Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
July 13, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
A report published by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology found that hackers purported to be from China had compromised computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation repeatedly between 2010 and 2013.
Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack.
Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino
July 12, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack. One of the victims is the Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino (the official regulating body of the Filipino language).
Luis Encarnacin
July 12, 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 Luis Encarnaci n, the coordinator of the Coalici n ContraPESO (CounterWEIGHT Coalition). Mr. Encarnaci n is an advocate for Mexico's soda tax.
Unknown Organization
July 11, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
In the name of OpAfrica, hackers affiliated to the Anonymous collective hack Armscor, a Pretoria based arms procurement agency, and leak 63 MB data in HTML files that include invoices numbers, order numbers, invoice amount and other data from Airbus, Thales group, Rolls Royce, EADS (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company), and Denel.
Unknown Organization
July 7, 2016
•[ hack, leak, government ]
In retaliation for the Alton Sterling killing, a hacker called @0x2Taylor hacks the Baton Rouge city government's servers and leaks 50,000 Baton Rouge Police records.
Zimbabwean government official website (zim.gov.zw)
July 6, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #ZimShutDown2016 or #ShutDownZimbabwe, the Anonymous take down the websites of the country's official portal (zim.gov.zw), Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (zbc.co.zw), and the website of the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).
US Democratic Party
June 30, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 releases 25 new documents.
Washington County Community Development Agency
June 29, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Washington County Community Development Agency warns that an unauthorized third party hacked into one of the agency's servers earlier this month, potentially exposing certain community members and employees' personal information.
South Yorkshire Police
June 26, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
Two Albanian hackers deface the South Yorkshire Police website.
Official website of Rep. Richard Neal
June 23, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
More than a dozen House Democrats' official websites are taken down, after Democrats ended an overnight sit-in to press for a vote on gun control legislation. The outage is affecting the congressional sites of Reps. Earl Blumenauer, John Carney, Rosa DeLauro, Lloyd Doggett, Tammy Duckworth, Donna Edwards, Sam Farr, Tulsi Gabbard, Alan Grayson, Marcy Kaptur, William Keating, John Larson, Jim McDermott, Richard Neal, Ed Perlmutter, Jackie Speier and Filemon Vela.
2,347 US Army personals
June 23, 2016
•[ leak, government ]
As part of #OpSilence, Ghost Squad Hackers publish a file containing data of 2,437 US Army personals including names, emails, phone numbers, full addresses, credit card data.
Unknown Organization
June 22, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Legion claims responsibility for taking down the Minnesota Judicial Branch's website (mncourts.gov).
Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ)
June 19, 2016
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) fixes a security issue in their video conferencing software that allowed an unknown hacker to spy on their meetings and even access the video camera.
Roberto Gil Zuarth
June 15, 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 Roberto Gil Zuarth, who was President of the Mexican Senate at the time of the targeting. He is also a member of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
Ricardo Anaya Corts
June 15, 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 Ricardo Anaya Cort s, the president of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
Democratic National Committee
June 14, 2016
•[ espionage, government ]
Russian government hackers penetrate the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gain access to the entire database, dumping a 231-page document purporting to be opposition research into Donald Trump.
US government
June 14, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Palo Alto Networks reveals the details of a cyberespionage group called Sofacy, which has launched a fresh attack against the US government, using a "new persistence mechanism" designed to help evade detection.
Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
June 14, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Africa takes down the websites of EFF and ZANU-PF, two black nationalist political parties in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD)
June 14, 2016
•[ hack, government ]
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD) posts a notice for a suspected security breach related to the on-line purchase of licenses and tags from the Department.
