Rutgers University
April 28, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A cyber attack against the Rutgers University computer network is responsible for the interruptions in internet service.
Rossel
April 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Rossel, a Belgian media group, is the victim of a DDoS attack. One of Belgium's largest French-speaking newspapers, La Soir, along with others sites are affected and temporarily shut down. A new attack is executed the day after.
Vatican City
April 13, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A Turkish hacker with the handle @THTHerakles shut down the Vatican City official website (vatican.va) to protest against Pope Francis' remarks in which he used the word "genocide" to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks.
Indiana Official Website
March 28, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
After Indiana's Governor Mike Pence signed the controversial religious freedom bill law, @YourVikingdom2015 takes down the Official Indiana website in.gov.
Greatfire
March 20, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Chinese activist site Greatfire.org, which masks censored traffic into the country, suffers a DDoS attack that racks up $30,000 a day in server costs.
Montreal Police Department
April 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacker group Anonymous Quebec takes down the Montreal Police department website and the officers' union to protest against the brutality used during student demonstrations.
Police of Finland
March 26, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of the Finnish Police (poliisi.fi) is taken down by a DDoS attack.
5elafa Book
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
5elafa Book', a pro-ISIS Facebook clone is forced offline after just a day; and a linked Twitter account was shut down by supporters of the Anonymous collective.
Arab National Bank
February 23, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
In the name of OpSaudi, The Oppressed Defenders take down the online banking domain of Arab National Bank.
Rublev
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The services of religious-centric Russian search engine "Rublev" are interrupted by a DDoS attack about five hours after being launched to the public.
Femsplain
March 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos ]
femsplain.com, a feminist blog, is the target of a DDoS attack on International Women's Day.
Komodia
February 23, 2015
•[ ddos, technology ]
Komodia.com, home to the SSL interception module at the heart of the Superfish controversy, is the victim of a DDoS attack.
San Marcos Police Department
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Bitcoin Baron takes down the City of San Marcos and San Marcos PD websites in retaliation for the assault on a student.
New York City Government
February 25, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Almost all government agencies in New York City are unable to send or receive messages for nearly a week as a consequence of a DDoS attack. A further investigation reveals that the attack may have originated from Russia.
Dutch government websites
February 11, 2015
•[ ddos, government ]
All Dutch government websites suddenly go down on Tuesday morning, only coming back up more than twelve hours later. The day after, the Dutch Ministry of General Affairs, issues a brief statement saying indicating the outage as a consequence of a DDoS attack.
AlJazira
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of OpSaudi, a group of hacktivists calling themselves "The Oppressed Defenders" takes down the Saudi Arabian bank AlJazira.
ExtraTorrent
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Extratorrent, the world's number 4 torrent website is taken down by a DDOS attack.
Lizard Squad
January 16, 2015
•[ 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.
ansar-alhaqq
January 12, 2015
•[ 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.
8chan
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
