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UK Government Communications Headquarters
February 12, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Even the website of the Government Communications Headquarters (gchq.gov.uk) is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
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Boston Scientific
February 10, 2014
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[ espionage, manufacturing ]
The computer networks of three big medical device makers are breached by unknown attackers likely interested in the companies' intellectual property. The companies in question are Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp
February 10, 2014
Some websites owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp, one of the world's largest casino operators, have been hacked and defaced by a group called the Anti WMD Team. The defaced page also contains personal information of Sands employees including e-mail ID and social security numbers. Additionally, the attackers deployed data-wiping malware on the Sands networks, severely disrupting their operation. The attack was allegedly carried out by Iranian hackers in retaliation for a remark by Sands Corp CEO Sheldon Adelson.
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PayPal
February 5, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Hackers have compromised the eBay and PayPal marketing webpages in the UK, France, and India, causing some visitors to be redirected to fraudulent destinations.
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National Health Service
February 3, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
A coding error on the official website of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (nhs.uk) is abused to implant malicious code on more than 800 pages.
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Indian Railways
January 27, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. The official website of the Indian Railways is once again defaced by Pakistani Hackers.
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CNN
January 24, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks several accounts belonging to CNN. Targets include: CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked.
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Perl Blogs
January 22, 2014
The Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICR) hacks the official Perl blogs (blogs.perl.org) and dumps 2,924 user account credentials. The official web page is also defaced.
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Ubuntu
January 21, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
SultanHaikal from Gantengers Crew defaces 6 official domains of Ubuntu One.
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US Embassy in Turkey
February 12, 2014
Hackers of the RedHack collective leak the contact information for 36 staff members of the US Embassy in Turkey. The hacktivists publish a list of names, email addresses, job titles and phone numbers.
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AVS TV
February 12, 2014
DeleteSec hacks AVS TV (avstv.com) and leaks around 40,000 account credentials of registered users.
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Wide Area and Sensing Conference
February 11, 2014
In name of OpBigBrother, @G3NTbl4ck hacks the Wide Area and Sensing Conference (wasc.rmtech.org) leaking more than 2,000 records.
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PrezidentBank
February 7, 2014
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[ hack, finance ]
The official websites of two Turkmenistan state-owned commercial banks are hacked and defaced by Dr.Sha6h, to raise awareness of the situation in Syria. The victims are: Turkmenbashi Bank (tbbank.gov.tm), PrezidentBank (presidentbank.gov.tm).
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Singapore government employees
February 7, 2014
In response to recent arrests in Singapore linked to Anonymous, the hacktivist group releases the details of 10 Singapore Government employes and threaten to release more.
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
February 6, 2014
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[ hack, espionage, technology ]
India launches an investigation after a media report alleged that Chinese telecoms company Huawei had hacked into state-run telecoms carrier BSNL.
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Comcast
February 5, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
The NullCrew collective claim to have successfully hacked Comcast, providing a link on Pastebin to unredacted information as evidence.
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Orange
February 3, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
Orange confirms that hackers accessed the personal data of three percent of Orange's customers in France (corresponding to about 800,000 users), using the 'My Account' section of orange.fr. The attack took place on 16 January.
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Federal Customs Service
February 3, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The official English language website of Russia's Federal Customs Service (eng.customs.ru) is defaced by members of Team MaXiMiZerS.
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Ateneo Integrated Student Information System
February 2, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A group identified as "Pinoy Anonymouz" defaces the website of the Ateneo Integrated Student Information System (AISIS).
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Various Government Websites
February 1, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from Ukrainian neo-fascist Svoboda party deface more than 30 Ukrainian government and media websites.
