Nuclear Regulatory Commission
August 18, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A new report reveals that Nuclear Regulatory Commission computers were successfully hacked within the past three years by foreigners twice and also by an unidentifiable individual.
St. Louis County Police
August 14, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the wake of the shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown, hackers launch a cyberattack to take out the St. Louis County Police department's website and email.
Chicago Yacht Club
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Following an investigation into a PoS system crash, Chicago Yacht Club finds evidence of malware installation on one of their servers and notifies guests who made purchases.
BigBoss repository
July 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers going by the name of Kim Jong-Cracks'.
Indexeus
July 19, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Indexeus.org, the search engine containing a database of stolen usernames and passwords is defaced by a group called Pernicious Developers.
Froco Fresh Frozen
July 10, 2014
•[ hack, retail ]
The website for Farrah Abraham's new frozen yogurt shop is hacked, and its homepage replaced with a graphic clip from her sex tape.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
July 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The website of Myanmar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is hacked, with the hackers replacing two government seals with turtles alluding to the country's slow internet connection.
DailyMotion
July 3, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Symantec reveals that the popular video sharing Dailymotion was compromised to redirect users to the Sweet Orange Exploit Kit.
Tails OS
June 30, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The official website of the Tails live operating system is defaced. The author of the hack, dubbed Sum Guy, claims to have done it by accident.
Armenian President Website
June 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
On the day of the celebration of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani hackers from Anti-Armenia Team deface the official website of the Armenian President and other government sites.
Directorate General Public Relations, Government of the Punjab
June 25, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Again a defacement to protest against police brutality. Hackers of the Team Pak Cyber Experts deface the official website of Directorate General Public Relations, Government of the Punjab (dgpr.gop.pk).
Reuters
June 22, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army is back and hacks Reuters redirecting the users to a web page supporting the Syrian regime. However the hack was possible after allegedly compromising Taboola, the ad provider.
PTV Sports
June 22, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers going with the handle of Pakistan Haxors Crew deface the official website of state owned PTV Sports (sports.ptv.com.pk) to protest against killings and police brutality.
ancestry
June 18, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, retail ]
The genealogy site ancestry.com has been blasted off the internet after reportedly being hit by a DDoS attack.
INVALSI
June 15, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
An unknown hacker illegitimately accesses the systems of INVALSI, the public Italian System for School Assessment. This happens few days before the official start of the assessments affecting 600,000 students.
ESET
June 6, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The ESET Security Forum is hacked and the company confirms that account credentials of its roughly 2,700 members have been accessed by the attackers.
Taj Mahal Website
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan, The main page of Taj Mahal website (tajmahal.gov.in) is hacked by H4$N4!N H4XOR, displaying the Pakistan's flag.
American Institutes for Research
May 21, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
About 6,500 current and former employees of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) may have had personal information compromised after unauthorized access was gained to one of the organization's servers.
Rawalpindi Police
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of the Rawalpindi police in Pakistan (rawalpindipolice.gov.pk) is defaced by Anti Mortadin!@, a group that appears to support the Taliban.
Gingerbread Shed Corporation
May 13, 2014
•[ hack ]
Arizona-based Gingerbread Shed Corporation notifies customers that an unauthorized individual gained access to its systems for roughly three months and may have compromised about 50,000 transactions, as well as other data.
