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.
Femsplain
March 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos ]
femsplain.com, a feminist blog, is the target of a DDoS attack on International Women's Day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ExtraTorrent
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Extratorrent, the world's number 4 torrent website is taken down by a DDOS attack.
8chan
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
Bundeskanzlerin
January 7, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Pro-Russian Hacker Group CyberBerkut claims to have taken down the website of Merkel's government seat (bundeskanzlerin.de) and the website of Germany's legislative body (bundestag.de).
OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.
City of Phoenix, Arizona
October 28, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The computer systems of the public services in Phoenix, Arizona, are the target of a DDoS Attack.
Office of the Israeli Prime Minister
October 26, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In Name of #OpOrwahHammad, the Anonymous claim to have taken down 43 top Israeli government websites against shooting and killing of a 14-year-old U.S. citizen Orwah Hammad by Israeli Defence Forces.
Ello
September 29, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The social network Ello is the target of a DDoS attack.
Activision Blizzard
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Hackers from the group Lizard Squad reneged on their promise to quit earlier this month, apparently launching DDoS attacks against Blizzard's servers running Call Of Duty: Ghosts and Destiny.
RT
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
RT.com is hit with the most powerful DDoS attack in the website's history, which reached 10 Gbps in strength.
