Lebanon Government Website
October 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Lebanese branch of the Anonymous defaces several Lebanon government websites.
Center for Information and Decision Support
October 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A collective affiliated with the Anonymous called Anonymous R4BIA Team takes down several Egyptian government websites including the Egyptian Presidency website, the Cabinet Decision Support Center (CDSC), the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Planning, and others.
Essex Police
October 23, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Essex Police Twitter Account (@EssexPoliceUK) is hacked and posts a bogus tweet directing the user to a page hosting an offensive picture.
Dutch Safety Board
October 22, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor attempted to compromise the networks of the Dutch Safety Board, the group charged with investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in Ukraine.
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.
South Korean Foreign Ministry
October 20, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised government networks affiliated with members of the South Korean parliament. The threat actor, believed to be North Korea, also attempted to compromise the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and the Blue House.
Passport Office Kolkata
October 20, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan: a group of Pakistani hackers dubbed Team Pak Cyber Experts defaces the official website of the Passport Office Kolkata (passportofficekolkata.in).
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
October 15, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Bloomberg reveals that the web page of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was comporomised with malware in July, during the the third day of the hearing on the territorial dispute in the South China. Suspects are directed to China.
Official website the Belgian Prime Minister
October 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Belgian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the official websites of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, the Brussels parliament and the website of the Federal Public Service of the Interior.
Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency
October 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Two Brazilian hackers deface two government-owned domains. The target is the Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency, which has two of its domains defaced (intranet.on.br and euler.on.br).
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.
Karla Micheel Salas
October 1, 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 Karla Micheel Salas, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of the 2015 Narvarte killings.
Seniat
September 30, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks seniat.gov.ve and dumps 1,651 users with clear text passwords.
Kerala Government Website
September 27, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A Pakistani hacker dubbed Pakistan Zindabad defaces two websites belonging to the Kerala Government.
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.
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.
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.
