Detour Gold Corporation
April 21, 2015
•[ hack, energy ]
A collective called Angel_Of_Truth hacks Detour Gold Corporation and dumps several data on pastebin. The attack is done in retaiation for the Canadian sanctions against Russia.
Fab-Defense
April 21, 2015
•[ hack, leak, manufacturing ]
The Anonymous hack an Israeli arms importer and manufacturer Fab-Defense (fab-defense.com) and leak login credentials plus personal details of its local and international customers.
Pacnet
April 16, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Telstra notifies its customers of a data breach involving its Asian subsidiary Pacnet. Telstra is made aware of the breach on April 16, only after acquiring Pacnet.
Rossel
April 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Rossel, a Belgian media group, is the victim of a DDoS attack. One of Belgium's largest French-speaking newspapers, La Soir, along with others sites are affected and temporarily shut down. A new attack is executed the day after.
The Jewish Press
April 14, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Gaza Team, a pro-Palestinian group of hackers, hacks The Jewish Press. The site displays a black backdrop with a man holding ISIS-type flag. The team vows to hack many more pro-Israel websites in the future.
Betfair
April 14, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Online poker rooms are under a DDoS attack. The victims are Betfair, Unibet, and PokerStars.
Taipei Mayor's Office
April 14, 2015
•[ government, hack, espionage ]
The computer on the desk of Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je's secretary is hacked. Investigators trace the perpetrator to China.
Multi State Lottery Association
April 14, 2015
•[ insider, hack, financial ]
Eddie Raymond Tipton, the former security boss of the Multi State Lottery Association, is charged with fraud after allegedly hacking with a rootkit the computer that picks the winning numbers.
Al-Alam
April 13, 2015
•[ government, hack ]
Saudi hackers take over the official Twitter account of Iran's state Television Al-Alam (@alalam_news), posting material supportive of the Saudi-led air war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.
alhayat
April 13, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
In name of #OpSaudi, the Yemen Cyber Army hacks alhayat.com and dumps 926 records including usernames and hashed passwords.
Kelly Brook
April 13, 2015
•[ leak, hack ]
Yet another trail of the infamous Fappening affair. This time it's the turn of Kelly Brook, whose nude photos are leaked by unknown hackers.
Vatican City
April 13, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A Turkish hacker with the handle @THTHerakles shut down the Vatican City official website (vatican.va) to protest against Pope Francis' remarks in which he used the word "genocide" to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks.
Montreal Police Department
April 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacker group Anonymous Quebec takes down the Montreal Police department website and the officers' union to protest against the brutality used during student demonstrations.
Biggby Coffee
April 10, 2015
•[ hack, retail ]
Biggby Coffee announces that an intruder forced their way into its systems and accessed a database containing personal information.
Hunan Police Academy
April 10, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
AnonymousGlobo defaces several Chinese government websites including the Hunan (a province in China) Police Academy website in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Embassy of Turkmenistan in Belarus
April 9, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The website of Turkmenistan's embassy in Belarus is taken offline following an apparent hack by two ISIS supporters.
The Jewish Community of China
April 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Other #OpIsrael attacks: Anonymous, Anonymous Arabe, Anonymous Arab and AnonGhost deface several private domains and several governmental sites in addition to leaking data of Israeli citizens.
White House
April 7, 2015
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Threat actors that are suspected to be from Russia have compromised unclassified White House networks using access from compromised networks at the State Department. The hack was first discovered in October 2014.
British Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
April 7, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Islamist hackers of the Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail deface uk-air.defra.gov.uk, a website run by the British Government's Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and dedicated to monitoring air pollution.
Wellesley College
April 5, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
4/2o Cell AKA @Puttied hacks a subdomain of wellesley.edu (mobius.wellesley.edu) and claims to have obtained 700 records.