Bundestag
May 15, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A Bundestag (German Parliament) official confirms media reports about a "sophisticated attack" on the institution. The attack was later attributed to Russia.
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 11, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
Singapore Minister of Information and Communications reveals that the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the victim of an advanced attack, last year, which forced the affected devices to be disconnected from the network.
lottoland
May 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
GrenXPaRTa claims to have hacked lottoland.co.uk and dumps 9,702 usernames and passwords
Baltimore Police Department
May 3, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have breached the servers of the Baltimore Police Department (baltimorepolice.org) and leak a set of Baltimore Police email addresses followed by the IP addresses of web and email services.
Multi State Lottery Association
April 14, 2015
•[ insider, hack, financial ]
Eddie Raymond Tipton, the former security boss of the Multi State Lottery Association, is charged with fraud after allegedly hacking with a rootkit the computer that picks the winning numbers.
Iranian Ministry of Defense
May 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A Saudi hacker going with the handle of RxR HaCker defaces the official website of the Iranian Ministry of Defense (gozinesh.mod.ir), insulting Iran's leader Ali Khamenei over war in Yemen.
Baltimore Police
May 4, 2015
•[ leak, phishing, government ]
After the leak of Baltimore Police email addresses earlier this month, several officers fall victim to a phishing attack, and consequently a crew of hacktivists (Hagash Team) leak on Pastebin a set of eight email addresses and the passwords for accessing the accounts.
Taipei Mayor's Office
April 14, 2015
•[ government, hack, espionage ]
The computer on the desk of Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je's secretary is hacked. Investigators trace the perpetrator to China.
euromilhoes
May 8, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
A hacker called Fokinz hacks euromilhoes.com and dumps 19,352 usernames and passwords.
World Trade Organization
May 1, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker affiliated with the Anonymous hacks a subdomain of the World Trade Organization and dumps personal data belonging to more than 2,000 WTO officials and staff members.
Vatican City
April 13, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A Turkish hacker with the handle @THTHerakles shut down the Vatican City official website (vatican.va) to protest against Pope Francis' remarks in which he used the word "genocide" to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks.
Hunan Police Academy
April 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
AnonymousGlobo defaces several Chinese government websites including the Hunan (a province in China) Police Academy website in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Indiana Official Website
March 28, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
After Indiana's Governor Mike Pence signed the controversial religious freedom bill law, @YourVikingdom2015 takes down the Official Indiana website in.gov.
British Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
April 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Islamist hackers of the Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail deface uk-air.defra.gov.uk, a website run by the British Government's Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and dedicated to monitoring air pollution.
Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission
March 28, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Website of the Nigerian Electoral Commission (inecnigeria.org) is defaced by the Nigerian Cyber Army on the morning of the general election day.
Al-Alam
April 13, 2015
•[ government, hack ]
Saudi hackers take over the official Twitter account of Iran's state Television Al-Alam (@alalam_news), posting material supportive of the Saudi-led air war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.
Montreal Police Department
April 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacker group Anonymous Quebec takes down the Montreal Police department website and the officers' union to protest against the brutality used during student demonstrations.
Embassy of Turkmenistan in Belarus
April 9, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The website of Turkmenistan's embassy in Belarus is taken offline following an apparent hack by two ISIS supporters.
Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts
March 31, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Officers) (pcdaopune.gov.in) is hacked and 50,000 personal details besides login names and passwords may have been compromised.
US Army Picatinny Arsenal
March 30, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Saudi hackers from Team Bad Dream deface the official website of U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal (pica.army.mil).
