Bell Canada
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The hacking group NullCrew AKA @NullCrew_FTS claims to have successfully hacked Bell Canada (bell.ca). As a consequence 40,000 credentials are leaked.
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/).
GitHub
January 27, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub is taken down by a DDoS Attack.
Give Me Coins
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The popular Litecoin mining pool Give Me Coins (give-me-coins.com) is hacked. The attackers have reportedly stolen a total of 10,000 Litecoins, currently worth around $230,000.
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.
PayPal
February 5, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Hackers have compromised the eBay and PayPal marketing webpages in the UK, France, and India, causing some visitors to be redirected to fraudulent destinations.
National Health Service
February 3, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
A coding error on the official website of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (nhs.uk) is abused to implant malicious code on more than 800 pages.
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.
CNN
January 24, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks several accounts belonging to CNN. Targets include: CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked.
Ubuntu
January 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
SultanHaikal from Gantengers Crew defaces 6 official domains of Ubuntu One.
PrezidentBank
February 7, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
The official websites of two Turkmenistan state-owned commercial banks are hacked and defaced by Dr.Sha6h, to raise awareness of the situation in Syria. The victims are: Turkmenbashi Bank (tbbank.gov.tm), PrezidentBank (presidentbank.gov.tm).
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
February 6, 2014
•[ hack, espionage, technology ]
India launches an investigation after a media report alleged that Chinese telecoms company Huawei had hacked into state-run telecoms carrier BSNL.
Comcast
February 5, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The NullCrew collective claim to have successfully hacked Comcast, providing a link on Pastebin to unredacted information as evidence.
Orange
February 3, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Orange confirms that hackers accessed the personal data of three percent of Orange's customers in France (corresponding to about 800,000 users), using the 'My Account' section of orange.fr. The attack took place on 16 January.
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.
Ateneo Integrated Student Information System
February 2, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A group identified as "Pinoy Anonymouz" defaces the website of the Ateneo Integrated Student Information System (AISIS).
Various Government Websites
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from Ukrainian neo-fascist Svoboda party deface more than 30 Ukrainian government and media websites.
Carlo Ancelotti
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti), the manager of the Spanish football team Real Madrid, has been hacked.
State Industrial Products
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The FBI alerts State Industrial Products that the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 500-1000 current and former employees may be at risk after an unauthorized party gained access to the information.
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.
