Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
September 26, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
As part of their vendetta against the Canadian government, hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous collective leak another high-level confidential federal document, this time from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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.
Kennebec County Phone System
October 6, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Kennebec County phone system is hacked topping 2,100 calls in a weekend.
Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
October 3, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A group of Indian hackers calling themselves Hell Shield Hackers defaces a Pakistani government website called Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Paktunkhwa is a province in Pakistan) (www.mspkp.gov.pk) apparently in retaliation against Pakistani hackers.
The Kremlin
September 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Kremlin's official website falls under a massive DDoS attack. The attack is carried out simultaneously with another attack that reportedly targeted the website of the Russian Electoral Commission. Both of the attacks occuer on national Election Day.
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.
UK National Crime Agency
September 1, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Lizard Squad takes down the official website of UK's National Crime Agency (nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk).
The Pentagon
September 8, 2015
•[ hack, financial, government ]
Hackers infiltrated the Pentagon food court's computer system, compromising the bank data of an unknown number of employees.
Manchester Airport
September 3, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same wave of attacks, the same attacker also claims responsibility for taking down the website of Manchester Airport (manchesterairport.co.uk).
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.
Philippines' National Telecom Commission
September 22, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The website of the Philippines' National Telecom Commission (NTC), ntc.gov.ph, is defaced by the local branch of the Anonymous in a form of protest against the slow local Internet connection speed.
http://asankadr
September 18, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
ElliotAlderson hacks asankadr.az and dumps 5,926 usernames and hashed passwords.
Essex Police
September 4, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The same attacker who took down the Manchester Police earlier this month, also takes down the website of the Essex Police.
Greater Manchester Police
September 3, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website of Greater Manchester Police in the UK (gmp.police.uk) is hit by two DDoS attacks. A Twitter account going by the handle @n0w1337 claims responsibility for the attack.
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.
Philippine Bureau of Customs
August 23, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpCustoms, a group of hackers takes down the Philippine Bureau of Customs (customs.gov.ph). The hackers come from Anonymous-affiliated groups Pinoy LulzSec, Elite Cyber Security and MCA and PHU DDOS Squad.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia
August 15, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker going with the handle of Mr.H4rD3n defaces the official website of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia (azembassy.ru).
Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
August 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A group of Mexican hacktivists affiliated with the Anonymous collective defaces the website of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (mexicoconectado.gob.mx) in retaliation for the murder of the Mexican photojournalist Rub n Espinosa.
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.
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.
