Irish government websites
January 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
Israel's CCTV Systems
February 19, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Qadmon (or Kadimon), one of Hezbollah's hacking units reveals it managed to breach many of Israel's CCTV systems, having had access to camera feeds from various government buildings.
South Africa's Department of Water Affairs (DWA)
February 15, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpAfrica and #OpMonsanto hackers from World Hacker Team hack South Africa's Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and leak the data of 5,800 government employees.
Bolivian Army
February 10, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
A group of hackers breach the official email servers belonging to the Bolivian Army, download emails, and dump some of the data online.
Uganda's Ministry of Finance (finance.go.ug)
February 6, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
And #OpAfrica continues with the dump of the details of 220 government employees from Uganda's Ministry of Finance.
Unknown Organization
January 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
UK-based researcher and activist Thomas White releases 2.5 GB of data stolen in a recent hack of the computer systems of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the biggest police union in the United States. The activist is not the author of the attack.
Website of the Italian region of Basilicata
February 22, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpGreenRights, the Italian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the websites on local authorities of Apulia and Basilicata for participating in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project.
Turkish National Police (EMG)
February 15, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
A hacker known as ROR[RG] dump 17.8GB of information data from the Turkish National Police (EMG) servers. The leak allegedly happened two years ago.
US Internal Revenue Service
February 9, 2016
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The US Internal Revenue Service is the target of an attack able to steal the electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 social security numbers. The attack is performed using credentials stolen from an external source.
Department of Homeland Security
February 7, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of #FreePalestine, a hacker called Penis AKA @DotGovs dumps data belonging to 9,000 DHS officials. The trove is allegedly obtained after compromising the email address of a DHS employee.
CONADI
February 10, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A group of Chilean hacktivists that go by the name of Chilean Hackers break into the database of CONADI and steal the personal details of 304,189 Chilean citizens looking for state benefits from the country's government.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
February 9, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service discloses a security breach relating to employees' personal data.
Ex-Israeli Army Chief of Staff
February 9, 2016
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
Channel 10 reveals that hackers affiliated to Iran's Revolutionary Guard breached the computers of 1,800 individuals including a former Israeli Army Chief of Staff.
Thai Prisons
February 3, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
The Blink Hacker group, a known division of the Anonymous hacker collective, has leaked the databases of 100 websites belonging to Thai prisons.
Irish National Lottery
January 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website and ticket machines of the Irish National Lottery are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
Embassy of Russia in Israel
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A crew of Pro-Turkish hackers defaces the website of the Russian Embassy in Israel (russianembassy.org.il).
Boryspil Airport
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Ukrainian authorities announce a review of the defences of government computer systems, after detecting a cyber attack on Kyiv's main airport launched from a server in Russia.
Unknown Organization
January 11, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Minnesota court system announces that its website (mncourts.gov) was down for ten days in December due to a series of severe DDoS attacks.
Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 6, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A hacker going with the online handle of GeNiuS-JorDan defaces the official website of The Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posting a message against the US Invasion of Iraq.
Supreme Court of Thailand
January 14, 2016
•[ leak, hack, government ]
The Operation #BoycottThailand, aimed to expose the wrongdoing of Thai Police over the death sentences handed down to two Myanmar migrant workers, continues. Blink Hacker Group, a collective affiliated to the Anonymous leaks 1Gb of data belonging to Thailand's Supreme Court.
