South Korean Cyber Command
December 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
North Korea appears to have hacked South Korea's cyber command in what could be the latest cyberattack against Seoul.
National Assembly of Ecuador (asambleanacional.gob.ec)
December 4, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaches the National Assembly of Ecuador and leaks the data via PasteBin.
Saudi Arabian Ministry of Transportation
December 1, 2016
•[ hack, malware, government ]
An Iranian threat actor used malware known as Shamoon 2.0 to compromise and destroy computers at the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia.
Rahul Gandhi Twitter account
November 30, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi, the heir of the Indian National Congress Party, India's oldest political party, is hacked.
European Commission
November 29, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The European Commission (EC) is the target of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) that leads to a breakdown in internet services for hours.
Japanese Defence Ministry
November 28, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kyodo News reveals that the network of the Japanese Defence Ministry was the target of a cyber-attack in September this year.
The High Commission of Ghana
November 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaches the websites of the High Commission of Ghana and the High Commission of Fiji.
careers.kna.kw (official website of the Kuwaiti parliament)
November 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Kuwaiti parliament is defaced by hackers on their parliamentary election day. The hackers deface the main page leaving a message in Arabic accusing Abdul Hamid Dashti, a member of parliament (MP) of being an Iranian agent and urged other MPs to unite against him.
Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM)
November 23, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Gh0s7 hacks the Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM) and dumps the entire database.
Eastern Indian Regional Council
November 20, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaks into the Eastern Indian Regional Council and accesses the data of 17,000 students.
Unknown Organization
November 17, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Canadian army's public recruitment website (forces.ca) is hacked and briefly redirects visitors to the official website of the Chinese government.
Windham County Sheriff's Office
November 12, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
CyberZeist announces that the Windham County Sheriff's Office has been hacked, and dumps the entire database with 300 records of personnel.
National Crime Agency
November 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK's National Crime Agency public web site is briefly taken down by a DDoS attack.
Unknown Organization
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have shut down part of Scotland Yard's website (content.met.police.uk) for eight hours in revenge for dozens of arrests during the annual Million Mask March on parliament in London.
Indian Embassy - Mali
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy websites across seven countries.
Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan.
Indian Embassy in New York
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy in New York.
City of El Paso
November 2, 2016
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The City of El Paso is "robbed" of about $3 million intended for the streetcar project, when a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city by using a phishing attack.
City of Duluth
October 31, 2016
•[ social, phishing, government ]
More than 55,000 Duluth residents receive letters informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing attack at city hall.
US Navy
October 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers manage to get their hands on personal and sensitive information of over 130,000 US Navy officials after a laptop of an HPE Navy contactor is hacked. The breach was acknowledged on October 27th.
