Rutgers University
December 29, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Rutgers University is the target of a large-scale DDoS attack that keeps some of its systems down for four days between December 24 and December 28.
Linode
December 29, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Virtual server host Linode is the target of a four day-long DDoS attack.
Unknown Organization
December 25, 2015
•[ hack, sqlinjection, technology ]
Members of the Anonymous hacker collective deface the Asia Pacific Telecommunity website (apt.int), gain access to the site's admin panel and also manage to get their hands on a database dump.
Xbox Live
December 18, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Phantom Squad prepare their Christmas campaign and claim responsibility for a DDoS attack on Microsoft's Xbox Live service.
14 Thailand police websites
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous start their campaign against the Thai government and claims responsibility for shutting down 14 Thailand police websites to protest the death sentences of two Myanmar migrant workers (Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun) convicted of murdering two British tourists.
BBC
December 31, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
All of the BBC's websites are unavailable following a DDoS attack.
EA
December 24, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Phantom Squad, the group of hackers who threatened to ruin Christmas for gamers decide to keep their promise and take down the Electronic Arts servers.
AI Squared
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
AI Squared, a small Vermont-based tech firm, was targeted by the OilRig threat actors. The hackers allegedly stole the company's certificates to disguise their malware and make it appear legitimate to other targets.
Kasganj News Portal
December 30, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. A local news portal of Kasganj district (kasganjlive.in) is hacked by a Pakistani hacker called Mr 4nOnymOus.
http://www
December 30, 2015
•[ hack ]
An unknown hacker hacks psicamp.it and dumps 2,049 usernames and passwords.
http://tunesoman
December 28, 2015
•[ hack, retail ]
An unknown hacker hacks tunesoman.com and dumps 7,343 usernames and passwords.
Isbank
December 26, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous claims responsibility for the wave of DDoS attacks against Turkey (accusing the government of supporting ISIS) and starts a second wave against some Turkish leading banks such as Isbank, Garanti and Ziraat Bank.
City of Boston
December 16, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several Internet services in Boston are disrupted by a DDoS attack, defined as a "minor act of cybervandalism" . The outage, affects city agencies and the police and fire departments.
Saudi Ministry of Finance
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous protest against the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia and take down several high-profile Saudi Arabian government websites under the banner of operation #OpSaudi and #OpNimr.
allwomenstalk
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, technology ]
Root AKA @ciadotgov hacks allwomenstalk.com and dumps 136,938 usernames and passwords.
Unknown Organization
January 4, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia continue in the cyberspace: a group of unknown hackers carries out a DDoS attack on the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense moda.gov.sa.
Ministry of Information of Iran
January 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Iranian government websites including Ministry of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and the official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (president.ir).
Russian Federation Ministry of Customs
January 2, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Russian government websites including the Ministry of the Russian Far East Development, Russian Federation Ministry of Construction, The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation Ministry of Customs.
US Customs and Border Protection
December 31, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency report on incidents where drug traffickers have hacked unmanned air vehicles (UAVs, drones) in order to illegally and secretly cross the US-Mexican border.
Prykarpattiaoblenergo
December 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
The Ukrainian government blames power outages in western Ukraine on hacker attacks by Russian special services. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), malware has been found in the networks of some utilities. Moreover, these malware intrusions coincided with a non-stop telephone flood at utility plants and technical support departments, according to local reports.
