Last Updated on May 24, 2015

Update 08/02/2012: July 2012 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part II)

Although the number of attacks has considerably diminuished, the first half of July has left several high-profile attacks which deserverd huge attention, exposing in theory more than 2,000,000 individuals. Yahoo! Voice, Android Forums, Nvidia, Formspring, Billabong and ASUS are several of the well-known names that were victims of the high-profile breaches in the first two weeks of July.

World Health Organization and PBS (once again) were also illustrious victims of Cyber Attacks.

Besides these remarkable events, it looks like the actions carried on by the Law Enforcement agencies in the last period led to some results since the number of incidents looks undoubtably smaller than the previous months.

For what concerns the cyber attacks driven by hacktivism, it is particularly important to notice #OpPedoChat, still ongoing, which caused many pedophiles to be exposed, in several cases with unpredictable consequences, as in Belgium where a far-right official resigned after Anonymous’ Paedophilia Claims.

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.

Also, feel free to submit remarkable incidents that in your opinion deserve to be included in the timelines (and charts).

1. http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/36414/notice-of-credit-card-security-breach-at-some-usc-food-outlets/
2. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Delete-WSJ-Tech-Columnist-Amit-Agarwal-s-Website-278537.shtml
3. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/01/anti-virus-giant-trendmicro-sykes-hacked-hundreds-of-emails-dumped-by-officialcomrade/
4. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Leaks-Emails-Allegedly-Stolen-from-Trend-Micro-Firm-Denies-Claims-278759.shtml
5. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china-hackers-enter-navy-computers-plant-bug-to-extract-sensitive-data/968897/0
6. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/02/oak-creek-ranch-school-hacked-defaced-for-opliberation-by-anonymous/
7. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120705/jsp/jharkhand/story_15690561.jsp#.UAMfTvXVv1W
8. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/04/300000-personal-details-leaked-38-sites-hacked-for-projectdragonfly/
9. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/investigation-launched-into-redhack-after-ministry-hacking.aspx?pageID=238&nid=24625&NewsCatID=341
10. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-03/news/chi-police-hacker-lemont-tornado-siren-20120703_1_tornado-sirens-sound-warning-lemont-police
11. http://articles.ktuu.com/2012-07-05/signs_32555718
12. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.securitylab.ru/news/426851.php&act=url
13. http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-hacks-anti-piracy-takedown-tool-120706/
14. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Defaces-Website-of-the-Presidency-of-Paraguay-279914.shtml
15. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/07/6gb-emails-from-companies-world-wide-leaked-after-sykes-and-trend-micro-attack-by-c0mrade/
16. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/07/well-known-musician-sites-under-attack-by-anonymous-hacktivist/
17. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6915-385-names-email-addresses-user-names-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
18. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/islamic-hackers-post-hundreds-of-israeli-email-addresses-and-passwords-1.448142
19. http://androidforums.com/site-updates-announcements/580371-important-notice-security-breach.html#post4645422
20. http://blog.formspring.me/2012/07/urgent-change-your-formspring-password/
21. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/10/personal-attacks-lead-to-roatpkz-com-database-being-hacked-and-leaked-by-teamst34m/
22. http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/07/yahoo-service-hacked/
23. http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/12/yahoo-confirms-apologizes-for-the-email-hack-says-still-fixing-plus-check-if-you-were-impacted-non-yahoo-accounts-apply/
24. http://news.softpedia.com/news/PBS-and-World-Health-Organization-Allegedly-Hacked-User-Details-Leaked-281123.shtml
25. http://www.nvidia.com/content/devzone/index.html
26. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Take-Credit-for-NVIDIA-Breach-Claim-Shop-Was-Also-Compromised-281264.shtml
27. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Billabong-Hacked-Over-20-000-Clear-Text-Passwords-Leaked-281131.shtml
28. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Operation-Save-the-Arctic-Shell-Gazprom-Rosneft-BP-Hacked-281298.shtml
29. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Take-Credit-for-NVIDIA-Breach-Claim-Shop-Was-Also-Compromised-281264.shtml
30. http://www.cyberguerrilla.org/?p=6625
31. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/6975-32-000-private-messages-including-8-900-names-phone-numbers-dumped-on-the-internet-after-site-hacked-with-sql-injection
32. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/16/asus-store-hacked-administration-credentials-leaked-by-nullcrew/
33. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/07/15/sun-shine-coast-website-hacked-and-defaced-by-anonymous-for-opaustralia/
34. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Claim-Breach-of-Palm-Springs-Police-Officer-Association-281413.shtml
35. http://pastebin.com/u/TheAnon0ne