Various Government Websites
February 26, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Anonymous hackers once again target several websites of the Philippines government. The hacktivists are protesting against a provision of the Cybercrime Prevention Act that violates freedom of speech.
UN Internet Governance Forum
February 20, 2014
•[ hack, leak, government ]
In February 2014, the Internet Governance Forum (formed by the United Nations for policy dialogue on issues of internet governance) was attacked by hacker collective known as Deletesec. Although tasked with "ensuring the security and stability of the Internet", the IGFs website was still breached and resulted in the leak of 3,200 email addresses, names, usernames and cryptographically stored passwords.
National Portal of India
February 19, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers of ZCompany Hacking Crew (ZHC) hack india.gov.in, the National Portal of India, posting a message in favor of Kashmir.
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
February 15, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The verified Twitter account (@PartidoPSUV) of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is hacked by LulzSec Peru.
Presidential Adviser
February 13, 2014
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Again an action in name of Opindependence. This time Anonymous Ukraine hacks the e-mail account of Laurynas Jonavicius (adviser of the President of Lithuania), leaking some emails.
UK Government Communications Headquarters
February 12, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Even the website of the Government Communications Headquarters (gchq.gov.uk) is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
Kars Municipality
February 10, 2014
•[ hack, government, education ]
The infamous RedHack collective joins the protests against the new Internet Law, and leak around two dozen records. They also deface a couple of local sites and hack the Ministry of Education.
Official website of the President of Nepal
February 8, 2014
•[ hack, leak, sqlinjection ]
Two separate attacks deface the official website of Nepal's Office of the President (presidentofnepal.gov.np). In the first case, the attacker who goes by Dr.3v1l, also leaked some information stolen from the DB. The second attack was carried out by an Indian hacker.
West Bengal Public Health Engineering Department
February 4, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
West Bengal's Public Health Engineering Department (wbphed.gov.in) is attacked and defaced by a group of Pakistani hacktivists demanding to "free Kashmir" among other things.
Federal Customs Service
February 3, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official English language website of Russia's Federal Customs Service (eng.customs.ru) is defaced by members of Team MaXiMiZerS.
Various Government Websites
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from Ukrainian neo-fascist Svoboda party deface more than 30 Ukrainian government and media websites.
Ministry of Police Affairs
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of Nigeria's Ministry of Police Affairs (policeaffairs.gov.ng) is breached and defaced by hackers of the Nigerian Cyber Army.
Sao Paulo State Government
January 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker affiliated with the Anonymous hacks the official email account belonging to the press and communication department of Sao Paulo state government (saopaulo.sp.gov.br/).
Indian Railways
January 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. The official website of the Indian Railways is once again defaced by Pakistani Hackers.
Israeli Defense Ministry
January 26, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Earlier in January, unknown hackers break into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software looking like it had been sent by the country's Shin Bet secret security service.
US Federal Court System
January 25, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), are taken down by a DDOS attack.
Youth for Achievements
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Azerbaijan Hackers from Anti-Armenia Team have hacked and defaced several Armenian government ministries websites.
Fullerton Police Department
January 19, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous takes down the official website of Fullerton police department against the arrest of protesters and acquittal of police officers who had beaten the homeless Kelly Thomas to death in 2011.
General Directorate of the EGO
January 15, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers of the RedHack collective breach the systems of the General Directorate of EGO (ego.gov.tr), the organization that serves as the public transport department for the municipality of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM)
January 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM), a company that provides emergency communication services to the public, fire and police agencies, admits it suffered a server breach in late December. 6,000 records are affected.
