Arizona Army National Guard
February 6, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army deface the sub-domain of the official Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (ems.azdema.gov). The targeted sub-domain belongs to AZARNG (Arizona Army National Guard).
Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique
January 29, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Moroccan Hassan defaces several subdomains of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.fr).
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
February 12, 2015
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Facebook page of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army which accuses the Observatory's head of collaborating with British intelligence.
Defense Contract Management Agency
February 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the US federal government entity responsible for performing contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is the victim of a suspected cybersecurity breach and pulls a number of its servers offline.
Philippine Government Websites
January 31, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Anonymous Philippines defaces several Philippine government websites to protest against President Benigno Aquino III's apparent missteps in the wake of the deadly clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
French Ministry of Defense
January 22, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces several subdomains of the French Interior and Defense Ministries.
United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
Carmen Aristegui
January 12, 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 Carmen Aristegui, the director of Aristegui Noticias which reported on the "Casa Blanca scandal" which implicated the Mexican President's wife.
Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
DKEVR
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
Nigerian Defence Headquarters
January 24, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) information blog site, defenceinfo.mil.ng is defaced.
Bundeskanzlerin
January 7, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Pro-Russian Hacker Group CyberBerkut claims to have taken down the website of Merkel's government seat (bundeskanzlerin.de) and the website of Germany's legislative body (bundestag.de).
United Nations
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
@ulzr1z claims to have hacked a subdomain of the United Nations (sustainabledevelopment.un.org) and dumps 1,200 usernames and passwords.
British Columbia Wildfire Management Branch
October 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Roughly 15,000 applicant names, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, phone numbers, addresses, and job evaluation details held on a database belonging to BC Wildfire Management Branch are accessed by an Estonian hacker.
Bharatiya Janata Party
October 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The online hacktivist Z Company Hacking Crew defaces the Indian ruling party Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)'s Rajkot City website (bjprajkotcity.org) in support of an independent Kashmir.
Ludhiana Rural Police
October 19, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the cyber war between India and Pakistan. A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Virkid from the MadLeets hacking crew defaces the official website of Ludhiana Rural Police (ludhianaruralpolice.in).
