Financial institutions in Ethiopia
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
The Ethiopia Information Network Security Agency (INSA) reveals that a cyber attack directed at financial institutions in the country forced the agency to disconnect the Internet in the country for up to 20 minutes.
LIHKG
November 29, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
LIHKG, an online forum used by activists behind the ongoing Hong Kong protests is once again hit by a DDoS attack launched from the China Great DDoS Cannon.
UK Labour Party
November 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Labour Party is hit by two DDoS attack in the same day. The Lizard Squad group takes responsibility for the attack.
UK Conservative Party
November 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Conservative Party is hit by a DDoS attack in the same day.
Arvan
November 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Arvan, a cloud infrastructure provider in Iran, is hit by a DDoS attack through Telegram Proxy servers.
Winamax
October 31, 2019
•[ hack, ddos ]
Winamax is hit by a DDoS attack.
Undefined Turkish Telco Company
October 27, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Turkish officials confirm that cyberattacks which targeted Telekom and Garanti BBVA, among many others, were behind the nationwide disruption in internet traffic.
South African Banks
October 25, 2019
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) announces that the South African banking industry has been hit by a wave of DDoS attacks targeting consumer-facing services.
Lottomatica
October 22, 2019
•[ hack, ddos ]
Lottomatica is hit by a DDoS attack. The attack lasts for more than two weeks.
Eurobet
October 14, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Eurobet, the online gambling portal, is taken down by a DDoS attack.
Cool Ideas
September 21, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A prolonged DDoS attack takes down Cool Ideas, one of South Africa's largest ISPs.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is hit by a DDoS attack.
Wikipedia
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Wikipedia is forced offline in several countries after a cyber attack hits the global encyclopedia.
World of Warcraft Classic
September 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
World of Warcraft Classic is also hit by a DDoS attack.
Embassy of Russia in the United Kingdom
August 19, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Russian Embassy is taken down by a DDoS attack and remains unreliable for nearly 20 hours.
Undisclosed streaming service
July 24, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Researchers from Imperva reveal that an undisclosed streaming service was hit by a massive DDoS attack that lasted for 13 days, launched from 402,000 different IPs, with a peak flow of 292,000 requests per second.
Telegram
June 12, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Telegram is hit by a DDoS attack. The attack seems to be originating from China and seems to be related to the protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill.
Unknown Organization
April 6, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The election results service in Finland is the target of a DDoS attack.
Embassy of Russia in Austria
February 22, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
After receiving complaints for the impossibility to book appointments, the Russian embassy in Austria discovers to be the victim of a DDoS attack via automated requests made by IP addresses from Iraq, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries.
Sunderland City Council
January 14, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, ddos ]
Sunderland City Council reveals to have been hit with phishing and spoofing emails, and at least one Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, back in November.
