolen and traded in underground forums.

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In July 2012, the Yahoo! online publishing service called Voices was breached and almost 500,000 email addresses, passwords and usernames were stolen and published.

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In November 2013, Xsplit, a gaming live streaming and re-coding software, was hacked and nearly 3 million user email addresses, names, passwords and usernames were published online.