Kenya Electoral Commission IT System
August 9, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga claims the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.
Development Foundation of Armenia
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Turkish hackers continue to target Armenian websites. The list of the targets involved in the latest spree of attacks includes the official website of the Development Foundation of Armenia and the official website of the Civil Service Council of Armenia.
Ukrposhta (Ukraine National Postal Service)
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website for Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta was recently taken down by DDoS attacks for two days in a row, Interfax reports.
Steve Weichert Twitter Account
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Steve Weichert, a politician running for District 17's State Senate Seat in the 2018 election reveals that his Twitter account has been hacked. The alleged attackers post pornographic content.
Pakistan
August 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
An Indian hacker going by the online handle of Ne0-H4ck3r defaces the official government portal of Pakistan (Pakistan.gov.pk), leaving a deface page along with a message and a patriotic Indian song.
Macron Campaign
July 27, 2017
•[ espionage, social, government ]
Reuters reveals that Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas.
Kansas Department of Commerce
July 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A security breach in the Kansas Department of Commerce exposes millions of Social Security numbers from people across 10 states to hackers. Many other accounts are also attacked.
South Carolina's Voter Registration System
July 16, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
According to a post-election report by the South Carolina State Election Commission, South Carolina's voter registration system was reportedly hit by almost 150,000 hack attempts on Election Day 2016.
UK Parliament
June 23, 2017
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Up to 90 email accounts are compromised amid a brute-force cyber-attack on UK Parliament.
Illinois State Board of Elections
June 22, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
New details emerge about the alleged hacks before the 2016 elections. Ken Menzel, general counsel of the State Board of Elections, reveals that nearly 90,000 records containing personal information were accessed by Russian hackers, with 90 percent of those records containing some kind of personal information.
Election systems in 21 US states
June 21, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during her testimony before a Senate panel, reveals that Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 US states during last year's campaign.
admin
June 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker calling himself Vigilance hacks a database belonging to the Minnesota state government, and steals about 1,400 email addresses and passwords.
Col. Richard Downie
June 20, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Col. Richard Downie (ret.), the former director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies at the National Defense University. He worked on the 2014 presidential campaign of Juan Carlos Navarro.
Argentinian Army Website
June 19, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Argentina's army says that its website has been hacked and images purported to be of members of the Islamic State militant group were posted on it.
U.S. Electoral System
June 13, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
New investigations reveal that Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
Montenegro
June 6, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Security firm FireEye reveals the details of a wave of attacks targeting Montenegro using spear-phishing, after its decision to join NATO.
Road Sign in Houston
May 30, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Someone hacks a road sign in Houston with a message against Donald Trump.
Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments
May 26, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments computer network is hacked and more than 200,000 records in are compromised.
Ismael Borquez
May 26, 2017
•[ 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 Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
Griselda Triana
May 25, 2017
•[ 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 Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
