Unknown Organization
March 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The database of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is breached and the personal information of 55 million voters potentially exposed in two consecutive attacks. The first attack was carried out by Anonymous.
NASA
March 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
AnonymousCorrupt, a group of hacktivists linked to the Anonymous claim to have taken down the nasa.gov website.
visit-jy
March 18, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Hacktivists from KarmaSec hack the server of Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division (visit-jy.com) and leak a trove of data protesting in animal cruelty in the country.
Swiss People's Party (SVP)
March 16, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A group of hackers dubbed NSHC claims to have hacked the database of Switzerland's largest political party, the conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP) and stolen the personal data of over 50,000 people, including the names and email addresses of SVP supporters.
The City of Baltimore
March 14, 2016
•[ financial, government ]
The city of Baltimore investigates how the personal information of dozens of city employees was stolen and used to file fraudulent tax returns.
Salt Lake City Police
March 13, 2016
•[ hack, government, finance ]
Hackers from New World Hackers group (NWH) claim to have taken down the official website of Salt Lake City police, the airport, First Utah Bank and Downtown Alliance in a form of protest against the shooting of the teenager Abdi Mohamed.
Finland Foreign Ministry
March 8, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Finland foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja reveals to the media that the foreign ministry computer network has been infiltrated by spies. The breach has apparently been going on for four years. Suspects are directed to Russia or China.
GIEI
March 1, 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 targets is a phone belonging to the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI). GIEI is investigating the 2014 Iguala Mass Disappearance and was targeted shortly after criticizing the Mexican government for interfering in the investigation.
Islamic State
February 29, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter reveals that the US military is currently waging a cyber-offensive to "interrupt [and] disrupt ISIL's command and control, to cause them to lose confidence in their networks, to overload their network so that they can't function, and do all of these things that will interrupt their ability to command and control forces there, control the population and the economy."
International Civil Aviation Organization
February 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
New reports reveal that back in 2016 ICAO was hit by a serious cyberattack.
Website of the Italian region of Basilicata
February 22, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpGreenRights, the Italian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the websites on local authorities of Apulia and Basilicata for participating in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project.
Cincinnati Police Department
February 22, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
Members of Anon Verdict, a sub-division of the Anonymous hacker collective, leak the details for 52 officers and employees of the Cincinnati Police Department. The Police Department questions the validity of the hack.
Israel's CCTV Systems
February 19, 2016
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Qadmon (or Kadimon), one of Hezbollah's hacking units reveals it managed to breach many of Israel's CCTV systems, having had access to camera feeds from various government buildings.
Turkish National Police (EMG)
February 15, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
A hacker known as ROR[RG] dump 17.8GB of information data from the Turkish National Police (EMG) servers. The leak allegedly happened two years ago.
South Africa's Department of Water Affairs (DWA)
February 15, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpAfrica and #OpMonsanto hackers from World Hacker Team hack South Africa's Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and leak the data of 5,800 government employees.
CONADI
February 10, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A group of Chilean hacktivists that go by the name of Chilean Hackers break into the database of CONADI and steal the personal details of 304,189 Chilean citizens looking for state benefits from the country's government.
Bolivian Army
February 10, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
A group of hackers breach the official email servers belonging to the Bolivian Army, download emails, and dump some of the data online.
Ex-Israeli Army Chief of Staff
February 9, 2016
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
Channel 10 reveals that hackers affiliated to Iran's Revolutionary Guard breached the computers of 1,800 individuals including a former Israeli Army Chief of Staff.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
February 9, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service discloses a security breach relating to employees' personal data.
US Internal Revenue Service
February 9, 2016
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The US Internal Revenue Service is the target of an attack able to steal the electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 social security numbers. The attack is performed using credentials stolen from an external source.
