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.
Dow Jones & Co.
October 9, 2015
•[ espionage, hack, finance ]
A new breach targeting Dow Jones & Co. Bloomberg reveals that a group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers and stole information to trade on before it became public. The probe began at least a year ago.
LoopPay
October 7, 2015
•[ espionage, finance ]
The New York Times reveals that months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung's new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group known as the Codoso Group.
Karla Micheel Salas
October 1, 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 Karla Micheel Salas, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of the 2015 Narvarte killings.
Mexican Lawyer
September 25, 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 David Pe, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of the 2015 Narvarte killings.
UK Cabinet Ministers
September 11, 2015
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Telegraph reveals that jihadists in Syria hacked into UK ministerial email accounts in a sophisticated espionage operation uncovered by GCHQ.
Marion Bowman
August 31, 2015
•[ espionage, hack ]
Marion Bowman, a top former FBI lawyer and U.S. counterintelligence official, reveals that alleged Chinese hackers penetrated his home computer last spring.
Emilio Aristegui
August 30, 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 Emilio Aristegui, the son of a prominent journalist. He was a minor at the time of the targeting.
United States Department of Defense
August 6, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks.
Donald Trump Corporate Website
August 3, 2015
•[ hack, espionage ]
Telecomix Canada hacks Donald Trump's corporate website (trump.com) sending a public thank you message to outgoing Daily Show host Jon Stewart.
Myanmar Ministry of Information website
August 1, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised the President of Myanmar website in an attempt to compromise visitors to those websites for espionage purposes.
