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.
Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
United Nations Development Programme
January 18, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The anti-Bashar Al Assad hacker Dr.SHA6H defaces the official Pakistani website of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme, undp.un.org.pk) to protest against the ongoing Syrian conflict.
Perrysburg, Ohio
January 16, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H keeps on his personal protest against the conflict in Syria. This time the victim is the official website of Perrysburg, Ohio (ci.perrysburg.oh.us).
US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
Carmen Aristegui
January 12, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Carmen Aristegui, the director of Aristegui Noticias which reported on the "Casa Blanca scandal" which implicated the Mexican President's wife.
Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
DKEVR
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
Bundeskanzlerin
January 7, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Pro-Russian Hacker Group CyberBerkut claims to have taken down the website of Merkel's government seat (bundeskanzlerin.de) and the website of Germany's legislative body (bundestag.de).
Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
Unknown Organization
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Muhmad Emad defaces two Turkish government websites belonging to the Afyonkarahisar Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management, asking the Turkish government to stop supporting the ISIS terrorist group.
United Nations
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
@ulzr1z claims to have hacked a subdomain of the United Nations (sustainabledevelopment.un.org) and dumps 1,200 usernames and passwords.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
November 12, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Chinese threat actors accessed the network of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The hack resulted in NOAA temporarily halting the sending of satellite data to institutions such as the National Weather Service.
U.S. Postal Service
November 9, 2014
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised the networks of the U.S. Postal Service and gained access to employee data. Chinese threat actors are believed to be behind the attack.
