Last Updated on May 24, 2015

Other troubles for system administrators: March is confirming the 2013 dangerous trend with several high profile breaches against industrial, financial and governmental targets.

The first two weeks of March have begun with the breach to Evernote, and continued with (among the others) the third phase of the infamous Operation Ababil, targeting U.S. Banks and an alleged Chinese attack against the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Additional noticeable events include a wave of DDoS attacks against several Czech Republic’s targets (belonging to media, news and financial sector), a breach suffered by the NIST Vulnerability Database (unfortunately not an isolated example of the attacks against US governmental targets happened in these two weeks) and also the leak of 20,000 records from an Avast! German distributor.

Last but not least, the examined period has also confirmed the role of Twitter as the new mean to make resounding attacks against single individuals or organizations. Qatar Foundation, Saudi Aramco, and France 24 are only several of the organizations fallen victims of accounts hijacking.

Of course, these are only the main events, feel free to scroll down the list to analyze in detail what happened in these two weeks.

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, 2012 and now 2013 (regularly updated). You may also want to have a look at the Cyber Attack Statistics, 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).

Once again, a special thanks to Kim Guldberg AKA @bufferzone for continuously advising me about significant cyber events through the Submit Form! Much Appreciated!

1. http://hackread.com/qatar-foundations-twitter-and-facebook-accounts-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army
2. https://twitter.com/th3inf1d3l/status/307658779904856064
3. http://blog.evernote.com/blog/2013/03/02/security-notice-service-wide-password-reset/
4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287138/Public-schoolboy-hacker-masterminded-15m-fraud-jails-IT-class–hacks-prisons-system.html
5. http://news.softpedia.com/news/South-African-Ministry-of-State-Security-s-Twitter-Account-Hacked-334896.shtml
6. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/04/us-czech-hackers-idUKBRE92309D20130304
7. http://www.lupa.cz/clanky/ddos-pokracuje-cilem-jsou-dnes-weby-mobilnich-operatoru/
8. http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/08/hacker-steals-12000-worth-of-bitcoins-in-brazen-dns-based-attack/
9. http://hackread.com/bangladeshi-supreme-court-ministry-of-agriculture-websites-breached-against-violence-user-accounts-leaked-by-phr0zenmyst/
10. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-AngloAmerican-Mining-Company-Hacked-By-Anonymous-for-OpGreenRights-335092.shtml
11. http://www.lupa.cz/clanky/ddos-pokracuje-cilem-jsou-dnes-weby-mobilnich-operatoru/
12. http://thehackernews.com/2013/03/pakistan-intelligence-agency-hacked-by.html
13. http://hackread.com/france-24-arabia-and-france-24-observers-twitter-accounts-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army/
14. http://www.zdnet.com/raspberry-pi-site-suffers-ddos-attack-7000012251/
15. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-bank-of-america-has-been-out-of.html
16. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fifth-third-bank-also-have-gotten.html
17. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/czech-hackers-banks-idUKL6N0BY52420130306
18. http://www.lupa.cz/clanky/ddos-pokracuje-cilem-jsou-dnes-weby-mobilnich-operatoru/
19. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/06/saudi-aramco-saudi-arabias-national-oil-company-has-had-its-twitter-hacked/
20. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/03/06/time-warner-cable-support-service-hacked-and-defaced-by-nullcrew/
21. http://hackread.com/soneri-banks-online-banking-system-website-hacked-by-pakbugs/
22. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-hsbc-and-us-bank-have-defeated.html
23. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-hsbc-and-us-bank-have-defeated.html
24. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fifth-third-bank-and-pnc-are-next.html
25. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fifth-third-bank-and-pnc-are-next.html
26. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/hackers-assault-czech-mobile-operators-005419745.html
27. http://www.lupa.cz/clanky/ddos-pokracuje-cilem-jsou-dnes-weby-mobilnich-operatoru/
28. http://news.softpedia.com/news/German-Studio-Constantin-Film-Hacked-in-Protest-Against-Anti-Piracy-Group-335462.shtml
29. http://hackread.com/avast-germany-website-hacked-defaced-20000-user-accounts-leaked-by-maxney/
30. http://www.illsecure.com/2013/03/us-government-state-websites-hacked-in.html
31. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/03/hackers-infect-pentagon-admin-by.html
32. http://www.afr.com/p/national/cyber_attackers_penetrate_reserve_FEdCLOI50owRMgI0urEYnK
33. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/dating-site-zoosk-resets-some-user-accounts-following-password-dump/
34. http://gawker.com/5989904/either-colin-powells-facebook-was-hacked-or-he-has-had-a-sudden-change-of-heart-about-george-w-bush
35. http://thehackernews.com/2013/03/pakistan-government-servers-messed-up.html
36. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Indian-Hacker-Leaks-Admin-Passwords-for-35-Pakistani-Government-Sites-336734.shtml
37. http://hackread.com/serbian-students-hack-billboard-display-advert-in-piratebays-support-video-included
38. http://anon-news.blogspot.in/2013/03/firma-la-petizione-per-chiudere.html
39. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/bbt-and-chase-bank-are-first-targets-of.html
40. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/14/bill-gates-personal-info/
41. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/12/celebrity-hack-social-security/
42. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/equifax-transunion-say-hackers-stole-celebrity-reports.html
43. http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2013/03/12/israeli-website-for-international-institute-for-counter-terrorism-waterhole-serving-cve-2012-4969.aspx
44. https://plus.google.com/u/0/106350285372295328202/posts/HNayDzUoYEz
45. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/today-attacks-of-qassam-group-shocked.html
46. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-us-bank-has-gotten-out-of-reach.html
47. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-chase-bank-has-targeted-against.html
48. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/03/al-qaeda-electronic-army-hack-us-government.html
49. http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/national-journal-gets-hacked_b98192
50. http://thehackernews.com/2013/03/philippines-presidents-website-defaced.html
51. http://hackread.com/indian-defence-organisation-drdo-servers-hacked-china-among-the-suspects/
52. http://hilf-ol-fozoul.blogspot.com/2013/03/chase-pnc-bbt-qassam-groups-today-goals.html
53. http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-accuses-us-skorea-cyberattacks-074913828–finance.html
54. http://news.yahoo.com/polish-presidents-computer-network-attacked-hackers-181856391.html
55. http://www.wbj.pl/article-62178-top-polish-government-systems-hacked-again.html
56. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/03/opblacksummer-two-us-petroleum-websites.html
57. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/03/14/14000-student-credentials-leaked-from-ktu-career-center-lithuania/
58. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/15/cctv_hack_casino_poker/
59. http://news.softpedia.com/news/OpIran-Hacktivists-Launch-DDOS-Attacks-Against-Major-Iranian-Sites-337585.shtml
60. http://hackread.com/german-broadcaster-deutsche-welles-dw-twitter-account-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army/
61. http://anon-news.blogspot.in/2013/03/forza-nuova-lealta-azione-fiamma.html