Unknown Organization
January 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos ]
Unknown hackers take down the website of JYP Entertainment.
boards
January 18, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The popular Irish forum boards.ie is taken down by a DDoS attack.
KickassTorrents
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
KickassTorrents (kat.cr) 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.
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).
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.
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.
Linode
January 5, 2016
•[ leak, ddos, technology ]
After struggling with a long-lasting DDoS attack, Linode reports a credential leak and runs a system-wide password reset on customer accounts.
Saudi Ministry of Finance
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous protest against the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia and take down several high-profile Saudi Arabian government websites under the banner of operation #OpSaudi and #OpNimr.
14 Thailand police websites
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous start their campaign against the Thai government and claims responsibility for shutting down 14 Thailand police websites to protest the death sentences of two Myanmar migrant workers (Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun) convicted of murdering two British tourists.
Unknown Organization
January 4, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia continue in the cyberspace: a group of unknown hackers carries out a DDoS attack on the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense moda.gov.sa.
Russian Federation Ministry of Customs
January 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Russian government websites including the Ministry of the Russian Far East Development, Russian Federation Ministry of Construction, The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation Ministry of Customs.
Ministry of Information of Iran
January 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Iranian government websites including Ministry of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and the official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (president.ir).
BBC
December 31, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
All of the BBC's websites are unavailable following a DDoS attack.
Linode
December 29, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Virtual server host Linode is the target of a four day-long DDoS attack.
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.
Isbank
December 26, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous claims responsibility for the wave of DDoS attacks against Turkey (accusing the government of supporting ISIS) and starts a second wave against some Turkish leading banks such as Isbank, Garanti and Ziraat Bank.
Steam
December 25, 2015
•[ ddos, misconfiguration, technology ]
A DDoS attack against Steam causes the company to deploy a new caching configuration in production, which leads to the inadvertent exposure of 34,000 users.
EA
December 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Phantom Squad, the group of hackers who threatened to ruin Christmas for gamers decide to keep their promise and take down the Electronic Arts servers.
Xbox Live
December 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Phantom Squad prepare their Christmas campaign and claim responsibility for a DDoS attack on Microsoft's Xbox Live service.
