Pakistan Electric Power Company
June 21, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
The official website of Pakistan Electric Power Company Limited (pepco.gov.pk) is defaced by a group of Pakistani hackers called Pakistan Haxors Crew in protest against police brutality.
Governor of Arizona
June 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
After hacking the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, the Turkish hacker Swan is back, and this time he defaces two official websites of Arizona State Governor Janice K. Brewer.
Code Spaces
June 18, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Code Spaces, a code-hosting service abruptly closes after someone gains unauthorized access to its Amazon Web Service account and deletes most of the customer data. The company refused to pay a ransom after being extorted via a DDoS attack.
Regional Electoral Court of the Amazon
June 17, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
As part of #OpWorldCup and #OpHackingCup, Anonymous hacks a number of Brazilian organizations during the World Cup.
Undisclosed online gambling website
June 10, 2014
•[ hack, ddos ]
Cloud-based security services provider Incapsula states to have fought off a 100 Gbps DDoS attack against an online gambling website.
US Army
June 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The US Army warns that databases holding information on 16,000 South Korean civilian employees of the US military and applicants for base jobs may have been compromised.
ARY News
May 29, 2014
•[ hack ]
The official website of Pakistan's ARY News Channel website is hacked and defaced by Pakistani hacker H4$N4!N H4XOR. According to the author of the attack, "You have been punished for broadcasting blasphemous, vulgar and Indian material".
Spotify
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Spotify warns of unauthorized access to the company's network and internal data. The unauthorized access appears to involve data for a single, unspecified person.
Arizona Department of Homeland Security
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Swan defaces the official website of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. The hacker also defaces the official website of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs website.
Rescator
May 17, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Rescator, a popular underground website that sells payment card data, is hacked and defaced.
Moz
May 17, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Yet another DDoS attack. This time the victim is moz.com.
University of Nebraska Omaha
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
School officials at University of Nebraska Omaha (unomaha.edu) announce to investigate an unauthorized access to an administrative server within campus security.
Paytime Inc.
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
An undisclosed number of individuals may have had personal information compromised after hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in systems belonging to Paytime Inc., a Pennsylvania payroll company.
antiwar
May 14, 2014
•[ hack ]
antiwar.com, a website known for its non-interventionism and war opposing views is hacked just a few hours after launching its fundraising drive.
Tata Motors
May 11, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The Pakistani hacker H4$N4!N H4XOR defaces a subdomain of the official website of Tata Motors (connect.tatamotors.com).
International Civil Aviation Organization
April 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Montreal-based ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) is another target in a string of attacks by NullCrew.
Aktif Bank
April 18, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Members of the hacktivist collective RedHack claim to have breached into the systems of Aktif Bank (aktifbank.com.tr), Turkey's largest privately owned investment bank. They also launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the website.
tutorialized
April 15, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
A hacker called SE2mhZVVY7HF4VEV0cOH hacks tutorialized.com and dumps 46244 usernames and hashed passwords.
JSTOR
April 2, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
Digital library JSTOR notifies approximately 800 users that their personal information may be at risk after their MyJSTOR accounts were accessed by an unauthorized third party.
Boxee
April 1, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers post names, e-mail addresses, message histories, and partially protected login credentials for more than 158,000 forum users of Boxee.tv, the Web-based television service that was acquired by Samsung last year.
