Last Updated on May 24, 2015

I am quite in time with the list of the main Cyber Attacks occurred in the first half of July.

This period has been quite hard for the Video Games Industry with two noticeable events targeting Konami and Ubisoft (58 million of account potentially affected in this second case). Another noticeable breach involves the attack against the Italian Website of Sony, which lead to 40,000 records leaked.

Regarding hacktivism, Turkey keeps on being quite hot in this period, and not only for the Summer: several governmental targets have been hits by cyber attacks directly related to the OpTurkey initiative.

Last but not least: you will notice I have added a new column indicating the target country: for the sake of clarity, it refers to the nationality of the targeted organization and not to the geo-location of the targeted IP.

As usual, 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).

1-15 July 2013 Cyber Attacks Timeline

  1. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Claim-to-Have-Breached-Turkey-s-Ministry-of-Finance-Data-Leaked-364642.shtml
  2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/04/patriot_hacker_takes_aim_snowden_asylum_candidates/
  3. http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/rendering-web-red-redkit
  4. http://thehackersmedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/microsoftcommy-bing-skype-kaspersky.html
  5. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57592088-83/ubisoft-hacked-users-e-mails-and-passwords-exposed/
  6. http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/02/state-health-department-falls-victim-to-hackers/
  7. http://www.securityweek.com/anonymous-targets-anti-anonymity-b2b-firm-releadcom
  8. http://hackread.com/quaid-e-azam-university-pakistan-hacked-login-info-leaked-by-indian-hacker
  9. http://hackread.com/us-air-force-culture-language-hacked-leaked
  10. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Turkey-s-Ministry-of-Religious-Affairs-Hacked-by-RedHack-365149.shtml
  11. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1274432/chinese-university-website-hacked-and-personal-data-stolen
  12. http://hackread.com/33-chinese-govt-sites-hacked-turkish-hacker/
  13. www.scmagazine.com/credit-card-breach-strikes-roys-restaurants-in-hawaii/article/302592/
  14. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-WikiLeaks-Donation-Processor-DataCell-Disrupted-by-Anti-Snowden-Hacker-366021.shtml
  15. http://www.databreaches.net/?p=28072
  16. http://www.zdnet.com/in/india-pins-cyberattacks-on-pakistani-hackers-7000017871/
  17. https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/353330504898064384
  18. https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/353705085546676225
  19. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-Filipina-Actress-Kathryn-Bernardo-Hacked-366181.shtml
  20. http://hackread.com/egyptian-ministry-sites-hacked-anonymous-jordan
  21. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/mass-login-attack-on-nintendo-fan-site-hijacks-24000-accounts/
  22. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rex-Mundi-Hackers-Leak-61-390-Customer-Records-from-Italian-Firm-Websolutions-it-367739.shtml
  23. http://grahamcluley.com/2013/07/konami-accounts-hacked/
  24. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Netherlands-and-Belgium-Domain-Name-Registrars-Hacked-367081.shtml
  25. http://www.dns.be/en/news/recent_news/deface-hack-on-dnsbe-website2#.UeJN6222Ggx
  26. http://www.databreaches.net/?p=28113
  27. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-Irish-Anti-Abortion-Group-Youth-Defence-Hacked-366772.shtml
  28. http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/45265-gov%E2%80%99t-departments-also-intruded-by-overseas-hackers.html
  29. http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/45233-ctm-email-services-allegedly-hacked.html
  30. http://www.zdnet.com/u-k-ministry-of-defence-hit-by-cyberattack-data-stolen-7000017831/
  31. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-One-Direction-s-Niall-Horan-Hacked-366871.shtml
  32. http://www.securityweek.com/anonymous-claims-attack-ip-surveillance-firm-brickcom-leaks-customer-data
  33. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Hackers-Breach-Systems-of-Spain-s-People-s-Party-Leak-Documents-367400.shtml
  34. http://gawker.com/top-spys-sexy-emails-hacked-734684068
  35. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Online-Accounts-of-Jersey-Shore-Actors-Hijacked-by-Hackers-of-TeamHype-Exclusive-367560.shtml
  36. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-Famous-Director-and-Editor-Alfredo-Flores-Hacked-367372.shtml
  37. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Blamed-After-Arsenal-Gear-Shows-Up-on-Chelsea-FC-s-USA-Megastore-367190.shtml
  38. http://hackread.com/afghan-cyber-army-hacks-pakistani-ministry-sites/
  39. http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=112965
  40. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/07/13/sony-italy-hacked-over-40k-personal-details-leaked/
  41. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rex-Mundi-Hackers-Blackmail-Belgian-Telecoms-Company-Numericable-367926.shtml
  42. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Official-Twitter-Account-of-Band-of-Horses-Hacked-367913.shtml
  43. http://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-stymies-major-cyber-attack/
  44. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/07/pakistan-ministry-education-website.html#sthash.zY5m8OwY.dpuf
  45. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-National-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Colored-People-Hacked-368047.shtml
  46. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57593924-83/cyberattack-aims-at-government-agencies-in-asia-europe
  47. http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-com-Hacked-Abused-to-Distribute-Malware-368389.shtml
  48. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/delhi/40589078_1_email-ids-email-ids-delhi-police
  49. http://hackread.com/lulzsecperu-hacks-leaks-portal-nsa/
  50. http://hackersnewsbulletin.com/2013/07/turkey-antakya-municipality-website-was-taken-down-by-sector505.html
  51. http://hackersnewsbulletin.com/2013/07/various-pakistan-govt-websites-hacked-by-afghan-cyber-army.html
  52. http://hackersnewsbulletin.com/2013/07/anonymous-hacker-takes-down-gabon-president-website-under-opgabon.html
  53. http://news.softpedia.com/news/My-Chemical-Romance-Twitter-Account-Hacked-368380.shtml
  54. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-Musician-Ronnie-Radke-Apparently-Hacked-368057.shtml

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