Last Updated on May 24, 2015

So here we are with the first Cyber Attacks Timeline for 2013 covering the first half of January.

Apparently the new year has begun with an intense activity by Cyber Crooks. Hacktivists and Cyber Criminals had many time to spend in front of their keyboards during the holiday break, and as a consequence the number of breaches with more than 10.000 accounts compromised is incredibly high. WWF China, the City of Steubenville, Ohio and The German Chamber of Commerce are only three examples of institutions that suffered massive breaches during the beginning of this year.

But the massive breaches are not the only remarkable events of this period: the waves of DDoS Attacks against US banks continued (and promise to extend also in the next weeks), Kaspersky Lab discovered a new massive Cyber Espionage Campaign dubbed “Red October”, and also the Japan Farm Ministry was hit by yet another Cyber Attack, allegedly originating from China…

If this is only the beginning… 2013 promises to be pretty much troubled for system administrators…

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). To do so, you can use this form.

1-15 January 2013 Cyber Attacks Timeline

  1. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/01/arabic-news-site-durar-shamiya-hacked-50000-accounts-leaked/
  2. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4489
  3. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4490
  4. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/01/yemen-customs-portal-hacked-622-staff-and-ser-credentials-leaked/
  5. http://eromang.zataz.com/2013/01/02/capstone-turbine-corporation-also-targeted-in-the-cfr-watering-hole-attack-and-more/
  6. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/07/internet-explorer-zero-day-attack-websites/
  7. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Uygur-and-Taiwanese-Travel-Agency-Sites-Also-Targeted-in-CFR-Attack-318364.shtml
  8. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/03/official-wwf-china-hacked-80000-accounts-leaked/
  9. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/04/49869-voter-personal-details-leaked-from-steubenville-city/
  10. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sites-of-Capital-One-HSBC-Fifth-Third-Bank-Ally-Financial-Disrupted-by-DDOS-Attacks-318407.shtml
  11. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/04/ubisoft_gaming_account_hijack_caper/
  12. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/04/huge-leak-of-intel-from-german-chamber-of-commerce-ahk-de/
  13. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Belgian-Police-Website-Hacked-by-SlixMe-and-MaX0xf-318380.shtml
  14. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130103003334.htm
  15. http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2013/01/04/74450/unc-cancer-center-computers-hacked.html
  16. http://thehackernews.com/2013/01/hacker-leaks-bangladesh-intelligence.html
  17. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/05/dhs-study-in-the-states-hacked-data-leaked-by-officialnull/
  18. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/06/jefferson-county-sheriff-taken-offline/
  19. http://hackread.com/cotton-trading-company-hacked-569-clients-login-details-leaked-by-darkwebgoons/inst1nct_/
  20. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/06/20000-credentials-leaked-from-association-of-irish-festival-events/
  21. http://lwn.net/Articles/531726/
  22. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/07/panasonic-czech-republic-and-slovakia-hacked-defaced-data-leaked/
  23. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Phone-Hacking-Ring-Targeting-New-York-Businesses-Possibly-Linked-to-Al-Qaeda-320490.shtml
  24. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/01/opleak29-nasa-database-leaked-by.html
  25. http://news.softpedia.com/news/LulzSec-Peru-Hacks-Venezuelan-Ministry-of-Defense-Website-319585.shtml
  26. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Week-5-of-Operation-Ababil-2-Sites-of-BB-T-PNC-HSBC-and-Fifth-Third-Disrupted-319677.shtml
  27. http://pastebin.com/92qfPYcJ
  28. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-January/123499.html
  29. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/01/suntrust-bank-was-disabled-like-other.html
  30. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/01/all-saudi-arabian-ministry-of-defense.html
  31. http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/09/drake-international-confirms-database-with-user-information-hacked/
  32. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/01/mastercard-blog-hacked.html
  33. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4548
  34. http://pastebin.com/6BfP8Rb6
  35. http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130109/NEWS/301100004/No-secure-data-obtained-by-hacker-MSU-officials-say
  36. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/01/suntrust-bank-was-disabled-like-other.html
  37. http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/11954/article/capcom-s-japanese-online-game-service-cog-hacked-500-000-accounts-effected/
  38. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Turkey-s-Council-of-Higher-Education-Hacked-by-RedHack-60-000-Documents-Leaked-319958.shtml
  39. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/10/tranzeo-wireless-technologies-hacked-40000-credentials-leaked/
  40. http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Investment-Bank-of-Bulgaria-and-BBY-Diamonds-Sites-Hacked-by-Sepo-320291.shtml
  41. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/12/wom-vegas-breached-20000-account-credentials-obtained/
  42. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4579
  43. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Site-of-Indonesia-s-President-Defaced-in-Protest-Against-Corruption-320280.shtml
  44. http://www.databreaches.net/?p=26706
  45. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/13/online-game-miestukarai-lt-hacked-24000-leaked/
  46. http://news.softpedia.com/news/al-Qassam-Cyber-Fighters-Attack-PNC-Bank-of-America-SunTrust-US-Bank-314347.shtml
  47. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/13/police-store-policeone-com-hacked-for-opslaughterhouse/
  48. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/01/13/okara-police-hacked-personal-details-leaked-for-opslaughterhouse/
  49. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/01/pakistan-army-website-hacked-by-human.html
  50. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Peruvian-Army-Website-Hacked-and-Defaced-by-LulzSec-Peru-320803.shtml
  51. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4591
  52. http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4595
  53. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/anonymous-defaces-mit-website-with-memorial-for-aaron-swartz/
  54. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/15/anonymous-avenges-aaron-swartz-mit-and-doj-websites-allegedly-hacked/
  55. https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/785/The_Red_October_Campaign_An_Advanced_Cyber_Espionage_Network_Targeting_Diplomatic_and_Government_Agencies
  56. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/290139/scitech/technology/govt-sites-hacked-on-eve-of-sc-cybercrime-hearing
  57. http://hackread.com/opindia-forensic-experts-india-hacked-login-info-leaked-by-anontitan/
  58. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/malware-infects-two-power-plants-lacking-basic-security-controls-011413
  59. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Philippines-Bureau-of-Customs-Other-Government-Sites-Hacked-by-Private-X-321111.shtml
  60. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Army-of-Chile-Website-Hacked-by-LulzSec-Peru-321097.shtml
  61. http://hackread.com/sri-lankan-media-center-for-national-security-site-defaced-login-info-leaked-by-thisisgame0ver/
  62. http://hackread.com/opleak-french-ministery-of-defense-breached-database-login-info-leaked-by-xtnr3v0lt/

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