International Civil Aviation Organization
February 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
New reports reveal that back in 2016 ICAO was hit by a serious cyberattack.
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.
Cincinnati Police Department
February 22, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
Members of Anon Verdict, a sub-division of the Anonymous hacker collective, leak the details for 52 officers and employees of the Cincinnati Police Department. The Police Department questions the validity of the hack.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
February 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Pakistani hackers deface the official web portal of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
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.
Thai Prison System
January 28, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous' crusade against the Thai justice system continues: the hacktivists take down 20 websites belonging to the local prison system.
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.
Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship
January 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of #OpPuraVida, a form of protest against the CAFTA trade deal, a hacker dubbed Hanom1960 AKA @hanomlulzsec hacks the Costa Rica Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs.
Miami-Dade Police Department
January 23, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker dubbed Lorde Bashtien releases the personal details of 80 police officers from the Miami Police Department, the Miami-Dade Police Department, and the Miami Beach Police Department.
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.
