Department of Homeland Security
February 7, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of #FreePalestine, a hacker called Penis AKA @DotGovs dumps data belonging to 9,000 DHS officials. The trove is allegedly obtained after compromising the email address of a DHS employee.
Uganda's Ministry of Finance (finance.go.ug)
February 6, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
And #OpAfrica continues with the dump of the details of 220 government employees from Uganda's Ministry of Finance.
Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
February 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Pakistani hackers deface the official web portal of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
Thai Prisons
February 3, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
The Blink Hacker group, a known division of the Anonymous hacker collective, has leaked the databases of 100 websites belonging to Thai prisons.
Thai Prison System
January 28, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous' crusade against the Thai justice system continues: the hacktivists take down 20 websites belonging to the local prison system.
Unknown Organization
January 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
UK-based researcher and activist Thomas White releases 2.5 GB of data stolen in a recent hack of the computer systems of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the biggest police union in the United States. The activist is not the author of the attack.
Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship
January 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of #OpPuraVida, a form of protest against the CAFTA trade deal, a hacker dubbed Hanom1960 AKA @hanomlulzsec hacks the Costa Rica Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs.
Miami-Dade Police Department
January 23, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker dubbed Lorde Bashtien releases the personal details of 80 police officers from the Miami Police Department, the Miami-Dade Police Department, and the Miami Beach Police Department.
Irish government websites
January 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
Official website of the Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO
January 21, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from the Anti-Armenia Team deface the official websites of Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO, Permanent Mission of the organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Mission of the United Nations. Additionally, the hackers deface the websites of Armenian embassies in 40 countries.
Irish National Lottery
January 20, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website and ticket machines of the Irish National Lottery are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
John Holdren
January 18, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Crackas With Attitude (CWA) claims to have hacked the home telephone and email account of President Barack Obama's senior advisor on science and technology John Holdren. One of the group members claims that the person who broke into Holdren's account was a hacker called Fearz, who identifies as an ex-member of CWA.
Boryspil Airport
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Ukrainian authorities announce a review of the defences of government computer systems, after detecting a cyber attack on Kyiv's main airport launched from a server in Russia.
Embassy of Russia in Israel
January 16, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A crew of Pro-Turkish hackers defaces the website of the Russian Embassy in Israel (russianembassy.org.il).
Supreme Court of Thailand
January 14, 2016
•[ leak, hack, government ]
The Operation #BoycottThailand, aimed to expose the wrongdoing of Thai Police over the death sentences handed down to two Myanmar migrant workers, continues. Blink Hacker Group, a collective affiliated to the Anonymous leaks 1Gb of data belonging to Thailand's Supreme Court.
Hundreds of Thai government websites
January 13, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous continue their campaign against the Thai government and take down hundreds of government websites over death sentences handed down to two Myanmar migrant workers (Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun) for the murder of two British tourists (Hannah Witheridge and David Miller).
Unknown Organization
January 11, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Minnesota court system announces that its website (mncourts.gov) was down for ten days in December due to a series of severe DDoS attacks.
milq
January 10, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
root AKA @ciadotgov hacks milq.com and dumps 3,594 usernames and hashed passwords
Nigerian Ministry of Finance
January 8, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpNigeria and #OpCorruption, the Nigerian branch of the Anonymous takes down several government websites.
Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 6, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A hacker going with the online handle of GeNiuS-JorDan defaces the official website of The Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posting a message against the US Invasion of Iraq.
