North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646

a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked

Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.

NASA discovered a data breach in October involving employee info, including Social Security numbers; scope of breach and number of impacted employees unclear

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-discloses-data-breach/

Twitter bug leaks phone number country codes – TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/17/twitter-country-code-leak/

The concern here is that malicious actors could have used the security flaw to figure out in which countries accounts were based, which could have ramifications for whistleblowers or political dissidents.

We Broke Into A Bunch Of Android Phones With A 3D-Printed Head

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/12/13/we-broke-into-a-bunch-of-android-phones-with-a-3d-printed-head/

For all four Android phones, the spoof face was able to open the phone, though with differing degrees of ease. The iPhone X was the only one to never be fooled.

Bitcoin scammers send bomb threats worldwide, causing evacuations - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18139724/bitcoin-bomb-threat-scam-email-us-police-department-investigation-evacuations

Spammers are sending a wave of threats to businesses, schools, and other locations in English-speaking countries across the world, demanding bitcoin in exchange for not detonating a supposed bomb.

Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Navy Contractors - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-is-struggling-to-fend-off-chinese-hackers-officials-say-11544783401

An intelligence official said that subcontractors across the entire military were lagging behind in cybersecurity and frequently suffered breaches that affected other branches.

A bug in Microsoft’s login system made it easy to hijack anyone’s Office account - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/microsoft-login-bug-hijack-office-accounts/

A string of bugs when chained together created the perfect attack to gain access to someone’s Microsoft account — simply by tricking a user into clicking a link.

World’s Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks — Information is Beautiful

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers

the new vulnerability impacted 52.5 million users, who could have had profile information like their name, email address, occupation, and age exposed […] even if their account was set to private.

Kaspersky: networks of 8 Eastern European banks were hacked by people entering the premises and planting physical hardware like Raspberry Pi and USB devices – Securelist

https://securelist.com/darkvishnya/89169/