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Update June 4 2012: May 2012 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part II)

As usual here it is the timeline of the Main Cyber Attacks occurred in May (at least according to my evaluation criteria).

This first half of the month has seen the arrival of a new hacking collective, “The Unknowns”, who has performed an impressive trail of attacks during the first days of May, targeting Space Agencies, Universities, and several other organizations. Although these events appear to be closer to cyber crime actions rather than hactivistim-driven attacks, they have not been the most remarkable ones of these days: as a matter of fact chronicles report of a massive breach at the Hangzhou Dianzi University, targeting approximately 150.000 acccounts.

As far as hacktivism is concerned, this first half of May has confirmed the constant trend of DDoS attacks targeting high profile websites such as SOCA and CIA (once again) and the Supreme Court in retaliation for the U.K. extradition laws.

Interesting to mention is also an alleged Cyber Espionage campaign targeting networks belonging to US natural gas pipeline companies.

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://thehackernews.com/2012/05/hacker-claims-to-hack-european-space.html
  2. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kosova-Hacker-s-Security-Leak-10-000-Credential-Sets-from-Greek-OTE-267250.shtml
  3. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/30/eukhost_billing_system_compromise/
  4. http://news.softpedia.com/news/National-Film-Board-of-Canada-Breached-by-DTM-267302.shtml
  5. http://www.11alive.com/news/article/240276/40/Atlanta-students-accused-of-hacking-school-computers-altering-
  6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/03/hackers-breached-secret-mod-systems
  7. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Israeli-Institute-for-National-Security-Studies-Serves-Visitors-Poison-Ivy-RAT-267388.shtml
  8. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6406-malware-compromised-hosted-server-ssn-credit-card-payment-info-including-expiry-date-and-cvv-and-or-or-ach-payment-info-compromised-different-info-for-different-individuals
  9. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254908/hackers_blackmail_belgian_bank_with_threats_to_publish_customer_data.html
  10. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/ddos-attack-knocks-soca-website-offline-050312
  11. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Attacks-Mexican-TV-for-Refusing-to-Broadcast-Presidential-Debate-267638.shtml
  12. http://pastebin.com/biK5tjc4
  13. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/anonymous-claims-supreme-court-and-cia-takedowns-76653
  14. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-United-Nations-and-Australian-Government-Hacked-by-TeaMp0isoN-267729.shtml
  15. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0505/Alert-Major-cyber-attack-aimed-at-natural-gas-pipeline-companies
  16. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dhs-hackers-mounting-organized-cyber-attack-us-gas/story?id=16304818#.T7E-olKL7YR
  17. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6468-305-email-addresses-passwords-usernames-and-ip-addresses-dumped-on-the-internet
  18. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/08/the-european-forex-traders-hacked-by-teamghostshell/
  19. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/05/06/avengers-the-hulk-gets-hacked-mark-ruffalos-twitter-account-hijacked/
  20. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6641-647-passwords-and-email-addresses-dumped-on-the-internet
  21. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6517-645-government-employees-names-email-addresses-and-passwords-plus-almost-300-other-names-usernames-email-addresses-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  22. http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/299830,chinese-uni-hacked-150000-accounts-dumped.aspx
  23. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/09/virgin_media_website_anonymous/
  24. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Steal-Digital-Goods-from-Zynga-YoVille-Users-268213.shtml
  25. http://blog.plaxo.com/2012/05/google-account-%E2%80%9Csuspicious-activity%E2%80%9D-next-steps/
  26. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/anonymous-un-palestinian-hunger-strike-israel-prisons
  27. http://rt.com/news/anonymous-hacked-kremlin-website-834/
  28. http://blogs.artinfo.com/silhouettes/2012/05/09/hackers-infiltrate-opening-ceremonys-online-boutique/
  29. http://www.mainebiz.biz/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120511/NEWS0101/120519993
  30. http://news.softpedia.com/news/UGNazi-Hackers-Attack-Edu-Gov-After-Being-Released-Exclusive-268997.shtml
  31. http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2012/05/11/amnesty-international-uk-compromised.aspx
  32. http://www.yorkcountygov.com/Departments/DepartmentsFP/MIS/Notification.aspx
  33. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/12/sony-in-the-sight-yet-again-emails-and-hosts-dumped-by-reckz0r/
  34. http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2012/05/bitcoins-worth-87000-plundered/
  35. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/12/washington-military-department-hacked-data-leaked-by-le4ky/
  36. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/12/south-australian-department-of-education-hacked-data-leaked-by-s3rverexe/
  37. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/13/albanian-office-for-copyright-breached-by-s3rverexe/
  38. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/13/44000-email-accounts-dumped-by-reckz0r/
  39. http://news.softpedia.com/news/North-Las-Vegas-Police-Department-Recruitment-Site-Defaced-269311.shtml
  40. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/13/turkey-ministry-of-family-and-social-policy-hacked-and-defaced-by-redhack/
  41. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/13/unm-electrical-and-computer-engineering-department-hacked-by-s3rverexe/
  42. https://twitter.com/#!/Reckz0r/statuses/202093357940490240
  43. http://news.softpedia.com/news/University-of-New-Brunswick-Hacked-Login-Data-Leaked-269256.shtml
  44. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/anonymous-strikes-down-theresa-may-website-in-extradition-protest-77894
  45. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/16/sempra-energy-hacked-personal-information-leaked/
  46. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/16/arizona-state-legislature-hacked-data-leaked-by-malsec/
  47. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/05/16/panpacific-university-north-philippines-hacked-accounts-leaked/

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