Chile Ministry of Defense
February 26, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An anonymous ISIS supporter defaces Chile's Ministry of Defense website (ssdefensa.cl).
New York City Government
February 25, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Almost all government agencies in New York City are unable to send or receive messages for nearly a week as a consequence of a DDoS attack. A further investigation reveals that the attack may have originated from Russia.
The National Archives
February 25, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Law enforcement is investigating a possible data breach at the National Archives, after a hacker group releases a video purporting to show a break-in on the agency's website.
The Urban Institute
February 24, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The Urban Institute, a think tank in Washington, DC, alerts charitable organizations around the country that its system for filing tax forms was breached.
Arab National Bank
February 23, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
In the name of OpSaudi, The Oppressed Defenders take down the online banking domain of Arab National Bank.
dexsil
February 21, 2015
•[ hack, sqlinjection, healthcare ]
LNO uNiTy AKA @LNOuNiTy hacks dexsil.com and dumps about 6,000 usernames and passwords.
Kris Jenner
February 21, 2015
•[ hack ]
Kris Jenner claims she is being extorted over a naked video which hackers stole from her iCloud account.
Cavirtex
February 19, 2015
•[ hack, finance ]
Canadian Bitcoin exchange Cavirtex shuts down, after hackers managed to compromise its systems, stealing hashed passwords and two factor authentication (2FA) secrets.
RedTube
February 18, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
After xHamster, RedTube is the second adult site that is compromised to redirect the user to the Angler Exploit Kit.
Army and Navy Academy
February 18, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
In name of OpChapelHill, the online hacktivist AnonGhost deface the official website of a Carlsbad, California based private military school (armyandnavyacademy.org).
BigFish Games
February 18, 2015
•[ financial, hack, technology ]
Casual gaming company Big Fish Games has its site and the personal and financial information of some of its users compromised in an attack that started on last Christmas Eve.
AlJazira
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of OpSaudi, a group of hacktivists calling themselves "The Oppressed Defenders" takes down the Saudi Arabian bank AlJazira.
Antonio Cesaro
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, social, technology ]
The official verified Twitter account of WWE superstar Antonio Cesaro (@WWECesaro) is hacked by unknown hackers wishing cancer to the company's Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon.
Xbox Live
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Hacking group Lizard Squad returns with a couple of alleged fresh attacks against Microsoft's Xbox Live Service and Daybreak Service, the studio formerly known as Sony Entertainment Online.
kiwiblitz
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
@GroundingPlanes and @Guidelines hack kiwiblitz.com and dump about 9,000 usernames and hashed passwords.
Jamie Oliver
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
A spokesman for Jamie Oliver confirms that the celebrity's website (jamieoliver.com), has been affected by a "malware problem": a malicious iFrame redirecting to a site serving the Fiesta exploit kit.
Nigerian National Assembly
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
GrenXPaRTa hacks the Nigerian Nation Assembly (nassnig.org) and dumps 49 MB of data.
Haskell
February 16, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Haskell, an advanced purely functional programming language, confirms a security breach in its Debian Builds component (deb.haskell.org).
The Ohio State University
February 15, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The group of Pro-Palestine hacktivists Anonghost claims to have hacked the State University of Ohio (osu.edu) and dumps a list of 200 defaced domains.
Bter
February 14, 2015
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter is hacked on Valentine's Day and $1.75 million worth of Bitcoin (7,170 BTC) is stolen.
