Activision Blizzard
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Hackers from the group Lizard Squad reneged on their promise to quit earlier this month, apparently launching DDoS attacks against Blizzard's servers running Call Of Duty: Ghosts and Destiny.
K Box
September 19, 2014
•[ hack, leak ]
A Singapore-based karaoke chain, K Box, has members' personal information compromised earlier this week when the hacker group The Knowns' posted the data online. Up to 317,000 members' details could have been.
Unnamed oil and gas company
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Bromium are alerted of a watering-hole attack originating from the website of a high-profile technology startup in the oil and gas sector.
Politica Estadao
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Sucuri reveals that a popular Brazilian newspaper, Politica Estadao, is hacked by attackers with a code able to attack readers' home routers.
Satoshi Nakamoto
September 9, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
A hacker with the moniker of Jeffrey claims to have taken over the email account belonging to bitcoin's secretive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, saying he will sell Nakamoto's secrets for money.
Pakistan Ministry of Interior
September 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Yet another cyber attack in Pakistan. Anonymous Pakistan defaces the official website of the Pakistan Ministry of Interior (interior.gov.pk).
Azad Kashmir Government Portal
September 5, 2014
•[ hack, sqlinjection, government ]
The Pak Cyber Eaglez collective breaks into the online portal of the Azad Kashmir government (ajk.gov.pk), defaces some of the pages, and extracts the database with the login credentials.
City of Binghamton, NY
August 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Essaji, defaces the sub-domain of City of Binghamton, New York, in support for Gaza (firstwardboa.binghamton-ny.gov/).
Bangladesh Airport Armed Police
August 25, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Nigerian Hackers from Nigerian Cyber Hunters (NCH) deface the official website of Bangladesh Airport Armed Police (aap.gov.bd).
Various Government Websites
August 24, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) deface 360+ Turkish websites demanding the Turkish authorities to recognize the alleged Armenian Genocide in 1915.
Cumberland Valley School District
August 22, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker gains access to the Cumberland Valley School District computer network, forcing the district to notify local police and FBI.
Delaware Treasury Division
August 19, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Delaware's treasury division website (treasury.delaware.gov) is defaced with anti-Israel and pro-Palestine messages by a collective calling itself SaLeM.
Alikhbaria
August 15, 2014
•[ hack, sqlinjection, government ]
Two Libyan hackers going with the handle of Mr.Rocky and Mr. Slyman deface the official website of Saudi government-owned satellite news TV channel Alikhbaria (ekhbariyatv.sa) and also steal the database of the website.
Various Government Websites
August 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Pro Russian Hacker collective CyberBerkut defaces several dozens of Polish sites to protest against the pro-Ukraine support of the country.
Dmitry Medvedev Twitter account
August 14, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter account of Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedRussia) is hacked, posting a series of fake messages including a resignation announcement.
Association of Corporate Travel Executives
August 12, 2014
•[ hack ]
Unknown hackers steal the data of all members of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).
OmegaNet
August 10, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
OmegaNet notifies 10 businesses in New Hampshire of a malware incident that was able to capture sensitive information before it was encrypted.
Gamma Group
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Gamma International UK Ltd, the company that makes and sells the world's most elusive cyber weapon, FinFisher spyware, is hacked by a group called Phineas Fisher (@GammaGroupPR), and has a 40G file dumped on the internet.
Plexor
August 7, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The US website of computer hardware manufacturer Plextor is taken over by a group of hackers identifying themselves as CoMoDo.
Mossad
August 2, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpSaveGaza, the Anonymous collective claims responsibility of taking down the websites of: bankisrael.gov.il, mossad.gov.il, justice.gov.il, edu.gov.il, idf.gov.il, telaviv.police.gov.il.
