Michelle Obama
September 22, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport is leaked online alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Almelo
September 9, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers steal 22 gigabytes of data from municipal servers in Almelo.
Unknown Organization
September 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Servers belonging to the Project on Crowdsourced Imagery Analysis (PCIA), hosting data about nuclear tests, have been the subject of DDoS attacks just two days before North Korea's most recent nuclear tests.
Armenian National Security Service
September 2, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Azerbaijani hacktivists from Anti-Armenia Team leak the passport details of foreign visitors to Armenia and more after breaking into Armenian government servers.
2 Hong Kong government agencies
September 1, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Security company FireEye reveals that two Hong Kong government agencies have come under attack from cyberspies originating in China in the month leading up to Sunday's legislative elections.
arg.gov.af
September 1, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivist group Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH) defaced 12 websites belonging to the Afghan government.
The Equation Group
August 16, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
An anonymous group calling itself Shadow Brokers publishes what it claims are sophisticated software tools belonging to an elite team of hackers tied to the US National Security Agency known as "The Equation Group".
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
August 12, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 leaks a fresh batch of documents, memos and passwords, this time from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). They include a spreadsheet of congressional contacts' phone numbers and email addresses, internal memos and what purports to be documents stolen from the computer of Nancy Pelosi.
Anderson County
August 10, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Anderson County government officials and the sheriff's office investigate a possible computer security breach (a "potential system-wide breach" of the main courthouse server) involving 1,800 people.
Unknown Organization
August 9, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Millions of Australian citizens hoping to take part in the country's first ever digital census are left frustrated after the website used to complete the survey is taken down by a DDoS attack.
Three Brazilian businessmen
August 5, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
In the second phase of their operation, Anonymous Brazil claims to have leaked personal details of Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Minister of Sport, President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and three businessmen who are allegedly involved in corruption.
Department of Justice of the Philippines
August 4, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
F-Secure reveals the details of NanHaiShu, a spy campaign aimed at accessing information from high-profile targets involved in the South China Sea dispute. One of the main victims is the Philippine Department of Justice.
An Garda (Irish Police)
August 4, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Police in Ireland launch a probe after a hacker attempted to break into their computer network, forcing officials to temporarily shut down several of their systems to ensure the security of data held on staff and the public.
Irina Petrushova
August 2, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Irina Petrushova, a publisher of an independent Kazakh newspaper.
Alexander Petrushov
August 2, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Alexander Petrushov, a publisher of an independent Kazakh newspaper.
Astolfo di Amato
August 2, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Astolfo di Amato, an Italian attorney who spearheaded anti-corruption litigation against Kazakhstan.
Mukhtar Ablyazov's family
August 2, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. The victims include members of dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov's family.
Claudio X. Gonzlez
July 27, 2016
•[ 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 Claudio X. Gonz lez, the director of Mexicans Against Impunity and Corruption.
Poland's Defence Ministry
July 15, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
This time Pravyy Sector threaten to release data stolen from Poland's Defence Ministry if the government doesn't pay $50,000. The hackers show a proof of the data they allegedly accessed.
Fernando Doval
July 14, 2016
•[ 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 Fernando Doval, the communications secretary of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
