Malpensa Airport
February 17, 2025
•[ ddos, hacktivism ]
On February 17, 2025, hacktivist group NoName05716 launched a DDoS attack on Malpensa Airport in Italy, causing temporary slowdowns. The attack was part of a broader campaign targeting Italian institutions in retaliation for political statements by President Sergio Mattarella.
Linate Airport
February 17, 2025
•[ ddos, hacktivism ]
On February 17, 2025, hacktivist group NoName05716 launched a DDoS attack on Linate Airport in Italy, causing temporary slowdowns. The attack was part of a broader campaign targeting Italian institutions in retaliation for political statements by President Sergio Mattarella.
Port of Trieste
February 17, 2025
•[ ddos, hacktivism, government ]
On February 17, 2025, hacktivist group NoName05716 launched a DDoS attack on the Port of Trieste in Italy, causing temporary disruptions. The attack was part of a broader campaign targeting Italian institutions in retaliation for political statements by President Sergio Mattarella.
~14 undisclosed Italian air transport and banking websites
February 17, 2025
•[ ddos, hacktivism ]
According to Italian press (Finance.si, Reuters), pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) conducted coordinated DDoS attacks against Italian institutions on February 17, 2025. While six named victims were identified (Malpensa, Linate, Transport Authority, Port of Taranto, Port of Trieste, Intesa Sanpaolo), reports indicate approximately 20 total websites were targeted. This record represents ~14 additional undisclosed Italian websites that experienced partial disruption.
Presidency Of The Italian Republic (Quirinale)
February 17, 2025
•[ ddos, hacktivism ]
Pro-Russian group conducted coordinated Ddos against Italian institutional websites including Quirinale.
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)
February 13, 2025
•[ data leak, hacktivism, government ]
Hacktivist group Philippine Exodus Security claimed responsibility for exfiltrating approximately 100 GB of data from PCSO branch office email accounts in February 2025. While PCSO denied a central database breach, DICT confirmed that unauthorized access to email systems occurred. The group stated its goal was to expose alleged corruption, not to extort funds.
Israel Police
February 9, 2025
•[ data leak, hacktivism, third-party compromise ]
Hacktivist group Handala claimed to have breached Israel Police systems and exfiltrated 2.1 TB of data containing 350,000 documents with officer information, weapon licenses, and case files. Authorities denied direct network infiltration and suggested a third-party vendor compromise.
News.bg and other Bulgarian media outlets
February 2, 2025
•[ denial of service, hacktivism ]
Massive SSL-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeted News.bg and several other Bulgarian media websites beginning on February 2, 2025. The attacks, described as large-scale and difficult to trace, disrupted access for several days until at least February 6, 2025. Mitigation involved blocking international traffic. Attribution remains undetermined; motive appears protest-related.
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)
January 21, 2025
•[ DDoS attack, NoName, WEF ]
Erneut hat die Hackergruppe NoName aus Russland eine Reihe von Schweizer Websites mit DDoS-Attacken lahmgelegt. Der Zeitpunkt der Angriffe hat wohl vor allem mit der Durchfhrung des WEF zu tun.
City of Trier's website
January 8, 2025
•[ DDoS, hacktivism, availability attack ]
Open reporting described the municipal website for the City of Trier as being targeted by a pro-Russian hacktivist group in an availability attack, consistent with a DDoS campaign. The reporting linked the activity to NoName057(16), a group frequently associated with politically motivated denial-of-service actions against public-sector entities. The incident was characterized as a disruption of access to the public-facing website rather than a confirmed data theft. Specific metrics such as downtime length, traffic volume, and whether any internal systems were affected were not confirmed in the accessible sources used here.
Grodno Azot
April 17, 2024
•[ hacktivism, political repression, sanctions evasion ]
Belarusian politically motivated hacktivists from the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans group claim to have attacked the countrys largest state-run manufacturer of fertilizers, Grodno Azot, for its alleged involvement in political repression, sanctions evasion, and human rights violations.
Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation (epp.genproc.gov.ru)
April 6, 2024
•[ hacktivism, data leak, criminal cases ]
The RGB group, self-identifying as a hacktivist collective, also has asserts responsibility for breaching the Prosecutors Office of the Russian Federation (epp.genproc.gov.ru). To substantiate their claim, the group leaked an Excel file containing precisely 100,000 lines of information about criminal cases from 2013.
Russia’s prosecutor general
April 4, 2024
•[ hacktivism, data leak, criminal records ]
A group of hacktivists going by the name RGB-TEAM claims responsibility for hacking into the website of Russias prosecutor general, exposing data on criminal offenses committed in Russia over the past 30 years.
Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "Planeta" (ÿûðýõтð)
January 23, 2024
•[ hacktivism, data destruction, cyber warfare ]
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "Planeta" (), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
Thai Public Health Ministry’s Immunization Centre.
January 22, 2024
•[ data leak, hacktivism, personally identifiable information ]
A threat actor named '9Near Hacktivist' claims to leak 55 million records allegedly taken from the Thai Public Health Ministrys Immunization Centre.
Belarus’ main security service agency (KGB)
November 15, 2023
•[ cyberattack, hacktivism, politically motivated ]
The website of Belarus main security service agency (KGB) has reportedly been down for two months following a cyberattack by Belarusian politically motivated threat actors.
FOX News
June 1, 2016
•[ hack, hacktivism, information ]
Members of the Ghost Squad Hackers team, one of Anonymous' former subdivisions, take down CNN and FOX News as part of a new hacktivism campaign dubbed OpSilence.
Dalhousie University (dal.ca)
April 13, 2016
•[ hacktivism, website takedown, Anonymous ]
Anonymous takes down the Dalhousie University website protesting a 2015 rape case, demanding punishment for the culprits.
visit-jy.com
March 18, 2016
•[ hacktivism, data leak, protest ]
Hacktivists from KarmaSec hack the server of Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division (visit-jy.com) and leak a trove of data protesting in animal cruelty in the country.
The official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (president.ir)
January 2, 2016
•[ website takedown, cyberattack, hacktivism ]
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Iranian government websites including Ministry of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and the official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (president.ir).
