Islamic State
February 29, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter reveals that the US military is currently waging a cyber-offensive to "interrupt [and] disrupt ISIL's command and control, to cause them to lose confidence in their networks, to overload their network so that they can't function, and do all of these things that will interrupt their ability to command and control forces there, control the population and the economy."
Goteborgs Posten
March 19, 2016
•[ hack, ddos ]
A threat actor launched a denial of service attack on nine news websites in Sweden, triggering a local police investigation. U.S. diplomatic cables later revealed that the United States suspected that Russia was responsible for the incident.
worldchess
March 11, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Controversial website worldchess.com, broadcasting in exclusive the World Chess Candidates Tournament, is the target of a DDoS attack.
Xbox Live
February 15, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The New World Hackers crew takes down the Xbox Live Service.
HSBC
January 29, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
HSBC is hit by an apparent DDoS attack on its online banking system.
Thai Prison System
January 28, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous' crusade against the Thai justice system continues: the hacktivists take down 20 websites belonging to the local prison system.
Irish government websites
January 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
Pickens County School District
February 26, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The Pickens County School District is flooded by a DDoS attack.
pastebin
January 30, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Pastebin is taken down by a huge DDoS attack.
Narita International Airport
January 23, 2016
•[ hack, ddos ]
The Anonymous claim responsibility for taking down the Narita International Airport website in revenge for the detainment of a leading US animal rights activist at the airport on January 18.
Unknown Organization
January 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos ]
Unknown hackers take down the website of JYP Entertainment.
Irish National Lottery
January 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website and ticket machines of the Irish National Lottery are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
Unknown Organization
January 11, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Minnesota court system announces that its website (mncourts.gov) was down for ten days in December due to a series of severe DDoS attacks.
KickassTorrents
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
KickassTorrents (kat.cr) is taken down by a DDoS attack.
Hundreds of Thai government websites
January 13, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous continue their campaign against the Thai government and take down hundreds of government websites over death sentences handed down to two Myanmar migrant workers (Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun) for the murder of two British tourists (Hannah Witheridge and David Miller).
boards
January 18, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The popular Irish forum boards.ie is taken down by a DDoS attack.
nissan
January 13, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, manufacturing ]
In name of #OpKillingBay, the Japanese carmaker suspends its global (nissan-global.com) and Japanese (nissan.co.jp) sites after they are DDoSed by Anonymous.
Nigerian Ministry of Finance
January 8, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpNigeria and #OpCorruption, the Nigerian branch of the Anonymous takes down several government websites.
Rutgers University
December 29, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Rutgers University is the target of a large-scale DDoS attack that keeps some of its systems down for four days between December 24 and December 28.
Linode
December 29, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Virtual server host Linode is the target of a four day-long DDoS attack.
