Official website of Charlottesville
August 12, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim responsibility for carrying out a DDoS attack on the official website of Charlottesville city Virginia. The attack is conducted under the banner of #OpDomesticTerrorism.
Kenya Electoral Commission IT System
August 9, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga claims the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.
Development Foundation of Armenia
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Turkish hackers continue to target Armenian websites. The list of the targets involved in the latest spree of attacks includes the official website of the Development Foundation of Armenia and the official website of the Civil Service Council of Armenia.
Ukrposhta (Ukraine National Postal Service)
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website for Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta was recently taken down by DDoS attacks for two days in a row, Interfax reports.
Steve Weichert Twitter Account
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Steve Weichert, a politician running for District 17's State Senate Seat in the 2018 election reveals that his Twitter account has been hacked. The alleged attackers post pornographic content.
Ariana Grande Instagram account
August 4, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Ariana Grande is the latest celebrity that gets hacked. This time her Instagram account is hacked.
Pakistan
August 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
An Indian hacker going by the online handle of Ne0-H4ck3r defaces the official government portal of Pakistan (Pakistan.gov.pk), leaving a deface page along with a message and a patriotic Indian song.
Big Screen in Cardiff's Queen Street
August 1, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
A big screen in Cardiff's main shopping street, Queen Street, is reportedly hacked with images of swastikas and messages about 'Shariah' appearing.
Chinese Telecom Firm
August 1, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Kaspersky Lab Q2 2017 DDoS Intelligence Report reveals the details of a DDoS attack launched against a Chinese Telecom Firm, lasting for 11 days.
Wix
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Website-building service Wix.com reveals to have been the subject of a massive cyber-attack in April 2016 when a botnet of rogue Chrome extensions was creating Wix websites to spread itself to new users.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The author of the BrickerBot malware claims responsibility for a cyber-attack that took place in various Indian states and causes over 60,000 modems and routers to lose Internet connectivity.
HBO
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, leak, technology ]
HBO joins the ranks of Hollywood entertainment companies to suffer a major cyber attack. The company network is compromised and the attackers claim to have stolen 1.5 TB of data. Few days after they leak an episode of the new season of Games of Thrones.
Virgin America
July 27, 2017
•[ hack ]
Virgin America confirms that a hacker broke into its corporate network earlier this year on March 13.
Victoria Justice's Twitter account
July 26, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Victoria Justice's Twitter account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
UniCredit
July 26, 2017
•[ hack, finance ]
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, says that hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts. The attack occurred in September and October of 2016 and June and July of this year.
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account
July 25, 2017
•[ hack, technology ]
Kylie Jenner's Snapchat account is hacked. The attacker claims to reveal nude pictures.
Kansas Department of Commerce
July 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A security breach in the Kansas Department of Commerce exposes millions of Social Security numbers from people across 10 states to hackers. Many other accounts are also attacked.
Loblaws
July 19, 2017
•[ hack, retail ]
According to an email sent out to Loblaws account holders, the security of a 'small number' of accounts has been compromised, marking the second time the company has suffered a security breach this year. Comprised websites include Loblaws.ca, Joefresh.com and Beautyboutique.ca.
South Carolina's Voter Registration System
July 16, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
According to a post-election report by the South Carolina State Election Commission, South Carolina's voter registration system was reportedly hit by almost 150,000 hack attempts on Election Day 2016.
Square Enix
July 14, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Square Enix attributes the connectivity issues that have plagued Final Fantasy 14's Stormblood expansion since its release in June on continuous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from a third party.
