Last Updated on May 24, 2015

And here we are with the second part of the Cyber Attacks Timeline (first part here).

The prize for the most noticeable breach of the month goes in Korea, where a 31-year-old man has been arrested for infiltrating the account of 25 million users of Never, a local Internet Portal (actually it happened several months ago but was unveiled in this month). Other noticeable events include the trail of attacks against several Universities (Maryland, Auburn, Purdue, Wisconsin-Parkside), the compromising of personal information of 550,000 employees and users of Spec’s, the leak of 158,000 forum users of Boxee.tv and 95,000 users of Cerberus and, finally, a breach targeting the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Last but not least, even the infamous Operation Windigo has deserved a mention in the timeline.

Moving to Hacktivism, chronicles report of a couple of hijackings performed, as usual, by the Syrian Electronic Army, a couple of operations carried on by the Russian Cyber Command and a (probably fake) attack by someone in disguise of Anonymous Ukraine, claiming to to have leaked 7 million Russian Credit Cards. Probably a recycle of old leaks.

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).

16-31 Mar 2014 Cyber Attacks Timelines

  1. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/17/citroen-adobe-coldfusion-hacked-backdoor
  2. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Syrian-Electronic-Army-Hacks-Website-of-Syrian-National-Coalition-432473.shtml
  3. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacktivists-Leak-Data-from-Personal-PC-of-Russian-Industrial-Investment-Fund-President-432552.shtml
  4. http://www.scmagazine.com/virus-compromises-sensitive-info-on-5400-colorado-hospital-patients/article/338488/
  5. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Underground-Payment-Card-Store-Rescator-Hacked-and-Defaced-432598.shtml
  6. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/10000-linux-servers-hit-by-malware-serving-tsunami-of-spam-and-exploits/
  7. http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/hackers-transform-ea-web-page-into-apple-id-phishing-scheme/
  8. http://www.scmagazine.com/maryland-nonprofit-breached-nearly-10k-impacted-suspect-identified/article/338656/
  9. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guatemala-Sites-of-Renault-Toyota-and-Chevrolet-Hacked-and-Defaced-432682.shtml
  10. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-Australian-Foreign-Minister-Julie-Bishop-Hacked-432630.shtml
  11. http://www.coindesk.com/coinex-pw-hacked-will-cover-losses/
  12. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/12241-286-names-addresses-phone-numbers-usernames-and-email-addresses-dumped-on-the-internet
  13. http://www.dailydot.com/news/microsoft-compliance-emails-fbi-ditu/
  14. http://blog.hootsuite.com/hootsuite-responds-to-dos-attack/
  15. http://www.databreaches.net/university-of-maryland-college-park-reports-another-cybersecurity-breach/
  16. http://www.scmagazine.com/auburn-university-server-hacked-data-on-nearly-14000-at-risk/article/339247/
  17. http://www.scmagazine.com/data-on-all-utah-based-sorenson-employees-compromised-in-vendor-attack/article/340037/
  18. http://www.databreaches.net/rosenthal-wine-shop-discloses-malware-may-have-compromised-customers-payment-card-info/
  19. http://news.softpedia.com/news/GitHub-Falls-Victim-of-Another-DDOS-Attack-433465.shtml
  20. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/sources-credit-card-breach-at-california-dmv/
  21. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/12273-256-names-email-addresses-usernames-and-encrypted-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  22. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.581403
  23. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/12271-330-names-addresses-usernames-email-addresses-and-encrypted-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  24. http://datalossdb.org/incident_highlights/63-potential-7-million-credit-card-details-leaked
  25. https://gist.github.com/dhh/9741477
  26. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/12155-268-names-addresses-dates-of-birth-phone-numbers-email-addresses-usernames-and-encrypted-passwords-dumped-on-the-internet
  27. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/12182-over-200-credit-and-debit-card-numbers-stolen-by-hackers-who-installed-malware-on-the-restaurant-s-point-of-sale-system
  28. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140326001543
  29. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-Kuwait-s-Ministry-of-Interior-Hacked-and-Defaced-435068.shtml
  30. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cerberus-Resets-Passwords-of-over-96-000-Users-Following-Data-Breach-434656.shtml
  31. http://www.esecurityplanet.com/hackers/shelburne-country-store-hacked.html
  32. http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/design/luxury-agency-investigates-security-breach-2014032620570
  33. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-Turkey-s-Telecommunications-Directorate-Attacked-by-RedHack-434637.shtml
  34. http://www.scmagazine.com/malware-on-wisconsin-university-server-storing-info-on-15k-students/article/340208/
  35. http://www.scmagazine.com/malware-in-34-specs-stores-payment-data-compromised-for-550k/article/340302/
  36. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/28/us-media-cybercrime-idUSBREA2R0EU20140328
  37. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Account-of-Ecuador-President-Rafael-Correa-Hacked-434743.shtml
  38. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/hack-of-boxee-tv-exposes-password-data-messages-for-158000-users/
  39. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Albuquerque-Police-Website-Disrupted-by-Hacktivists-in-Protest-Against-Shootings-434900.shtml
  40. http://hackread.com/anonghost-hacks-israeli-ministry-website/
  41. http://hackread.com/pakistani-hackers-hack-ksa-consulate/
  42. https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/?p=17959
  43. http://www.scmagazine.com/medical-staffers-fall-for-phishing-emails-data-on-8300-compromised/article/340590/
  44. http://www.scmagazine.com/unauthorized-access-gained-to-about-800-jstor-accounts/article/340956/

 

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