Narita International Airport
October 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the name of #OpKillingBay, the online protest against the dolphin slaughter, the Anonymous take down the two main Japanese Airports: Narita International Airport (www.narita-airport.jp) and Chubu Centrair International Airport (www.centrair.jp).
Official website the Belgian Prime Minister
October 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Belgian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the official websites of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, the Brussels parliament and the website of the Federal Public Service of the Interior.
Rutgers University
September 30, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A hacker known under the moniker Exfocus takes down the IT infrastrucutre of Rutgers University.
8chan
September 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Imgur, the photo-sharing website, is exploited in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the popular imageboards 4chan and 8chan.
Embarcadero Media Group
September 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos ]
An individual or group claiming to be the hacktivist collective Anonymous shuts down all websites operated by Embarcadero Media Group, which runs several community newspapers in the Bay Area.
The Kremlin
September 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Kremlin's official website falls under a massive DDoS attack. The attack is carried out simultaneously with another attack that reportedly targeted the website of the Russian Electoral Commission. Both of the attacks occuer on national Election Day.
Essex Police
September 4, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The same attacker who took down the Manchester Police earlier this month, also takes down the website of the Essex Police.
Greater Manchester Police
September 3, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website of Greater Manchester Police in the UK (gmp.police.uk) is hit by two DDoS attacks. A Twitter account going by the handle @n0w1337 claims responsibility for the attack.
Manchester Airport
September 3, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same wave of attacks, the same attacker also claims responsibility for taking down the website of Manchester Airport (manchesterairport.co.uk).
UK National Crime Agency
September 1, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Lizard Squad takes down the official website of UK's National Crime Agency (nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk).
mumsnet
August 27, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Mumsnet is hit by a new wave of DDoS attacks.
Philippine Bureau of Customs
August 23, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpCustoms, a group of hackers takes down the Philippine Bureau of Customs (customs.gov.ph). The hackers come from Anonymous-affiliated groups Pinoy LulzSec, Elite Cyber Security and MCA and PHU DDOS Squad.
Tianwang
August 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Tianwang, a rights and citizen journalism website based in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan says its operations have been paralyzed by an external attack.
Carphone Warehouse Affiliates
August 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, retail ]
The personal details of up to 2.4 million customers may have been accessed after a division of Carphone Warehouse was hit by a cyber attack. It also appears that a smokescreen DDoS attack was utilised to hide the attack.
Dota 2 Servers
August 4, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The International, the annual tournament for Valve's Dota 2, featuring dozens of players and millions in prize money, is put on hold when a DDoS attack takes down the game's servers.
RBS Banking Group
July 31, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RBS banking group reveals it suffered a cyber attack on its online services that left customers struggling to log on for nearly an hour.
Planned Parenthood
July 30, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, healthcare ]
Planned Parenthood websites are taken down by a DDoS attack and, according to the main page, undergoing maintenance.
New York Magazine
July 26, 2015
•[ hack, ddos ]
New York magazine's website was taken down, apparently by hackers trying to silence it, just hours after publishing the accounts of 35 women who say they were raped by Bill Cosby.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
July 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Members of the Anonymous collective claim to have crashed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) website as a part of a battle to retaliate for the murder of a member in a shooting involving the Canadian Police.
Telegram
July 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Popular messaging platform Telegram is hit with a 200Gbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Users in Asia, Australia, and Oceania are prevented from using the service.
