Last Updated on May 24, 2015

Here it is the usual compilation for the Cyber Attacks in the first half of September, a period which has apparently confirmed the revamping of hacktivism seen in August.

Several operations such as #OpFreeAssange (in support of Julian Assange), #OpTPB2 against the arrest of The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, and #OpIndipendencia in Mexico have characterized the first half of September. Curiously the hacktivists have also characterized this period for a couple of controversial events: the alleged leak of 1 million of UDIDs from FBI (later proven to be fake) and the alleged attack to GoDaddy (later proven to be a network issue, that is the reason why I not even mentioned it in this timeline). Other actions motivated by hacktivists have been carried on by Pro-Syrian hackers.

From a Cyber Crime perspective, there are two events particularly interesting (even if well different): the alleged leak of Mitt Romney’s tax returns and yet another breach against a Bitcoin Exchange (Bitfloor), worthing the equivalent of 250,000 USD which forced the operator to suspend the operations.

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 and the related statistics (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://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/01/cbc-hacked-by-nullcrew/
  2. https://twitter.com/pastebin/status/241953949450653697
  3. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/02/two-israeli-sites-hacked-by-gsec_-for-opfreepalestine/
  4. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/01/national-bank-limited-standard-chartered-banks-hacked-by-0x00x00/
  5. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/02/cambodian-government-sites-attacked-for-optpb2/
  6. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/03/wikileaks-supporters-take-swedish-government-sites-ddos-attacks/
  7. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7405-7-273-user-names-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  8. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/03/wikileaks-supporters-take-swedish-government-sites-ddos-attacks/
  9. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57505330-83/antisec-claims-to-have-snatched-12m-apple-device-ids-from-fbi
  10. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/publishing-firm-ios-udid-leak-came-from-us-not-the-fbi/
  11. http://www.zdnet.com/nullcrew-pillages-sony-servers-7000003621/
  12. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120904/BUSINESS/309040084/Churchill-Downs-Inc-s-TwinSpires-com-announces-security-breach
  13. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3205
  14. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/hacker-steals-250k-in-bitcoins-from-online-exchange-bitfloor/
  15. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Internet_hackers_attack_Al-Jazeera_website,_condemn_news_service%27s_Syrian_civil_war_coverage
  16. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/04/city-of-newark-web-site-hacked-3000-accounts-leaked-by-0x00x00/
  17. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/04/mi5-and-sis-sites-taken-down-by-0x00x00/
  18. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7434-379-email-addresses-and-md5-encrypted-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  19. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57506843-83/feds-probe-alleged-hacking-theft-of-romneys-tax-returns/
  20. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/06/official-siemens-taiwan-hacked-defaced-and-data-leaked/
  21. http://www.csoonline.com/article/715557/hacktivists-ddos-uk-us-and-swedish-government-websites
  22. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/09/05/free-press-malware/
  23. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7447-285-email-addresses-and-passwords-2-admin-dumped-on-the-internet
  24. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3207
  25. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3242
  26. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/07/national-library-of-naples-hacked-data-leaked-by-anonymous/
  27. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7491-443-email-addresses-user-names-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  28. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7443-997-names-email-addresses-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  29. http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/guild-wars-2-password-attack-affects-10000-accounts/
  30. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/08/sms-dakia-itchowk-hacked-data-leaked-by-0x00x00/
  31. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/08/sms-dakia-itchowk-hacked-data-leaked-by-0x00x00/
  32. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3251
  33. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3250
  34. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159848#.UFWAClHuiZQ
  35. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7472-8-432-names-addresses-phone-numbers-dates-of-birth-email-addresses-user-names-and-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  36. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/7483-2-633-email-addresses-user-names-encrypted-passwords-and-their-salts-used-for-encryption-dumped-on-the-internet
  37. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3307
  38. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3276
  39. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3281
  40. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19544290
  41. http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=285018
  42. http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-doxes-cambodian-gov-in-latest-attack-7000004118/
  43. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3280
  44. http://business-standard.com/india/news/dominos-india-website-hacked-customer-info-leaked/486057/
  45. http://twitter.com/pastebin/statuses/245425043675418624
  46. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3314
  47. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/local%20news/BC-NM–UNM-CyberAttack
  48. http://thehackernews.com/2012/09/anonymous-dump-25-gb-data-from-email-of.html
  49. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/university-miami-hospital-confirms-second-patient-info-breach-year-091212
  50. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=3315
  51. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/14/antisec_reprisal_brown_rant_arrest/
  52. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Argentina-Initiates-Operation-Terra-Viva-Websites-Attacked-291996.shtml
  53. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/ciber-protesta-mexicana-mexican-hackers_n_1888587.html
  54. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2012/09/16/leaked-pentagon-documents-show-planning-of-naval-bases/

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