Commission on Elections
January 1, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
hacked
US Customs and Border Protection
December 31, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency report on incidents where drug traffickers have hacked unmanned air vehicles (UAVs, drones) in order to illegally and secretly cross the US-Mexican border.
Juan Pardinas
December 21, 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 Juan Pardinas, the director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations
December 19, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
Armenian hackers from the Monte Melkonian Cyber Army hack the official websites of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and leak a trove of sensitive documents belonging to local citizens.
City of Boston
December 16, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several Internet services in Boston are disrupted by a DDoS attack, defined as a "minor act of cybervandalism" . The outage, affects city agencies and the police and fire departments.
Unknown Organization
December 14, 2015
•[ ransomware, government ]
A hacker called g0tchack hacks the website of the CIty of Providence and asks for a ransom of $1,500 to $2,000 to give the data back.
Danish Parliament
December 11, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Danish Parliament website folketinget.dk is taken offline in a DDoS attack.
Japanese Prime Minister
December 10, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (s-abe.or.jp) is taken down by a DDoS attack. The hacktivist collective Anonymous is suspected to be the author of the attack on the site in protest of the nation's whale hunting policy.
Royal Thai Police
December 4, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpSingleGateway, the Anonymous hack Thailand Police Servers to protest against Internet censorship.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
December 1, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
China is blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au), which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government.
Iceland government
November 30, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpWhales, the Anonymous take down almost all the Iceland government websites for about 13 hours as a protest against the whaling practices in Iceland.
Jabalpur Police
November 28, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers calling themselves "Pakistani cyber attackers" deface the official website of Jabalpur police with Pakistani flags and slogans claiming revenge against Indian attacks.
Richland County Veterans Service Office
November 28, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A collective of pro-ISIS hackers dubbed Team System DZ defaces three domains of the Richland County office.
Securus Technologies
November 11, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
An anonymous hacker leaks a vast collection containing metadata of over 70 million records of phone calls placed by prisoners to at least 37 US states and links to actual recordings for each call. The calls, allegedly leaked from Securus Technologies, span from December 2011 to the spring of 2014.
UK Parliament
November 9, 2015
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Times reveal that, in May, cybercriminals were able to break into parliament's computer network, hijacked computers holding sensitive information and presented a ransom demand to Chi Onwurah, MP and shadow digital minister.
Aviacion Militar Bolivariana
November 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks the website of the Aviacion Militar Bolivariana (aviacion.mil.ve) and dumps 1,997 records.
Obama Administration officials
November 6, 2015
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Wall Street Journal reveals that the email and social media accounts of Obama administration officials were recently hacked by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Venezuelan Education Ministry
October 29, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks a subdomain of the Venezuelan Education Ministry and dumps 2,788 usernames and clear text passwords.
German Unit of the Federal Chancellery
October 26, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Der Spiegel reports that Regin, the highly sophisticated state sponsored malware, has been discovered infecting the laptop computer of a head of the German Unit of the Federal Chancellery.
