2,347 US Army personals
June 23, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
As part of #OpSilence, Ghost Squad Hackers publish a file containing data of 2,437 US Army personals including names, emails, phone numbers, full addresses, credit card data.
Unknown Organization
June 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Legion claims responsibility for taking down the Minnesota Judicial Branch's website (mncourts.gov).
Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ)
June 19, 2016
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) fixes a security issue in their video conferencing software that allowed an unknown hacker to spy on their meetings and even access the video camera.
Roberto Gil Zuarth
June 15, 2016
•[ 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 Roberto Gil Zuarth, who was President of the Mexican Senate at the time of the targeting. He is also a member of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
Ricardo Anaya Corts
June 15, 2016
•[ 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 Ricardo Anaya Cort s, the president of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
Democratic National Committee
June 14, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Russian government hackers penetrate the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gain access to the entire database, dumping a 231-page document purporting to be opposition research into Donald Trump.
US government
June 14, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Palo Alto Networks reveals the details of a cyberespionage group called Sofacy, which has launched a fresh attack against the US government, using a "new persistence mechanism" designed to help evade detection.
Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
June 14, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Africa takes down the websites of EFF and ZANU-PF, two black nationalist political parties in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD)
June 14, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD) posts a notice for a suspected security breach related to the on-line purchase of licenses and tags from the Department.
Petra News Agency
June 12, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Jordan's official state news agency has claimed a hacker is responsible for breaching its computer system to insert false comments into a story describing how Saudi Arabia royalty funded 20% of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Karnataka State Police
June 11, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker named Faisal 1337 from Team Pak Cyber Attackers has defaced the website of the Karnataka State Police.
High Commission of India in Pretoria, South Africa
June 11, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Two Pakistani hackers dubbed "Romantic" and "Intruder" deface Indian government websites including the Embassy of India in Turkey; the Embassy of India in Greece; the Embassy of India in Mexico; the Consulate General of India in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the Embassy of India in Bucharest, Romania; the Embassy of India in Dushanbe, Tajikistan; and the High Commission of India in Pretoria, South Africa.
Unknown government-linked Louisiana database
June 9, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker under the pseudonym NSA puts on sale on the dark web a database that purports to hold over a quarter of a million driver licence records compromised from a government-linked databases in Louisiana, United States.
Lorrie Cranor
June 7, 2016
•[ social, government ]
Lorrie Cranor, FTC's chief technologist gets her mobile phone number hijacked by an ID thief.
Several Road Signs in the US
June 1, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A number of road signs in the US fall victim to a politically-motivated 'hack' attack after being altered to show messages relating to presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Statistical Centre of Iran
May 24, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Statistical Centre of Iran is targeted by unknown attackers. Iran tracks the origin of the attack from three Arab countries including Saudi Arabia.
Unknown Organization
May 23, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker who goes by the nickname of Amar^SHG (formerly Kuroi'SH) defaces France's most visited weather portal, M t o France.
San Juan County
May 20, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
San Juan County reports that the information of patients in the county's DWI treatment program may have been compromised after an attacker gained remote access to one of its computers.
Santiago Aguirre
May 20, 2016
•[ 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 Santiago Aguirre, a staff member at Centro PRODH, a Mexican human rights and legal aid organization.
Sindicat de Mossos d'Esquadra
May 20, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Phineas Fisher, the hacker behind the Gamma International and Hacking Team breaches hacks the Sindicat de Mossos d'Esquadra (the Catalan police union), publishes personal information about police officers (including their badge numbers), and hijacks their Twitter account.
