Last Updated on May 29, 2015

Here is the summary of the Cyber Attacks Timeline for February. A month that will probably be remembered for the “sophisticated” cyber attacks to the two main social networks: Facebook and Twitter.

But the attacks against the two major social networks were not the only remarkable events of this period. Other governmental and industrial high-profile targets have fallen under the blows of (state-sponsored) cyber criminals: the list of the governmental targets is led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Bit9, a primary security firm, was also targeted, leading the chart of Industrial targets.

Hacktivists have raised the bar and breached the Federal Reserve, leaking the details of 4,000 U.S. Banks executives. Similarly, the Bush family was also targeted, suffering the leak of private emails.

Even if the list is not as long as the one of January, it includes other important targets, so, scroll it down to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace. Also have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011, 20122013, 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.1-16-february-2013-cyber-attacks-timeline1

  1. http://hackmageddon.com/2013/02/02/the-party-is-not-over-250000-twitter-accounts-compromised/
  2. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/01/50000-accounts-leaked-from-pympy-com/
  3. http://hackread.com/cat-loving-hacker-hacks-cat-hater-website/
  4. https://twitter.com/TN_cyberarmy/status/297588216297566209
  5. http://hackread.com/opmali-british-chamber-of-commerce-hacked-900-login-credentials-leaked-by-tunisian-cyber-army/
  6. https://twitter.com/TN_cyberarmy/status/297597425592434688
  7. http://pastebin.com/s21zt5SC
  8. http://pastebin.com/fY68z7Eb
  9. https://twitter.com/TN_cyberarmy/status/297594808329965568
  10. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-iraq-protests-idUSBRE91104C20130202
  11. http://pastebin.com/h7rwGkiM
  12. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/net-us-usa-fed-hackers-idUSBRE91501920130206
  13. http://watercards.co.uk/dump/gartons.txt
  14. http://hackread.com/israeli-news-site-haaretz-hacked-emails-passwords-leaked-by-syrian-electronic-army/
  15. https://twitter.com/Official_SEA/status/298154285034782720
  16. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/02/opegypt-egyptian-government-websites.html
  17. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/usa-cybersecurity-doe-idUSL1N0B4BWV20130204
  18. http://freebeacon.com/cyber-breach/
  19. http://www.zdnet.com/netseer-suffers-hack-triggers-google-malware-warnings-7000010776/
  20. http://hackread.com/nokia-taiwan-hacked-100000-accounts-leaked-by-maxney-of-turkishajan-group/
  21. http://news.softpedia.com/news/20-Documents-Stolen-by-Hackers-from-Japan-s-Ministry-of-Foreign-Affairs-327205.shtml
  22. http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/new-retail-breach-tied-to-global-fraud-a-5483
  23. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Gains-Access-to-Foxconn-Databases-Just-Wants-to-Prove-Lack-of-Security-326942.shtml
  24. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bush-family-hacked-589132
  25. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Former-FBI-Agents-US-Senator-UN-Official-Also-Victims-of-Bush-Family-Hacker-329916.shtml
  26. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-anonymous-chris-dorner-lapd-20130211,0,455238.story
  27. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sky-News-Arabia-Twitter-and-Facebook-Accounts-Hacked-by-Syrian-Electronic-Army-327540.shtml
  28. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/07/287743/iran-releases-decoded-video-from-us-drone/
  29. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/exploit-sat-on-la-times-website-for-6-weeks/
  30. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/security-firm-bit9-hacked-used-to-spread-malware/
  31. http://pastebin.com/PvXZsw6C
  32. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/9056-customers-name-social-security-number-and-in-some-cases-credit-card-info-with-cvv-code-address-phone-number-mother-s-maiden-name-and-date-of-birth-accessed-by-hacker
  33. http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/12827-iran-launches-cyber-attack-on-ncri-website-to-prevent-news-on-its-role-in-deadly-attack-on-camp-liberty
  34. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/02/pakistan-domain-registrar-pknic-website.html
  35. http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578298000872366988.html
  36. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14411
  37. https://twitter.com/TN_cyberarmy/status/301034488824201219
  38. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/net-us-usa-zombie-hacking-idUSBRE91D07Z20130214
  39. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Business-Wire-Possibly-Hacked-Company-Resets-User-Passwords-328814.shtml
  40. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/crooks-net-millions-in-coordinated-atm-heists/
  41. http://www.thelocal.de/education/20130212-47909.html
  42. http://pastebin.com/Mw8vvidV
  43. https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208194116/Cyber_Attacks_Against_Uyghur_Mac_OS_X_Users_Intensify
  44. http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/333273,65279anonymous-dumps-600k-accounts-from-popular-israeli-site.aspx
  45. http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/Froedtert-Hospital-warning-43-000-patients-their-files-may-have-been-accessed/-/10148890/18541500/-/rd1rrhz/-/index.html
  46. http://hackmageddon.com/2013/02/16/facebook-admits-to-have-been-hit-by-a-sophisticated-targeted-attack/
  47. http://pastebin.com/MS1CF5ZW
  48. http://www.wbtv.com/story/21216611/union-county-public-schools-web-server-hacked-information-may-be-compromised
  49. http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2013/02/the-latest-paolo-cirio-provocation/
  50. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-and-ZHC-Join-Forces-for-OpKashmir-Several-Websites-Hacked-329726.shtml
  51. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Major-Pakistani-TV-Network-Hacked-for-Treacherous-Silence-over-the-Kashmir-Siege-330081.shtml

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