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Live for Tomorrow
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, defacement, other ]
Two New Zealand non-profit websites tindall.org.nz and livefortomorrow.co.nz are defaced by a group calling themselves the Team Muslim Cyberforce.
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Microsoft Outlook
January 19, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Online censorship watchdog Greatfire.org receives reports related to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against Outlook users in China.
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United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
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Isle of Wight, Virginia
January 18, 2015
Team System DZ, an Algerian pro-ISIS hacker defaces the Isle of Wight, Virginia, website (co.isle-of-wight.va.us).
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New York Post
January 17, 2015
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[ social, phishing, technology ]
A total of six fake messages are posted from the Twitter accounts of New York Post and United Press International (UPI) by unknown individuals.
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payivy
January 17, 2015
An unknown hacker hacks payivy.com (a virtual marketplace to sell products online) and dumps 10,000 users and clear text passwords.
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philsacra
January 17, 2015
Two hackers called p0lak & sh0utz hack philsacra.ust.edu.ph and dump 5,100 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Metropolitan State University
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
Minnesota-based Metropolitan State University notifies faculty, staff and students that an attacker may have breached its web server to access a database that contained their personal information. 22,000 users are at risk.
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Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
LizardStresser[dot]ru, the stresser service (DDoS-for-hire) created by the infamous LizardSquad, is allegedly hacked, revealing the details of its 14,241 users.
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Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
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PowerPulse
January 16, 2015
Smittenz hacks powerpulse.net and dumps 1,300 usernames and hashed passwords.
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ValuePetSupplies
January 16, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
ValuePetSupplies.com notifies several thousand customers that unauthorized persons accessed its servers and installed malicious files to capture personal information, including payment card data.
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Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In January 2015, the hacker collective known as "Lizard Squad" created a DDoS service by the name of "Lizard Stresser" which could be procured to mount attacks against online targets. Shortly thereafter, the service suffered a data breach which resulted in the public disclosure of over 13k user accounts including passwords stored in plain text.
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Crayola
January 14, 2015
The Crayola Facebook page is hacked. As a consequence inappropriate and offensive content is posted on the page.
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Notepad++
January 14, 2015
The website of the open-source text editor Notepad++ is defaced by Fallaga Team, an Islamist hacking group, because the developer released a "Je suis Charlie"edition of the software.
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lehlel
January 14, 2015
A hacker called Dorking92 hacks lehlel.com and dumps 20,000 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Banco del Austro
January 12, 2015
Here's the third victim of the SWIFT hack: Banco del Austro in Ecuador was also the victim of a similar attack in 2015 which saw cybercriminals steal around $12m.
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US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
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ansar-alhaqq
January 12, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the name of OpCharlieHebdo, the Anonymous claim to have take down the first pro-Jihadist site ansar-alhaqq.net. The site is only the first of a list of Islamist sites allegedly taken down by the hacktivists.
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Boomerang Rentals
January 12, 2015
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[ leak, retail ]
Video game rental company Boomerang Rentals shuts down its websites amidst unconfirmed concerns that it may have suffered a security breach that spilled customers' credit card details.
