US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
ansar-alhaqq
January 12, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the name of OpCharlieHebdo, the Anonymous claim to have take down the first pro-Jihadist site ansar-alhaqq.net. The site is only the first of a list of Islamist sites allegedly taken down by the hacktivists.
Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
ExtraTorrent
January 11, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Extratorrent, the world's number 4 torrent website is taken down by a DDOS attack.
Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
•[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
The infamous Hacking Group Rex Mundi is active also in the new year, and after blackmailing Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE), dumps details of about 30,000 bank's customers, after the bank rejects the request to pay a ransom of EUR10,000 ($12,000).
8chan
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
DKEVR
January 8, 2015
•[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
Bundeskanzlerin
January 7, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Pro-Russian Hacker Group CyberBerkut claims to have taken down the website of Merkel's government seat (bundeskanzlerin.de) and the website of Germany's legislative body (bundestag.de).
Cornell University
January 7, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Hawaii and Cornell University join the lists of the ones hacked by @MarxistAttorney.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 6, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker called @ulzr1z decides to commemorate the two year anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz and defaces 15 sites of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Sowerby Primary School
January 6, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The website of Sowerby Primary School in Thirsk, North Yorkshire (UK) is defaced by X-saad, a Pro-Islamist hacker. As a result the parents keep their children off from school.
OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.
Orange Spain
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Linker Squad claims to have hacked 10 million user records from Orange Spain.
Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
TF1
January 4, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackers from Linker Squad claim to have stolen confidential data relating to almost 2 million online shoppers in France who made purchases via the French TV station website TF1.fr.
University of Maryland
January 4, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Carbonic AKA @MarxistAttorney has claimed a number of hacks, including, California State University, University of Kentucky, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, Coastal Carolina University, and Abertay University.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
January 4, 2015
•[ hack, healthcare ]
The Tan Tock Seng Hospital Facebook page is hacked and posts anti-Singaporean comments.
Unknown Organization
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker called Muhmad Emad defaces two Turkish government websites belonging to the Afyonkarahisar Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management, asking the Turkish government to stop supporting the ISIS terrorist group.
Fast Forward Academy
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Florida-based exam preparation company Fast Forward Academy notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that an unauthorized person attempted to access its systems, which store partner and customer information.
TravelWest
January 2, 2015
•[ hack, technology ]
Darkshadow, the member of Arab Security Team, a group of pro-Al Qaeda hackers, defaces a local journey planner website (TravelWest around Bristol), maybe believing to have targeted a major international travel website.
