Taj Mahal Website
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan, The main page of Taj Mahal website (tajmahal.gov.in) is hacked by H4$N4!N H4XOR, displaying the Pakistan's flag.
Arizona Department of Homeland Security
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Swan defaces the official website of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. The hacker also defaces the official website of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs website.
New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A $12.7 million supercomputer owned by Niwa (New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) is targeted by a computer hacker believed to have come from China.
Ukrainian Election Commission
May 22, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of Ukraine's election commission (cvk.gov) is targeted by a massive DDoS attack on the eve of country's presidential polls. The pro-Russian CyberBerkut collective claims responsibility for the attack.
Road sign in San Francisco
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An unknown prankster hacker hacks an electronic traffic sign in San Francisco warning of a Godzilla Attack.
Rawalpindi Police
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Rawalpindi police in Pakistan (rawalpindipolice.gov.pk) is defaced by Anti Mortadin!@, a group that appears to support the Taliban.
Soma Municipality
May 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists of the RedHack collective blame authorities for the incident in the mine of Soma, and as a consequence they deface the official website of the Soma Municipality.
Belgian Foreign Ministry
May 12, 2014
•[ espionage, government ]
Unknown hackers steal data related to the Ukraine crisis from Belgian foreign ministry servers, prompting a security crackdown which has left diplomats without Internet or email.
Indian Ministry of Railways
May 11, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. A Pakistani hacker called rOOX from Team MadLeets defaces the server of Indian Ministry of Railway, which includes around 47 domains.
British National Party
May 2, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official Twitter account of the British National Party and its leader is hacked by Anon_0x03, an individual claiming to be affiliated to the infamous collective Anonymous.
Egyptian Ministry of Information
April 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the'Egyptian Ministry of Information is hacked and defaced by hackers from a group going with the handle of Libyan Cyber Army.
Pakistan National Portal
April 25, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The cyber battle between Indian and Pakistani hacktivists continues. In name of OpPakistan Indian hackers deface several Pakistani government websites.
International Civil Aviation Organization
April 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Montreal-based ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) is another target in a string of attacks by NullCrew.
Bangalore City Police
April 20, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of H4x0r10ux m1nd defaces the official website of Bangalore City Police India (bcp.gov.in).
Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party
April 19, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Muhammad Bilal from Pak Cyber Experts group defaces the official Bihar BJP website (biharbjp.org).
Veterans of Foreign Wars
April 15, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
About 55,000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (vfw.org) may have had personal information, including Social Security numbers, compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to a VFW web server using a remote access trojan.
German Aerospace Centre
April 15, 2014
•[ espionage, government ]
Germany's space research centre in Cologne is the victim of a co-ordinated and covert targeted attack carried out by state-sponsored hackers, according to a Der Spiegel report. Suspects are directed to China.
Ministry of Health
April 10, 2014
•[ hack, government, healthcare ]
Hackers of Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail deface the official website of prevention program of injuries and accidents - Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia (moh-ncd.gov.sa).
Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan
April 8, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (umarmedia.com) is taken down by an Indian hacker called Godzilla.
Department of Culture, Media and Sport
April 7, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The verified Twitter account of the United Kingdom's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (@DCMS) is hacked over the weekend. The hacker posts three messages referencing MP Maria Miller on the compromised feed.