| ID |
Date |
Author |
Target |
Description |
Attack |
Target Class |
Attack Class |
Country |
| 1 |
13/01/2016 |
? |
TaxSlayer |
Tax preparation software publisher TaxSlayer notifies about 8,800 of its customers that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to the personal information contained on their tax return. |
Unknown |
Industry: Software |
CC |
US |
| 2 |
16/01/2016 |
Russia? |
Kiev Airport |
Ukrainian authorities announce to review the defences of government computer systems, after detecting a cyber attack on Kiev’s main airport launched from a server in Russia. |
Targeted Attack |
Airport |
CW |
UA |
| 3 |
16/01/2016 |
Börteçine Siber Tim |
Russian Embassy in Israel russianembassy.org.il |
A crew of Pro-Turkish hackers defaces the website of the Russian Embassy in Israel (russianembassy.org.il) |
Defacement |
Government |
H |
RU |
| 4 |
16/01/2016 |
? |
KickassTorrents kat.cr |
KickassTorrents (kat.cr) is taken down by a DDoS attack. |
DDoS |
Torrent Tracker |
CC |
N/A |
| 5 |
16/01/2016 |
? |
pagesjaunesdusenegal.com |
An unknown attacker hacks pagesjaunesdusenegal.com and dumps 9500 usernames and hashed passwords. |
Unknown |
Online Services |
CC |
US |
| 6 |
18/01/2016 |
? |
boards.ie |
The popular Irish forum boards.ie is taken down by a DDoS attack. |
DDoS |
Forum |
CC |
IE |
| 7 |
18/01/2016 |
Islamic State Hacker |
Tsinghua University |
An ISIS-affiliated hacker dubbed “Islamic State Hacker” defaces the website of the Tsinghua University and leaves jihadist messages on some of the site’s pages. |
Defacement |
Education |
H |
CN |
| 8 |
18/01/2016 |
CWA (Crackas WIth Attitude) |
John Holdren |
Crackas With Attitude claims to have hacked the home telephone and email account of President Barack Obama’s senior advisor on science and technology John Holdren. |
Account Hijacking |
Single Individual |
CC |
US |
| 9 |
18/01/2016 |
Turk Hack Team |
Several Iranian Government Websites |
Hackers from Turk Hack Team take down several Iranian government websites including Ministry of information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and the official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (president.ir). |
DDoS |
Government |
H |
IR |
| 10 |
19/01/2016 |
? |
Crelan |
Belgian bank Crelan is the last victim of fraudsters, with a damage of over EUR 70 million (around $75,8 million). |
Account Hijacking |
Finance |
CC |
BE |
| 11 |
19/01/2016 |
? |
FACC |
Aerospace parts manufacturer FACC says that its financial accounting department has been attacked by hackers, who managed to steal approximately €50 million ($54.5 million). |
Account Hijacking |
Industry: Aerospace |
CC |
AT |
| 12 |
19/01/2016 |
? |
Royal Melbourne Hospital |
The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s core computer systems and personal computer systems have been infected by a virus. After two weeks the hospital still struggles to mitigate the infection. |
Malware |
Healthcare |
CC |
AU |
| 13 |
19/01/2016 |
? |
MSN.com |
Malwarebytes detects a malvertising campaign targeting the MSN Home Page via the AD network AdSpirit |
Malvertising |
Industry: Software |
CC |
US |
| 14 |
19/01/2016 |
Gaza Cybergang or Gaza Hackers Team |
Several individuals in Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, US and EU. |
ClearSky Cybersecurity reveals a new campaign originating from the Gaza Cybergang, also known as the Gaza Hackers Team. The malware is named DustSky (or NeD Worm), and targets victims in Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, US and some European states. |
Targeted Attack |
>1 |
CE |
>1 |
| 15 |
19/01/2016 |
WKPF |
Ekonombank |
A group of Turkish hackers dubbed WKPF defaces the official website of Russia’s Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Reconstruction and Development Ekonombank. |
Defacement |
Finance |
H |
RU |
| 16 |
19/01/2016 |
root AKA @ciadotgov |
codemasters-project.net |
root AKA @ciadotgov hacks codemasters-project.net and dumps 57,109 usernames and hashed passwords. |
SQLi |
Forum |
CC |
N/A |
| 17 |
20/01/2016 |
Russia? |
Ukrainian Utilities |
ESET reveals a new wave of cyberattacks against the Ukrainian electric power industry. |
Targeted Attack |
Utilities |
CW |
UA |
| 18 |
20/01/2016 |
? |
JYP Entertainment jype.com |
Unknown hackers take down the website of JYP Entertainment. |
DDoS |
Industry: Entertainment |
CC |
KR |
| 19 |
21/01/2016 |
Anonymous? |
Flint Hospital |
Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. is hit by a cyber attack, one day after the hacktivist group, Anonymous, threatened to take action for the city’s water crisis |
DDoS |
Healthcare |
H |
US |
| 20 |
21/01/2016 |
MMCA (Monte Melkonian Cyber Army) |
Official websites of Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO, Permanent Mission of the organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Mission of the United Nations. |
Hackers from the Monte Melkonian Cyber Army deface the official websites of Permanent Mission of Armenia in NATO, Permanent Mission of the organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Permanent Mission of the United Nations. |
Defacement |
>1 |
CW |
>1 |
| 21 |
22/01/2016 |
? |
State of Michigan Portal michigan.gov |
The State of Michigan confirms to have suffered a cyber attack similar to the one targeting Hurley Medical Center. |
DDoS |
Government |
H |
US |
| 22 |
22/01/2016 |
? |
Anonymous, Hurley Medical Center, Flint |
The University of Virginia admits to have been targeted by a data breach which has placed the private data of employees at risk. Cyberattackers were able to access a component of the HR system, leading to the exposure of information belonging to approximately 1,400 Academic Division employees. |
Account Hijacking |
Finance |
CC |
US |
| 23 |
22/01/2016 |
? |
Premier Lotteries Ireland |
Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which runs the Irish Lottery, confirms in a statement that it suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that knocked its website offline and made it inaccessible to gamblers for some hours. |
DDoS |
Lottery |
CC |
IE |
| 24 |
22/01/2016 |
? |
Irish Government Websites |
A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack. |
DDoS |
Government |
CC |
IE |
| 25 |
22/01/2016 |
Crazy-3r3r |
blog.imam-khomeini.ir |
A Saudi hacker called Crazy-3r3r defaces the official web portal of Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini (blog.imam-khomeini.ir) |
Defacement |
Single Individual |
CW |
IR |
| 26 |
23/01/2016 |
Anonymous |
Narita International Airport |
The Anonymous claim responsibility for taking down the Narita International Airport website in revenge for the detainment of a leading US animal rights |
DDoS |
Airport |
H |
JP |
| 27 |
23/01/2016 |
Ourmine |
forums.dayzgame.com |
The online forums of the DayZ gaming community (forums.dayzgame.com) are compromised by a group of Saudi Arabian hackers known as OurMine. 200,000 accounts could be potentially compromised. |
Unknown |
Forum |
CC |
US |
| 28 |
23/01/2016 |
Lorde Bashtien |
80 police officers from several Miami departments. |
A hacker dubbed Lorde Bashtien releases the personal details of 80 police officers from the Miami Police Department, the Miami-Dade Police Department, and the Miami Beach Police Department. |
Unknown |
Law Enforcement |
H |
US |
| 29 |
23/01/2016 |
Black-Spy |
toyota.ru |
Black-Spy hacks toyota.ru and dumps 5,108 records with personal data. |
Unknown |
Industry: Automotive |
CC |
RU |
| 30 |
23/01/2016 |
root AKA @ciadotgov |
kakasure.com |
root AKA @ciadotgov hacks kakasure.com and dumps 57,000 usernames and hashed passwords. |
Unknown |
Online Services |
CC |
JP |
| 31 |
24/01/2016 |
Codoso or C0d0s0 |
Single Individuals |
Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks report an increased activity from Codoso or C0d0s0, the Chinese-linked cyber-espionage group that previously hacked Forbes.com and later Samsung Pay. |
Targeted Attack |
Single Individuals |
CE |
>1 |
| 32 |
24/01/2016 |
? |
Bank Yerushalayim |
Hackers break into the servers of Bank Yerushalayim and access data on thousands of customers. |
Unknown |
Finance |
CC |
IL |
| 33 |
24/01/2016 |
Gensu & Turkhackteam |
museomodena.ferrari.com |
The hack is not particularly impacting (664 usernames) but it affects an official subdomain of Ferrari. |
Unknown |
Industry: Automotive |
CC |
IT |
| 34 |
25/01/2016 |
Scarlet Mimic |
Minority Activist Groups in China |
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks unveil a four-year long cyber-attack campaign with the primary mission of gathering information about minority activist groups in China (Uyghur and Tibetan groups). The campaign is dubbed ‘Scarlet Mimic’ |
Targeted Attack |
Activists Groups |
CE |
CN |
| 35 |
25/01/2016 |
Anonymous Conservative |
2016iowacaucus.com |
A crew dubbed Anonymous Conservative defaces the 2016 Iowa Caucus website (2016iowacaucus.com). |
Defacement |
Org: Politics |
H |
US |
| 36 |
25/01/2016 |
? |
Hailey Baldwin |
Unknown hackers obtain personal details of Hailey Baldwin and dump personal data including her phone number. |
Account Hijacking |
Single Individual |
CC |
US |
| 37 |
26/01/2016 |
? |
Israel’s Electric Authority |
The Israeli Energy Minister reveals that the Israel’s Electric Authority is currently targeted by a severe cyber-attack. |
Targeted Attack |
Utilities |
CC |
IL |
| 38 |
26/01/2016 |
? |
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) fop.net |
UK-based researcher and activist Thomas White releases 2.5 GB of data stolen in a recent hack of the computer systems of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the biggest police union in the United States. The activist is not the author of the attack and admits to have received the data from an unknown source |
Unknown |
Law Enforcement |
CC |
US |
| 39 |
26/01/2016 |
? |
Several .edu and .gov targets |
Symantec reports the worldwide infection of 3,500 public servers with a malicious script that redirects victims to other compromised websites that could be used to download malware and which the company said could be part of a recon effort for future attacks. |
HTML redirection |
Education Government |
CE |
US |
| 40 |
26/01/2016 |
? |
Sydney Data Center |
The notorious spyware FinFisher, used to infect mobile phones and computers, has been found in a Sydney data centre. The origin is claimed to be in Indonesia. |
Targeted Attack |
N/A |
CE |
N/A |
| 41 |
26/01/2016 |
Hanom1960 AKA @hanomlulzsec |
Costa Rica Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs rree.go.cr |
In name of #OpPuraVida, a form of protest against the CAFTA trade deal, a hacker dubbed Hanom1960 AKA @hanomlulzsec hacks the Costa Rica Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs. |
Defacement |
Government |
H |
CR |
| 42 |
27/01/2016 |
? |
Wendy’s |
Wendy’s, the nationwide chain of fast-food restaurants, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some locations. |
Unknown |
Industry: Restaurant |
CC |
US |
| 43 |
28/01/2016 |
? |
CPanel |
CPanel says the company has managed to repel a cyberattack against servers containing customer data. One of the cPanel customer databases might have been breached. |
Unknown |
Industry: Software |
CC |
US |
| 44 |
28/01/2016 |
? |
Rotten Tomatoes and The Jerusalem Post Website |
Malwarebytes identifies a malvertising campaign targeting several high-profile sites such as: Rotten Tomatoes and The Jerusalem Post. |
Malvertising |
>1 |
CC |
>1 |
| 45 |
28/01/2016 |
Anonymous |
Taiwanese Prison System |
Anonymous’ crusade against the Thai justice system continues: the hacktivists take down 20 websites belonging to the local prison system. |
DDoS |
Law Enforcement |
H |
TH |
| 46 |
28/01/2016 |
MMCA (Monte Melkonian Cyber Army) |
Azerbaijani government servers |
Hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army take down several Azerbaijani government servers including: the E-Government Portal (e-gov.az), Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan (taxes.gov.az) and the official Internet resource of the State Bodies (gov.az). |
DDoS |
Government |
CW |
AZ |
| 47 |
28/01/2016 |
? |
valleyevents.ca |
An unknown hacker hacks valleyevents.ca and dumps 4.646 usernames and hashed passwords. |
Unknown |
Online Services |
CC |
CA |
| 48 |
29/01/2016 |
? |
HSBC |
HSBC is hit by an apparent DDoS attack on its online banking system. |
DDoS |
Finance |
CC |
UK |
| 49 |
29/01/2016 |
? |
Neiman Marcus Group |
Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) reports that someone gained unauthorized access to 5,200 online customer accounts on the Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, and CUSP websites. |
Unknown |
Industry: Retail |
CC |
US |
| 50 |
30/01/2016 |
Hanom1960 AKA @hanomlulzsec |
Colombian Ministry of Education & Colombian Ministry of Information and Communications |
Hanom1960 continues his campaign and leaks the databases of the Colombian Ministry of Education & Colombian Ministry of Information and Communications. |
Unknown |
Government |
H |
CO |
| 51 |
30/01/2016 |
? |
pastebin.com |
Pastebin is taken down by a huge DDoS attack. |
DDoS |
Online Services |
CC |
NL |
| 52 |
31/01/2016 |
Anonsec |
nasa.gov |
The AnonSec collective claims to have broken into the computer systems of NASA, partially hijacking a drone, stealing hours of on-board footage from the agency’s fleet of aircraft, hundreds of data logs from its weather and climate missions, as well as a list of names, phone numbers and emails of more than 2,400 employees. The Agency denies the hack and many experts believe the information is unclassified and partially public. |
Malware |
Government |
H |
US |
