New York Board of Elections
June 9, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The Anonymous protest against the FIFA World Cup starts here: the hacktivist collective defaces the New York State Board of Elections official website (elections.ny.gov).
Rowan Companies
June 8, 2014
•[ hack, energy ]
Rowan Companies notifies employees, vendors, and contractors of a system intrusion.
US Army
June 6, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The US Army warns that databases holding information on 16,000 South Korean civilian employees of the US military and applicants for base jobs may have been compromised.
ESET
June 6, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The ESET Security Forum is hacked and the company confirms that account credentials of its roughly 2,700 members have been accessed by the attackers.
Power Equipment Direct
June 2, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Power Equipment Direct (PED) notifies an undisclosed number of customers that their personal information may have been accessed when the server that handles the company's checkout process was infected with malware.
Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
May 30, 2014
•[ hack, social, phishing ]
The internal communications system of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations has been hit by hackers carried on with spear-phishing emails.
ARY News
May 29, 2014
•[ hack ]
The official website of Pakistan's ARY News Channel website is hacked and defaced by Pakistani hacker H4$N4!N H4XOR. According to the author of the attack, "You have been punished for broadcasting blasphemous, vulgar and Indian material".
Spotify
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Spotify warns of unauthorized access to the company's network and internal data. The unauthorized access appears to involve data for a single, unspecified person.
Avast
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The support forum of Avast is hacked. Attackers get access to cryptographically hashed passwords, usernames, and e-mail addresses for about 400,000 people.
Taj Mahal Website
May 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan, The main page of Taj Mahal website (tajmahal.gov.in) is hacked by H4$N4!N H4XOR, displaying the Pakistan's flag.
Arizona Department of Homeland Security
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
A Turkish hacker going with the handle of Swan defaces the official website of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. The hacker also defaces the official website of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs website.
New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
May 26, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A $12.7 million supercomputer owned by Niwa (New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) is targeted by a computer hacker believed to have come from China.
Ukrainian Election Commission
May 22, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official website of Ukraine's election commission (cvk.gov) is targeted by a massive DDoS attack on the eve of country's presidential polls. The pro-Russian CyberBerkut collective claims responsibility for the attack.
American Institutes for Research
May 21, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
About 6,500 current and former employees of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) may have had personal information compromised after unauthorized access was gained to one of the organization's servers.
Typepad
May 19, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Typepad, the famous blogging platform is under a sustained DDoS attack.
Moz
May 17, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Yet another DDoS attack. This time the victim is moz.com.
Rescator
May 17, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Rescator, a popular underground website that sells payment card data, is hacked and defaced.
Paytime Inc.
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
An undisclosed number of individuals may have had personal information compromised after hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in systems belonging to Paytime Inc., a Pennsylvania payroll company.
University of Nebraska Omaha
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, education ]
School officials at University of Nebraska Omaha (unomaha.edu) announce to investigate an unauthorized access to an administrative server within campus security.
Road sign in San Francisco
May 16, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An unknown prankster hacker hacks an electronic traffic sign in San Francisco warning of a Godzilla Attack.
