Various Government Websites
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from Ukrainian neo-fascist Svoboda party deface more than 30 Ukrainian government and media websites.
Bell Canada
February 1, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The hacking group NullCrew AKA @NullCrew_FTS claims to have successfully hacked Bell Canada (bell.ca). As a consequence 40,000 credentials are leaked.
Experian
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, finance ]
Experian notifies that an unauthorized access to the consumers' credit reports in Experian's database occurred between January 30 and January 31, and would have involved name and address as well as one or more of date of birth, Social Security numbers, account information, and whatever information you'd find in a credit report.
Ministry of Police Affairs
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of Nigeria's Ministry of Police Affairs (policeaffairs.gov.ng) is breached and defaced by hackers of the Nigerian Cyber Army.
State Industrial Products
January 30, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
The FBI alerts State Industrial Products that the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 500-1000 current and former employees may be at risk after an unauthorized party gained access to the information.
Sao Paulo State Government
January 28, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker affiliated with the Anonymous hacks the official email account belonging to the press and communication department of Sao Paulo state government (saopaulo.sp.gov.br/).
Board of Control for Cricket in India
January 27, 2014
•[ hack ]
A Bangladeshi hacker called Ashik Iqbal Chy defaces the official website of Indian cricket's Governing body (bcci.tv) to protest against takeover proposal.
Indian Railways
January 27, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. The official website of the Indian Railways is once again defaced by Pakistani Hackers.
GitHub
January 27, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub is taken down by a DDoS Attack.
Israeli Defense Ministry
January 26, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Earlier in January, unknown hackers break into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software looking like it had been sent by the country's Shin Bet secret security service.
US Federal Court System
January 25, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), are taken down by a DDOS attack.
CNN
January 24, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks several accounts belonging to CNN. Targets include: CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were also hacked.
Youth for Achievements
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Azerbaijan Hackers from Anti-Armenia Team have hacked and defaced several Armenian government ministries websites.
Give Me Coins
January 23, 2014
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The popular Litecoin mining pool Give Me Coins (give-me-coins.com) is hacked. The attackers have reportedly stolen a total of 10,000 Litecoins, currently worth around $230,000.
Easton-Bell Sports
January 21, 2014
•[ hack, manufacturing ]
Easton-Bell Sports Inc, a California-based maker of sports equipment and clothing, Declares that hackers stole information on about 6,000 customers who shopped on its website in December.
Ubuntu
January 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
SultanHaikal from Gantengers Crew defaces 6 official domains of Ubuntu One.
Fullerton Police Department
January 19, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous takes down the official website of Fullerton police department against the arrest of protesters and acquittal of police officers who had beaten the homeless Kelly Thomas to death in 2011.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
January 17, 2014
•[ hack, healthcare ]
AP reveals that the personal information of all licensed medical doctors in Puerto Rico is allegedly compromised in a recent hack. Up to 10,000 users may have been compromised.
Central Bank of Turkey
January 16, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RedHack collective takes down the official website of the Central Bank of Turkey (tcmb.gov.tr) to protest poor monetary policy.
General Directorate of the EGO
January 15, 2014
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers of the RedHack collective breach the systems of the General Directorate of EGO (ego.gov.tr), the organization that serves as the public transport department for the municipality of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.
