Iceland government
November 30, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpWhales, the Anonymous take down almost all the Iceland government websites for about 13 hours as a protest against the whaling practices in Iceland.
Jabalpur Police
November 28, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers calling themselves "Pakistani cyber attackers" deface the official website of Jabalpur police with Pakistani flags and slogans claiming revenge against Indian attacks.
Richland County Veterans Service Office
November 28, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A collective of pro-ISIS hackers dubbed Team System DZ defaces three domains of the Richland County office.
Securus Technologies
November 11, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
An anonymous hacker leaks a vast collection containing metadata of over 70 million records of phone calls placed by prisoners to at least 37 US states and links to actual recordings for each call. The calls, allegedly leaked from Securus Technologies, span from December 2011 to the spring of 2014.
UK Parliament
November 9, 2015
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Times reveal that, in May, cybercriminals were able to break into parliament's computer network, hijacked computers holding sensitive information and presented a ransom demand to Chi Onwurah, MP and shadow digital minister.
Aviacion Militar Bolivariana
November 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks the website of the Aviacion Militar Bolivariana (aviacion.mil.ve) and dumps 1,997 records.
Obama Administration officials
November 6, 2015
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Wall Street Journal reveals that the email and social media accounts of Obama administration officials were recently hacked by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Venezuelan Education Ministry
October 29, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
KelvinSecTeam hacks a subdomain of the Venezuelan Education Ministry and dumps 2,788 usernames and clear text passwords.
German Unit of the Federal Chancellery
October 26, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Der Spiegel reports that Regin, the highly sophisticated state sponsored malware, has been discovered infecting the laptop computer of a head of the German Unit of the Federal Chancellery.
Lebanon Government Website
October 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Lebanese branch of the Anonymous defaces several Lebanon government websites.
Center for Information and Decision Support
October 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A collective affiliated with the Anonymous called Anonymous R4BIA Team takes down several Egyptian government websites including the Egyptian Presidency website, the Cabinet Decision Support Center (CDSC), the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Planning, and others.
Essex Police
October 23, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Essex Police Twitter Account (@EssexPoliceUK) is hacked and posts a bogus tweet directing the user to a page hosting an offensive picture.
Dutch Safety Board
October 22, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor attempted to compromise the networks of the Dutch Safety Board, the group charged with investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in Ukraine.
Blue House
October 21, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
South Korea's intelligence agency reports that North Korean hackers accessed servers belonging to the Blue House, the executive office of South Korea, and stole data from computers belonging to members of the nation's legislature.
South Korean Foreign Ministry
October 20, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised government networks affiliated with members of the South Korean parliament. The threat actor, believed to be North Korea, also attempted to compromise the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and the Blue House.
Passport Office Kolkata
October 20, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan: a group of Pakistani hackers dubbed Team Pak Cyber Experts defaces the official website of the Passport Office Kolkata (passportofficekolkata.in).
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
October 15, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Bloomberg reveals that the web page of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was comporomised with malware in July, during the the third day of the hearing on the territorial dispute in the South China. Suspects are directed to China.
Official website the Belgian Prime Minister
October 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Belgian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the official websites of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, the Brussels parliament and the website of the Federal Public Service of the Interior.
Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency
October 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Two Brazilian hackers deface two government-owned domains. The target is the Brazilian Institute of Research and Development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology of Time and Frequency, which has two of its domains defaced (intranet.on.br and euler.on.br).
Kennebec County Phone System
October 6, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Kennebec County phone system is hacked topping 2,100 calls in a weekend.
