City of Henderson
August 14, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson Web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected. However the city declared that no personal or sensitive information was compromised.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister
August 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has his office website hacked by a pro-Syria hacktivist dubbed Dr.MwNs.
UNICEF India
August 19, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A group of Turkish hackers going with the online handles of RootDevilz, Jonturk75 and Bozkurt97 deface the official website of UNICEF India (unicef.in) and post a message against China, US, UN, EU and Israel.
Orange County Employees Association
August 1, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Orange County Employees Association notifies an undisclosed number of people that their personal information, and that of their dependents, may have been accessed by hackers during one or more attacks, which appears to have occurred as early as June 5.
Hardin Center
August 1, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
MuhmadEmad, an anti-ISIS Kurdish hacker, defaces the websites of the Etowah County Sheriff's Office and Hardin Center (etowahcountysheriff.com and culturalarts.com) posting a message against the Islamic State.
Royal Saudi Air Force
August 23, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Mr.Xpr!, an Iranian hacker from Iran Hack Security Team defaces the official website of the Royal Saudi Air Force (http://rsaf.gov.sa).
Nepal Department of Transportation
August 17, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Avian and the Nepal Cyber Army hack the Nepal Department of Transportation (eproc.dor.gov.np) and dump 8,300 records with usernames and clear text passwords.
Dr. Carlos Figeuroa
August 7, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Associated Press shows evidence that some Ecuadorean opposition activists were hacked by Ecuador's domestic intelligence agency, with software tailor-made by Hacking Team. The only named victim is Dr. Carlos Figeuroa.
Canadian government
July 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from the Anonymous collective say they breached supposedly secure Canadian government computers and accessed high-level, classified national security documents as retaliation for last week's fatal shooting by the RCMP of a protester in British Columbia. To support their claim, they publish a document that appears to be legitimate Treasury Board of Canada notes on federal cabinet funding to fix flaws in the foreign stations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Antrix Corporation
July 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Indian space agency ISRO's commercial arm Antrix, has its website defaced. Suspects are thought to be Chinese hackers.
New York City Comptroller
July 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A Pro-Palestinian hacker going with the handle of AlfabetoVirtual defaces the official website of New York City's Comptroller Mr. Scott M. Stringer (http://comptroller.nyc.gov).
State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia
July 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Cyber Islamic State hackers deface the official website of The State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia (eu-nato.gov.ge).
Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board
July 22, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Hackers from the Anonymous collective break into the network of the tribunal that adjudicates disputes between public servants and the federal government and dump 3856 records.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
July 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Members of the Anonymous collective claim to have crashed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) website as a part of a battle to retaliate for the murder of a member in a shooting involving the Canadian Police.
British Columbia Conservation
July 10, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
Unknown hackers affiliated with the collective Anonymous release a string of emails that appear to show a conservation officer defending his decision to refuse to kill two black bear cubs on Vancouver Island.
Edinburgh CIty Council
July 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
More than 13,000 email addresses have been stolen from Edinburgh city council's database following a "malicious cyber attack".
Bundeswehr
July 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey are briefly taken over by hackers.
Fort Collins Streets Department
June 14, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Another example of a road sign hacked.
Lithuanian Armed Forces
June 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Lithuanian Armed Forces website (kariuomene.kam.lt) is hacked to post false information about the NATO annexation of Kaliningrad.
North Dakota Workforce and Safety Institute
June 10, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Approximately 43,000 incident reports and 13,000 payroll reports are compromised in a breach of a North Dakota Workforce and Safety Institute (WSI) server, after the North Dakota Information Technology Department (ITD) detected unusual activity.
