Japanese Petroleum Association
June 10, 2015
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Japan's Petroleum Association is hit by a targeted cyber-attack earlier this month, which saw numerous PCs become infected with an unknown virus.
Areva
May 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
In name of OpGreenRights, the Anonymous take down the website of Areva, a French conglomerate in charge of building a Nuclear reactor
Detour Gold Corporation
April 21, 2015
•[ hack, energy ]
A collective called Angel_Of_Truth hacks Detour Gold Corporation and dumps several data on pastebin. The attack is done in retaiation for the Canadian sanctions against Russia.
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power
March 17, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, energy ]
The South Korean government issues a report blaming North Korea for network intrusions that stole data from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), the company that operates South Korea's 23 nuclear reactors.
Hanford Site
March 1, 2015
•[ financial, espionage, hack ]
Hackers conducted a combination of financially motivated and espionage-driven hacking operations against hundreds of companies, organizations, and research firms based in the United States and other countries, stealing terabytes of information. One of these targets was the Hanford Site, a Department of Energy nuclear waste complex. The two hackers, Li Xiayou and Dong Jiazhi, allegedly carried out their activities with the help of China's Ministry of State Security.
DKEVR
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
Westinghouse Electric Company
November 20, 2014
•[ espionage, energy ]
A threat actor targeted Westinghouse Electric Company, a nuclear power developer, for espionage purposes. One of the individuals alleged to be behind this incident, believed to be Russian military intelligence (known as GRU), was indicted by the U.S. Justice Department.
Unnamed oil and gas company
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Bromium are alerted of a watering-hole attack originating from the website of a high-profile technology startup in the oil and gas sector.
British Gas
June 22, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
British Gas' support team Twitter account (@BritishGasHelp) is hacked and starts posting very strange tweets.
Rowan Companies
June 8, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
Rowan Companies notifies employees, vendors, and contractors of a system intrusion.
Pakistan Electric Power Company
June 21, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
The official website of Pakistan Electric Power Company Limited (pepco.gov.pk) is defaced by a group of Pakistani hackers called Pakistan Haxors Crew in protest against police brutality.
Energie Steiermark
February 20, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
Energie Steiermark, an energy company in Austria's Styria province, put out a notice that they have been hacked.
Monju Nuclear Power Plant
January 6, 2014
•[ leak, energy ]
A server administrator discovers that one of the eight computers in the reactor control room of the Monju Nuclear Plant has been accessed over 30 times in the last five days. More than 42,000 e-mails and staff training reports were stored on the computer.
