US Army
June 8, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the US Army (army.mil) is defaced by attackers claiming to be associated with the Syrian Electronic Army. In addition to a message on the page claiming attriubtion, the attackers also include a pop-up message to anyone visiting: "Your commanders admit they are training the people they have sent you to die fighting."
Piatt County, Illinois
June 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The pro-Palestinian hacktivist collective AnonGhost defaces the official website of Piatt County, Illinois along with the website of the county's Sheriff office, election office and Highway Department.
Office of the President
May 31, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Vietnamese threat actor Ocean Lotus has compronised the websites of numerous entitities in Southeast Asia to be used for watering-hole attacks. Some of the organizations have also been targeted with malware aiming to install backdoors on their systems. The group has targeted ASEAN, China, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines.
Japan universal public pension system
May 28, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
The organization that manages Japan's universal public pension system confirms that approximately 1.25 million personal records are compromised by hackers in a recent targeted attack. Blue Termite, an alleged Chinese threat actor, may be responsible.
Embassy of Nepal in Washington
May 24, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Embassy of Nepal in Washington (nepalembassyusa.org) is hacked by Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail, a group of Moroccan hackers who leave a message against the American invasion of Iraq and what happened afterwards.
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kuwait
May 24, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H , the anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker from Syria, hacks into the official website of Uzbekistan Embassy in Kuwait (uzbekembassy.gov.kw) and demands governments around the world to bring peace in Syria.
Republican Party of Kentucky
May 23, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
An international group of hackers operating under the name AnonCoders defaces the main website of the Republican Party of Kentucky (rpk.org) to raise awareness that Muslims are not terrorists.
Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 22, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
Yemen Cyber Army defaces the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (services.mofa.gov.sa) and leaks plain-text login credentials of Saudi officials, conversations between embassies along with Embassies VSAT Communications. They also release, a few days after, some records of Saudi VISA Database, threatening to release 1M more. There is evidence that the Yemen Cyber Army is in fact a front for Iranian hackers.
Philadelphia City Council
May 20, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The website for Philadelphia's City Council (phlcouncil.com) is hacked by a pro-Muslim hacker calling himself H1d3n Root.
Italian Ministry of Defense
May 19, 2015
•[ leak, hack, government ]
After the Expo, the Italian Anonymous target the Italian Ministry of Defense (difesa.it), and leak a list of 1,700 accounts.
Wayne County Sheriff's Deparment
May 18, 2015
•[ leak, government ]
In name of OpUSA, the online hacktivists AnonGhost deface the official website of Wayne Country Sheriff's department (sheriff.co.wayne.in.us/) and leak its database containing login credentials of its employees.
Chilean National Municipal Information System
May 17, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Anonymous hacks the official website of Chile's National Municipal Information System (sinim.gov.cl), defacing it and leaking login details of officials. The attack is done in support of student protests against the government's education policy. The hacker behind the attack goes by CyberBloc.
Bundestag
May 15, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
A Bundestag (German Parliament) official confirms media reports about a "sophisticated attack" on the institution. The attack was later attributed to Russia.
Atlanta Department of Public Works
May 14, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Unknown attackers hack a billboard in Atlanta and replace a video with several images from Goatse, one of the internet's original shock sites.
Minnesota Department of Education
May 13, 2015
•[ hack, education, government ]
Minnesota student testing is suspended again after what is believed to be a sophisticated hacking attempt.
lottoland
May 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
GrenXPaRTa claims to have hacked lottoland.co.uk and dumps 9,702 usernames and passwords
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 11, 2015
•[ espionage, government ]
Singapore Minister of Information and Communications reveals that the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the victim of an advanced attack, last year, which forced the affected devices to be disconnected from the network.
Website of the Kenyan President
May 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The website of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (president.go.ke) is defaced by the Indonesian based Gantengers Crew.
euromilhoes
May 8, 2015
•[ hack, leak, government ]
A hacker called Fokinz hacks euromilhoes.com and dumps 19,352 usernames and passwords.
Iranian Ministry of Defense
May 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A Saudi hacker going with the handle of RxR HaCker defaces the official website of the Iranian Ministry of Defense (gozinesh.mod.ir), insulting Iran's leader Ali Khamenei over war in Yemen.
