careers.kna.kw (official website of the Kuwaiti parliament)
November 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Kuwaiti parliament is defaced by hackers on their parliamentary election day. The hackers deface the main page leaving a message in Arabic accusing Abdul Hamid Dashti, a member of parliament (MP) of being an Iranian agent and urged other MPs to unite against him.
Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM)
November 23, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Gh0s7 hacks the Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM) and dumps the entire database.
Eastern Indian Regional Council
November 20, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaks into the Eastern Indian Regional Council and accesses the data of 17,000 students.
Unknown Organization
November 17, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Canadian army's public recruitment website (forces.ca) is hacked and briefly redirects visitors to the official website of the Chinese government.
Windham County Sheriff's Office
November 12, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
CyberZeist announces that the Windham County Sheriff's Office has been hacked, and dumps the entire database with 300 records of personnel.
National Crime Agency
November 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK's National Crime Agency public web site is briefly taken down by a DDoS attack.
Unknown Organization
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim to have shut down part of Scotland Yard's website (content.met.police.uk) for eight hours in revenge for dozens of arrests during the annual Million Mask March on parliament in London.
Indian Embassy - Mali
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy websites across seven countries.
Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Paraguay Embassy in Taiwan.
Indian Embassy in New York
November 6, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Kupustkiy hacks Indian Embassy in New York.
City of El Paso
November 2, 2016
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The City of El Paso is "robbed" of about $3 million intended for the streetcar project, when a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city by using a phishing attack.
City of Duluth
October 31, 2016
•[ social, phishing, government ]
More than 55,000 Duluth residents receive letters informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing attack at city hall.
US Navy
October 27, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers manage to get their hands on personal and sensitive information of over 130,000 US Navy officials after a laptop of an HPE Navy contactor is hacked. The breach was acknowledged on October 27th.
City of Middletown
October 21, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Middletown reveals that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department.
Democratic National Committee
October 19, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 is back and leaks new fresh documents relating to the US political system (documents allegedly showing email conversations between DNC employees and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign staff discussing Donald Trump's position on his tax returns).
Road signs in Chicago
October 17, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A number of people at the Chicago's Grand Avenue and Central Avenue intersection witness an unusual message on a construction signboard against the mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Potter County
October 13, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Potter County officials assure users that their voter information website is safe after learning that hackers gained access to it.
The Clinton Foundation
October 4, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 posts what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
Berat Albayrak
September 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The RedHack collective claims to have hacked personal email accounts of Turkey's Energy Minister and President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak.
floridabar
September 22, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker or hackers associated with a former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy who has a long-standing dispute with Florida law enforcement that appears to have gotten him raided by the FBI managed to access and acquire what appears to be the Florida Bar Association's entire database.
