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.
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.
Rowan Companies
June 8, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
Rowan Companies notifies employees, vendors, and contractors of a system intrusion.
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.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
January 1, 2013
•[ hack, energy ]
hacked
New York State Electric & Gas
January 1, 2012
•[ insider, energy ]
inside job
