Canadian government
July 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from the Anonymous collective say they breached supposedly secure Canadian government computers and accessed high-level, classified national security documents as retaliation for last week's fatal shooting by the RCMP of a protester in British Columbia. To support their claim, they publish a document that appears to be legitimate Treasury Board of Canada notes on federal cabinet funding to fix flaws in the foreign stations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board
July 22, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Hackers from the Anonymous collective break into the network of the tribunal that adjudicates disputes between public servants and the federal government and dump 3856 records.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
July 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Members of the Anonymous collective claim to have crashed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) website as a part of a battle to retaliate for the murder of a member in a shooting involving the Canadian Police.
Antrix Corporation
July 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Indian space agency ISRO's commercial arm Antrix, has its website defaced. Suspects are thought to be Chinese hackers.
British Columbia Conservation
July 10, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
Unknown hackers affiliated with the collective Anonymous release a string of emails that appear to show a conservation officer defending his decision to refuse to kill two black bear cubs on Vancouver Island.
New York City Comptroller
July 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A Pro-Palestinian hacker going with the handle of AlfabetoVirtual defaces the official website of New York City's Comptroller Mr. Scott M. Stringer (http://comptroller.nyc.gov).
State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia
July 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Cyber Islamic State hackers deface the official website of The State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia (eu-nato.gov.ge).
Bundeswehr
July 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey are briefly taken over by hackers.
Edinburgh CIty Council
July 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
More than 13,000 email addresses have been stolen from Edinburgh city council's database following a "malicious cyber attack".
Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity
July 3, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpBillC51, the Anonymous hacks the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan Centre (http://www.rqap.gouv.qc.ca), The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity (http://www.mess.gouv.qc.ca) and The National Review Commission website on employment insurance.
Azerbaijani State Customs Committee
July 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army hack into the official website of Azerbaijani customs (and other Azerbaijani sites), stealing highly confidential personal information of 5650 Azerbaijani citizens.
Fort Collins Streets Department
June 14, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Another example of a road sign hacked.
Unicor
June 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
An unknown hacker dumps a database containing what appears to be around 23,000 email addresses of US government workers on a dark web hacking. The list appears to have been stolen from a different government agency (unicor.gov) also known as Federal Prison Industries.
Lithuanian Armed Forces
June 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Lithuanian Armed Forces website (kariuomene.kam.lt) is hacked to post false information about the NATO annexation of Kaliningrad.
US Air Force
June 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces two subdomains of the US Air Force. The targeted domains belong to Profession of Arms Center of Excellence and Professional Development Guide of the US Air Force.
North Dakota Workforce and Safety Institute
June 10, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Approximately 43,000 incident reports and 13,000 payroll reports are compromised in a breach of a North Dakota Workforce and Safety Institute (WSI) server, after the North Dakota Information Technology Department (ITD) detected unusual activity.
Los Angeles County Public Works
June 9, 2015
•[ hack, government, misconfiguration ]
A downtown Los Angeles digital traffic sign is hacked to state "Read a fu***ng book."
US Army
June 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the US Army (army.mil) is defaced by attackers claiming to be associated with the Syrian Electronic Army. In addition to a message on the page claiming attriubtion, the attackers also include a pop-up message to anyone visiting: "Your commanders admit they are training the people they have sent you to die fighting."
Piatt County, Illinois
June 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The pro-Palestinian hacktivist collective AnonGhost defaces the official website of Piatt County, Illinois along with the website of the county's Sheriff office, election office and Highway Department.
Office of the President
May 31, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Vietnamese threat actor Ocean Lotus has compronised the websites of numerous entitities in Southeast Asia to be used for watering-hole attacks. Some of the organizations have also been targeted with malware aiming to install backdoors on their systems. The group has targeted ASEAN, China, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines.
