Istanbul Police Association
March 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The online Turkish hacktivist group RedHack defaces the official website of Istanbul Police Association (istanbulpolisdernegi.org) in tribute to Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old teenager who died on March 11, 2014.
Madison Police Department
March 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have taken down the Madison Police Department over Tony Robinson Jr. Shooting.
Rapides Parish Police Jury
March 7, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The actions of the hacktivist group AnonGhost are not isolated: now they deface the official website of the state of Louisiana Rapides Parish Police Jury, Southern Heritage Bank and Churchill Banks.
Larimer County Sheriff's Office
March 6, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
And for the second time in a week, the Anonghost deface, once again, the official website of Colorado's Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
San Marcos Police Department
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Bitcoin Baron takes down the City of San Marcos and San Marcos PD websites in retaliation for the assault on a student.
Larimer County Sheriff's Office
March 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of Colorado's Larimer County Sheriff's Office (LCSO, larimersheriff.org) is defaced by the Pro-Palestinian hacking group AnonGhost.
Green Group Defense Services
March 2, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
The pro-Russian hacktivist CyberBerkut leaks several documents allegedly hacked from the mobile device of a Green Group Defense Services official, who recently visited Kiev as a member of American military delegation.
Hanford Site
March 1, 2015
•[ financial, espionage, hack ]
Hackers conducted a combination of financially motivated and espionage-driven hacking operations against hundreds of companies, organizations, and research firms based in the United States and other countries, stealing terabytes of information. One of these targets was the Hanford Site, a Department of Energy nuclear waste complex. The two hackers, Li Xiayou and Dong Jiazhi, allegedly carried out their activities with the help of China's Ministry of State Security.
Chile Ministry of Defense
February 26, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An anonymous ISIS supporter defaces Chile's Ministry of Defense website (ssdefensa.cl).
New York City Government
February 25, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Almost all government agencies in New York City are unable to send or receive messages for nearly a week as a consequence of a DDoS attack. A further investigation reveals that the attack may have originated from Russia.
The National Archives
February 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Law enforcement is investigating a possible data breach at the National Archives, after a hacker group releases a video purporting to show a break-in on the agency's website.
Nigerian National Assembly
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
GrenXPaRTa hacks the Nigerian Nation Assembly (nassnig.org) and dumps 49 MB of data.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
February 12, 2015
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Facebook page of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army which accuses the Observatory's head of collaborating with British intelligence.
Dutch government websites
February 11, 2015
•[ ddos, government ]
All Dutch government websites suddenly go down on Tuesday morning, only coming back up more than twelve hours later. The day after, the Dutch Ministry of General Affairs, issues a brief statement saying indicating the outage as a consequence of a DDoS attack.
Defense Contract Management Agency
February 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the US federal government entity responsible for performing contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is the victim of a suspected cybersecurity breach and pulls a number of its servers offline.
Arizona Army National Guard
February 6, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army deface the sub-domain of the official Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (ems.azdema.gov). The targeted sub-domain belongs to AZARNG (Arizona Army National Guard).
Philippine Government Websites
January 31, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Anonymous Philippines defaces several Philippine government websites to protest against President Benigno Aquino III's apparent missteps in the wake of the deadly clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique
January 29, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Moroccan Hassan defaces several subdomains of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.fr).
Nigerian Defence Headquarters
January 24, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) information blog site, defenceinfo.mil.ng is defaced.
French Ministry of Defense
January 22, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The AnonGhost collective defaces several subdomains of the French Interior and Defense Ministries.
