Department of Agriculture
July 25, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of Philippine Department of Agriculture (da.gov.ph) is infected with malicious code that promotes a gambling-related website.
Metro newspaper
July 23, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
Vice
July 22, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
W0rm hacks vice.com and accesses a list of CMS users. Hacked data includes email addresses and hashed passwords.
Insanelyi
July 22, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
In July 2014, the iOS forum Insanelyi was hacked by an attacker known as Kim Jong-Cracks. A popular source of information for users of jailbroken iOS devices running Cydia, the Insanelyi breach disclosed over 104k users' emails addresses, user names and weakly hashed passwords (salted MD5).
BigBoss repository
July 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers going by the name of Kim Jong-Cracks'.
Kenyan Defence Forces
July 21, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter accounts of the Kenyan Defence Forces (@kdfinfo) and its spokesman are hacked by activists claiming to be affiliated to Anonymous (Anon_0x03), to protest against corruption.
Indexeus
July 19, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Indexeus.org, the search engine containing a database of stolen usernames and passwords is defaced by a group called Pernicious Developers.
Dennis East International
July 18, 2014
•[ hack, retail ]
Dennis East International (DEI) reports that its website (hosted by an external company Omeganet) experienced two recent security breaches.
Israeli Channel 10
July 17, 2014
•[ hack ]
Al-Qassam Brigades claim responsibility for the hack of the satellite feed of Israeli-based Channel 10 for a few minutes to broadcast images of wounded civilians and propaganda messages directed at Israeli citizens.
Haaretz
July 15, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration ]
Again, in the name of OPSaveGaza, AnonGhost defaces a sub-domain of Israel's largest and oldest newspaper Haaretz against Israeli bombing over Gaza, Palestine.
Boeing
July 13, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The US Department of Justice announces that a Chinese businessman, Su Bin, has been charged with hacking into the computer systems of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other aerospace companies.
Froco Fresh Frozen
July 10, 2014
•[ hack, retail ]
The website for Farrah Abraham's new frozen yogurt shop is hacked, and its homepage replaced with a graphic clip from her sex tape.
Nordea
July 9, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous Norway starts multiple DDoS attacks towards major banks and insurance companies in Norway, including the country's largest telecommunications company, Telenor.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
July 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The website of Myanmar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is hacked, with the hackers replacing two government seals with turtles alluding to the country's slow internet connection.
Total Bank
July 3, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Total Bank notifies its users following a compromise of the institution's computer network.
DailyMotion
July 3, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Symantec reveals that the popular video sharing Dailymotion was compromised to redirect users to the Sweet Orange Exploit Kit.
Houston Astros
July 1, 2014
•[ hack, espionage ]
The systems of the Houston Astros baseball team are accessed by an unauthorized person, who extracted content revealing internal trade talks.
Butler University
June 30, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
Personal and financial information of some 163,000 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and past applicants of Indianapolis-based Butler University have been stolen following a hack of the university's computer network.
Privatbank
June 30, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Hackers from the Green Dragon Crew hack Privatbank, the bank owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
Tails OS
June 30, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The official website of the Tails live operating system is defaced. The author of the hack, dubbed Sum Guy, claims to have done it by accident.
