New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A $12.7 million supercomputer owned by Niwa (New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) is targeted by a computer hacker believed to have come from China.
Ukrainian Election Commission
May 22, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of Ukraine's election commission (cvk.gov) is targeted by a massive DDoS attack on the eve of country's presidential polls. The pro-Russian CyberBerkut collective claims responsibility for the attack.
Road sign in San Francisco
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An unknown prankster hacker hacks an electronic traffic sign in San Francisco warning of a Godzilla Attack.
Soma Municipality
May 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists of the RedHack collective blame authorities for the incident in the mine of Soma, and as a consequence they deface the official website of the Soma Municipality.
Indian Ministry of Railways
May 11, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. A Pakistani hacker called rOOX from Team MadLeets defaces the server of Indian Ministry of Railway, which includes around 47 domains.
Official Portal for Manila, Philippines
June 25, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Two Turkish hackers going with the handle of VirtuaL & DARKWAR2 deface the official web portal of Manila City, Philippines (manila.gov.ph) with anti-America, anti-Israel and anti-Saudi Arabia images.
New York Board of Elections
June 9, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Anonymous protest against the FIFA World Cup starts here: the hacktivist collective defaces the New York State Board of Elections official website (elections.ny.gov).
Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
May 30, 2014
•[ hack, social, phishing ]
The internal communications system of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations has been hit by hackers carried on with spear-phishing emails.
Belgian Foreign Ministry
May 12, 2014
•[ espionage, government ]
Unknown hackers steal data related to the Ukraine crisis from Belgian foreign ministry servers, prompting a security crackdown which has left diplomats without Internet or email.
Governor of Arizona
June 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
After hacking the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, the Turkish hacker Swan is back, and this time he defaces two official websites of Arizona State Governor Janice K. Brewer.
Regional Electoral Court of the Amazon
June 17, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
As part of #OpWorldCup and #OpHackingCup, Anonymous hacks a number of Brazilian organizations during the World Cup.
US Army
June 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The US Army warns that databases holding information on 16,000 South Korean civilian employees of the US military and applicants for base jobs may have been compromised.
Arizona Department of Homeland Security
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Swan defaces the official website of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. The hacker also defaces the official website of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs website.
International Civil Aviation Organization
April 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Montreal-based ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) is another target in a string of attacks by NullCrew.
Armed Forces Training Authority
March 31, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A Yemeni hacker going with the handle of YMH defaces the official website of Egyptian Armed Forces Training Authority (mtc.edu.eg).
Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah
March 30, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle H4$N4!N H4XOR from Pakistan Haxor Crew hacks and defaces the official website of Pakistani consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia against corrupt government in the country.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
March 30, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The pro-Palestinian hacktivist AnonGhost hacks and defaces the official website of Israeli Agricultural Research Organization, which is ran by Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Rafael Correa Twitter account
March 29, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official Twitter account of Rafael Correa (@MashiRafael), the president of Ecuador, has been hijacked. Anonymous Ecuador hackers are apparently behind the attack.
Egyptian Ministry of Information
April 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the'Egyptian Ministry of Information is hacked and defaced by hackers from a group going with the handle of Libyan Cyber Army.
German Aerospace Centre
April 15, 2014
•[ espionage, government ]
Germany's space research centre in Cologne is the victim of a co-ordinated and covert targeted attack carried out by state-sponsored hackers, according to a Der Spiegel report. Suspects are directed to China.
