RT
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
RT.com is hit with the most powerful DDoS attack in the website's history, which reached 10 Gbps in strength.
SAMAA TV
October 12, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Kai-H4xOrR defaces the official website of SAMAA TV (samaa.tv) network which is Pakistan's privately owned news and entertainment network. The attack is done against the broadcasting of Indian content on the channel.
Google Indonesia
October 5, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Pakistani hacking group MaDLeeTs defaces the official Google Indonesia domain (google.co.id).
Valve
October 1, 2014
•[ hack, espionage, technology ]
Four men between 18 and 28 are charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft, the US Army and leading games manufacturers (Epic Games, Valve, and Zombie Studios), as part of an alleged international hacking ring that netted more than $100M in intellectual property.
Activision Blizzard
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Hackers from the group Lizard Squad reneged on their promise to quit earlier this month, apparently launching DDoS attacks against Blizzard's servers running Call Of Duty: Ghosts and Destiny.
Satoshi Nakamoto
September 9, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
A hacker with the moniker of Jeffrey claims to have taken over the email account belonging to bitcoin's secretive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, saying he will sell Nakamoto's secrets for money.
Undisclosed industrial software company
September 2, 2014
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
AlienVault reveals the details of Scanbox, a watering hole attack compromising the website of an industrial software company to collect information on the site's visitors.
OmegaNet
August 10, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
OmegaNet notifies 10 businesses in New Hampshire of a malware incident that was able to capture sensitive information before it was encrypted.
Gamma Group
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Gamma International UK Ltd, the company that makes and sells the world's most elusive cyber weapon, FinFisher spyware, is hacked by a group called Phineas Fisher (@GammaGroupPR), and has a 40G file dumped on the internet.
Cirrus Communications
July 30, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The largest fixed wireless broadband carrier in Australia, Cirrus Communications, suffers a major DDoS attack, which takes out over half of its network.
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.
Vodafone Egypt
September 13, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
A hacker going with the handle of Ali El Top defaces two official sub-domains of Vodafone Egypt.
ClamCase
August 29, 2014
•[ hack, financial, technology ]
ClamCase, a maker of keyboards and protective cases for iPads, notifies its customers that unidentified intruders gained access to personal information and payment details.
hackforums
August 28, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
Hackforums.net, one of the most popular hacking forums in the world, is defaced by an Egyptian hacker with the online handle Eg-R1z.
Geekface
August 26, 2014
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Geekface notifies its users of an illegitimate access to one of its servers. The data accessed include personal information.
Frankie Grande
August 22, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of Ariana Grande's brother, Frankie Grande is hacked. The attacker leaves an explicit message to his sister.
MeetMe
August 21, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
MeetMe users logging into the social network between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7 are asked to change their password after unknown hackers breach the MeetMe network and compromised certain user information.
EA Firemonkeys
September 9, 2014
•[ hack, technology ]
EA confirms that its Australian studio EA Firemonkeys was hacked in September last year and that "a small number of customer email addresses were potentially obtained".
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'.
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.
