Last Updated on May 24, 2015

Here the first part covering the cyber attacks from 1 to 15 April.

April is over and here it is the second half of the Cyber Attacks Timeline covering the time period spanning from 16 to 30 april 2012.

The last two weeks of this month have been characterized by several remarkable events (at least for the newspapers), such as the #OpBahrain which unleashed a trail of attacks from the Anonymous against websites related to the Formula 1 GP in Bahrain. Other noticeable events triggered by hacktivism include several DDoS attacks against CIA, MI6, Department of Justice, and a couple of Law Enforcement Agencies which continue to be a preferred target for hackers.

On the Cyber Crime front (still the major apparent motivation for the attacks) this month reports, among the events, a breach to Nissan and other DDoS attacks against the District of Columbia, the State of Washington and Nasdaq (I would not define them just motivated by hacktivism). Other events include a couple of 0-day vulnerabilities targeting popular e-mail services and affecting potentially million of users.

Last but not least, April has brought a new cyber attack to Iran crude oil industry, despite, so far, there are no clear evidences of a new Stuxnet-like Cyber Attack. This is not the only episode targeting Iran which also suffered 3 million of banks accounts compromised.

For the chronicle I decided to insert in the timeline also the breach to the game publisher Cryptic Studios. Although it happened in 2010 (sic) it was discovered only few days ago…

If you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011 and 2012 (regularly updated), and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.

1. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6290-databases-with-usernames-and-plain-text-passwords-e-mail-addresses-and-ip-addresses-dumped-on-the-internet-zipped-archive-includes-a-marriage-license-database-and-e-mail-correspondence
2. http://rt.com/news/cia-ddos-attacks-usa-120/
3. http://www.itproportal.com/2012/04/17/anonymous-claims-multiple-government-sites-downed/
4. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/3-million-bank-accounts-hacked-in-iran/11577
5. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Team-GhostShell-Hacks-University-of-Arkansas-Computer-Store-264675.shtml
6. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/lebanon-hackers-idUSL6E8FH1P320120417
7. http://www.pastebay.net/520203
8. http://research.zscaler.com/2012/04/french-budget-minister-website-hijacked.html
9. http://news.softpedia.com/news/AlQaedaSec-Launch-DDOS-Attack-on-New-York-City-Website-264960.shtml
10. http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/san-marcos/san-marcos-fbi-looking-into-csusm-election-tampering-allegations/article_bf181132-7707-537e-b380-ca33c67c4a8b.html
11. http://www.statesman.com/news/local/cyberattack-hits-1-600-txtag-customers-2315464.html
12. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Attack-Heart-of-US-District-of-Columbia-Site-Down-265228.shtml
13. http://news.softpedia.com/news/LulzSec-Peru-Breach-Site-of-The-Hacker-Security-Firm-265251.shtml
14. http://news.softpedia.com/news/NASDAQ-Site-Taken-Down-by-UGNazi-Hackers-265473.shtml
15. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/anonymous-hacks-formula-1/11661
16. http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/statement-nissan-is-taking-actions-to-protect-and-inform-employees-and-customers-following-an-intrusion-into-the-company-s-global-network-systems
17. http://www.opt.uh.edu/news/casa-english.cfm
18. http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/00-9806-mexican-digital-newspaper-disabled-frequent-cyberattacks
19. http://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/10558/internets-role-in-chinese-hacking-scandal/
20. http://news.softpedia.com/news/DDOS-Attack-Launched-on-State-of-Washington-Site-265721.shtml
21. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6352-72-redacted-names-e-mail-addresses-and-passport-numbers-dumped-on-the-internet
22. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/iran-detects-computer-worm-targeting-oil-ministry-mehr-says.html
23. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rails-Machine-Pulls-Plug-on-Pastie-org-After-2-DDOS-Attacks-266397.shtml
24. http://thehackernews.com/2012/04/hacker-deface-t-parliament-website-to.html
25. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/24/greece-hackers-idUSL5E8FO2XA20120424
26. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/24/209946.html
27. http://www.crypticstudios.com/securitynotice
28. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6374-e-mail-addresses-and-encrypted-passwords-may-have-been-acquired-by-hacker-who-indicated-ability-to-decrypt-passwords
29. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/26/uk2net_outage_in_ddos_attack/
30. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/taliban-website-hacked_n_1458061.html
31. http://thehackernews.com/2012/04/10-lebanese-government-websites-taken.html
32. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Leak-Admin-Credentials-from-University-of-Massachusetts-Site-266511.shtml
33. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/04/27/microsoft-rushes-out-fix-after-hackers-change-passwords-to-hack-hotmail-accounts/
34. http://thehackernews.com/2012/04/international-police-association.html
35. http://minnetonka.patch.com/articles/three-rivers-park-district-reports-security-breach
36. http://news.softpedia.com/news/AntiSec-Hackers-Leak-40-GB-of-Data-from-Lake-County-Sheriff-s-Office-266784.shtml
37. http://pastebin.com/Ue1vJwxP
38. http://thehackernews.com/2012/04/yet-another-hotmail-aol-and-yahoo.html
39. http://news.softpedia.com/news/University-of-Palermo-Hacked-SSHA-Password-Hashes-Leaked-267053.shtml
40. http://pastebin.com/zz7RcGS0