German Christian Democratic Union
May 11, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Security Researchers from Trend Micro reveal that Pawn Storm, one of the oldest APTs engaging in cyber espionage, is targeting members of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the political party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Hanjin Heavy Industries
May 11, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, manufacturing ]
South Korea points the finger to North Korea after Hanjin Heavy Industries, a navy defence contractor, is hacked.
Stephanie Brewer
May 11, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Stephanie Brewer, a staff member at Centro PRODH, a Mexican human rights and legal aid organization.
Unidentified Israeli Org
May 2, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto reveal the details of Infy, a new targeted attack campaign dating back nearly a decade and likely to have originated from Iran.
Swedish air traffic control systems
April 12, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Despite the official reason being a solar storm, Sweden secretly suspects that a hacker group linked to Russian intelligence was responsible for an attack on its air traffic control systems last November.
Finland Foreign Ministry
March 8, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Finland foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja reveals to the media that the foreign ministry computer network has been infiltrated by spies. The breach has apparently been going on for four years. Suspects are directed to Russia or China.
GIEI
March 1, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the targets is a phone belonging to the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI). GIEI is investigating the 2014 Iguala Mass Disappearance and was targeted shortly after criticizing the Mexican government for interfering in the investigation.
Israel's CCTV Systems
February 19, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Qadmon (or Kadimon), one of Hezbollah's hacking units reveals it managed to breach many of Israel's CCTV systems, having had access to camera feeds from various government buildings.
Ex-Israeli Army Chief of Staff
February 9, 2016
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
Channel 10 reveals that hackers affiliated to Iran's Revolutionary Guard breached the computers of 1,800 individuals including a former Israeli Army Chief of Staff.
Facebook Account of Ruqia Hassan
January 5, 2016
•[ espionage, social, technology ]
The Independent reveals that after murdering the activist Ruqia Hassan Mohammed in September, the ISIS jihadists hijacked and continued to operate her social media accounts until very recently to lure other opponents into a trap.
Juan Pardinas
December 21, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Juan Pardinas, the director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
December 1, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
China is blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au), which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government.
Ammyy
November 11, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
The installer of the remote desktop software Ammyy is compromised and distributes the tools used by the Buhtrap gang to spy on and control their victims' computers.
Obama Administration officials
November 6, 2015
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Wall Street Journal reveals that the email and social media accounts of Obama administration officials were recently hacked by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
German Unit of the Federal Chancellery
October 26, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Der Spiegel reports that Regin, the highly sophisticated state sponsored malware, has been discovered infecting the laptop computer of a head of the German Unit of the Federal Chancellery.
Dutch Safety Board
October 22, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor attempted to compromise the networks of the Dutch Safety Board, the group charged with investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in Ukraine.
Blue House
October 21, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
South Korea's intelligence agency reports that North Korean hackers accessed servers belonging to the Blue House, the executive office of South Korea, and stole data from computers belonging to members of the nation's legislature.
South Korean Foreign Ministry
October 20, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised government networks affiliated with members of the South Korean parliament. The threat actor, believed to be North Korea, also attempted to compromise the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and the Blue House.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
October 16, 2015
•[ espionage, education ]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution declares to have suffered a "sophisticated, targeted attack" that allegedly originated from China. The breach turns out to have started back in February 2013.
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
October 15, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Bloomberg reveals that the web page of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was comporomised with malware in July, during the the third day of the hearing on the territorial dispute in the South China. Suspects are directed to China.
