stu8king/securityincidents · Datasets at Hugging Face

205

XtReMiSt defaces Indian government pages

Pakistani hacker defaces several Indian government and commercial websites and leaves political messages about Kashmir.

2011-05-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', '']]

['XtReMiSt']

['Pakistan']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

XtReMiSt

Pakistan

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Territory; International power

Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/05/200-important-some-govt-websites-of.html']

206

ALLAH`U EKBER-Team defaces webpage of Thai Democratic Party

Hacker defaces a website of the Thai Democratic Party.

2011-05-22

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Thailand']

[['ASIA', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Political parties']]

['ALLAH`UEKBER-Team']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

ALLAH`UEKBER-Team

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/05/democrat-website-youngdemocratorg.html']

207

Anonymous vs. US Chamber of Commerce

The hacker collective Anonymous took down the US chamber of commerce in response to an planed copyright act

2011-05-27

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/05/anonymous-takes-down-us-chamber-of.html']

208

Lulzsec vs. PBS

The hacking group LulzSec breaks into PBS and pastes in a report that says Tupac Shakur is living in NewZealand, in protest against critical reporting on WikiLeaks.

2011-05-30

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['LulzSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

LulzSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.cnet.com/news/pbs-hacked-says-tupac-is-still-alive/', 'https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/05/30/pbs-hacked-after-critical-wikileaks-show/#2a90db8a2fb0']

209

China vs. Vietnam Hacker

Computer hackers from Vietnam and China have attacked websites including portals run by each other's governments, amid a sea-border row.

2011-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Vietnam']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['China']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

China

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Territory

Territory; Resources

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13707921']

210

China vs. Vietnam Hacker

Computer hackers from Vietnam and China have attacked websites including portals run by each other's governments, amid a sea-border row.

2011-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['China']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Vietnam']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Vietnam

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Territory

Territory; Resources

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

[]

211

Strider attack against various countries through Remsec malware

A previously unknown hacking group known as "Strider" or "ProjectSauron" has carried out a cyber espionage campaign against targets in Russia, Belgium, China, Iran, Sweden and Rwanda. The Strider crew has apparently been active since at least 2011. Their capabilities and the nature of the targets prompts experts to suspect that it is a nation-state group. The Strider group is using a sophisticated strain of malware dubbed Remsec.

2011-06-01

2016-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Sweden', 'China', 'Russia', 'Belgium']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NATO', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Other', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Other', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Other', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Other', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Other', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '', 'Military', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '', 'Military', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '', 'Military', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '', 'Military', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '', 'Military', 'Finance']]

['Strider/Project Sauron']

['Unknown']

['State']

null

1

2016-01-01 00:00:00

Statement in media report and political statement/technical report

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Strider/Project Sauron

Unknown

State

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/50119/intelligence/projectsauron-apt-stride.html']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/faq-the-projectsauron-apt/75533/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/50119/intelligence/projectsauron-apt-stride.html']

212

Syria information war

Release of dozens of revealing Syrian messages points to a newer a of information warfare

2011-06-01

2012-02-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Syria']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Syria']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Syria

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-assads-emails-naked/sexy-photo-in-hacked-assad-e-mails-causes-comment-idUSBRE82G09L20120317', 'https://in.reuters.com/article/syria-hacking/syria-e-mail-hack-points-to-new-information-war-idINDEE82F0HX20120316']

213

Anonymous vs. Indian National Informatics Centre

Anonymous defaces the website of the Indian National Informatics Centre to protest government corruption.

2011-06-05

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/national-informatics-centre-nic-india.html']

214

Zcompany HackingCrew UNICEF Defacement

Pakistani hackers deface the website of UNICEF and leave political messages on Kashmir and in support of Palestinians.

2011-06-07

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Zcompany Hacking Crew']

['Pakistan']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Zcompany Hacking Crew

Pakistan

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Territory; International power

System/ideology; Territory; International power; Secession

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/united-nations-childrens-fund-unicef.html']

215

Anonymous vs. Turkey 2011

Official Turkish websites were attacked by Internet vigilante group Anonymous on Thursday as part of a protest against what it says is government Internet censorship.

2011-06-09

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Turkey']

[['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-election-internet/turkish-websites-attacked-by-anonymous-before-vote-idUSTRE7583DV20110609']

216

Anonymous vs. Spain National Police

The website of Spain's national police force has been briefly knocked offline by hacker collective Anonymous, in protest against the arrest of three hackers.

2011-06-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Spain']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-13749181']

217

LulzSec access to Senate

LulzSec broke into the Senate's Website and was able to gain access to the server's directory and file structure, the contents of which the group published on ist own site.

2011-06-13

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative']]

['LulzSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

LulzSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.cnet.com/news/lulzsec-hackers-attack-senate-site/']

218

LulzSec takes down the CIA page

The public website of the US Central Intelligence Agency has gone down after the hackergroup LulzSecurity said it had launched an attack.

2011-06-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Intelligence agencies']]

['LulzSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

LulzSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8578704/CIA-website-hacked-by-Lulz-Security.html']

219

Anonymous vs. Censorship in Malaysia

Hackers have attacked dozens of government websites in Malaysia, days after a hacking group criticised the country over censorship.

2011-06-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Malaysia']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13788817']

220

Ktoki defacement of Lybian Sites

Several Libyan private and public media outlets are in accessible, websites defaced with message against Gaddafi.

2011-06-18

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Libya']

[['AFRICA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'NAF']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Media']]

null

['Ktoki']

['Libya']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Ktoki

Libya

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/libyan-satellite-tv-website-hacked-by.html']

299

Leviathan vs. Maritime & Defense Targets

Chinese APT Leviathan targets defense contractors, universities (particularly those with military research ties), legal organizations and government agencies. The actor has particular interest in naval industries including shipbuilding and related research.

2011-01-01

2018-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Austria', 'Cambodia', 'Canada', 'Germany', 'India', 'Malaysia', 'Norway', 'Saudi Arabia', 'United Kingdom']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science']]

[['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', '']]

['APT40/Leviathan/TEMP.Periscope/TEMP.Jumper/GADOLINIUM/BRONZE MOHAWK/MUDCARP/KRYPTONITE PANDA/TA423/G0065 (MSS, Hainan State Security Department/Hainan Xiandun Technology Company)', 'Hainan Xiandun Company/MSS']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Domestic legal action; Domestic legal action; Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT40/Leviathan/TEMP.Periscope/TEMP.Jumper/GADOLINIUM/BRONZE MOHAWK/MUDCARP/KRYPTONITE PANDA/TA423/G0065 (MSS, Hainan State Security Department/Hainan Xiandun Technology Company); Hainan Xiandun Company/MSS; APT40/Leviathan/TEMP.Periscope/TEMP.Jumper/GADOLINIUM/BRONZE MOHAWK/MUDCARP/KRYPTONITE PANDA/TA423/G0065 (MSS, Hainan State Security Department/Hainan Xiandun Technology Company); Hainan Xiandun Company/MSS

China; China; China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-chinese-nationals-working-ministry-state-security-charged-global-computer-intrusion', 'https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/leviathan-espionage-actor-spearphishes-maritime-and-defense-targets', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/03/APT 40-examining-a-china-nexus-espionage-actor.html']

International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-chinese-nationals-working-ministry-state-security-charged-global-computer-intrusion', 'https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/leviathan-espionage-actor-spearphishes-maritime-and-defense-targets', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/03/APT 40-examining-a-china-nexus-espionage-actor.html']

221

Operation AntiSec

As part of Operation AntiSec, the related hackergroups Anonymous and LulzSec take down several websites with DDoS attacks, including Tunisian, Turkish and Brazilian government websites and the websites of a US Court of Appeals, a Chinese government district and the British Serious Organised CrimeAgency.

2011-06-20

2011-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Tunisia', 'United Kingdom', 'China', 'Brazil', 'United States', 'Turkey']

[['AFRICA', 'NAF', 'MENA'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', '']]

['Anonymous', 'LulzSec']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous; LulzSec

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.webcitation.org/5zxp1vmNv', 'https://uk.pcmag.com/news/107520/anonymous-antisec-operation-targets-viacom-universal-music', 'https://www.pcworld.com/article/235184/Anonymous_Attacks_Turkish_Websites_Again.html', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-13878888', 'http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/content/224612/hacktivist-spree-continues-tunisian-govt-site-latest-target/story/', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zbHJFF18', 'https://www.webcitation.org/61TbdSoz8', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zdkR3nOy', 'https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2082148/anonymous-hacks-anguilla-brazil-zimbabwe-australia-governments', 'https://www.cnet.com/news/lulzsec-takes-down-brazil-government-sites/', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zaPT1ekX']

223

Operation AntiSec

As part of Operation AntiSec, the related hackergroups Anonymous and LulzSec hack several political and commercial entities and publish data, often times including confidential information. The hacked organisations include police and cyberterrorism agencies in the USA, Italy and Brazil, US government contractors and multinational businesses.

2011-06-20

2011-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States', 'Brazil', 'Italy', 'Anguilla', 'Zimbabwe', 'Australia']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], [], ['AFRICA', 'SSA'], ['OC']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Police', 'Political parties', '']]

['Anonymous', 'LulzSec']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous; LulzSec

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/another-government-contractor-pcs.html', 'https://uk.pcmag.com/news/107504/lulzboat-sails-on-anonymous-dumps-more-arizona-data', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zijhtzV4', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zwEwc1It', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zxoSRQ4X', 'https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2082148/anonymous-hacks-anguilla-brazil-zimbabwe-australia-governments', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zxp1vmNv', 'https://www.hackmageddon.com/2011/08/07/the-lulz-boat-sails-to-brazil-and-leaks-8-gb-of-data/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2011/07/italys-police-it-network-vitrocisetit.html', 'https://www.webcitation.org/5zxppc1WY', 'https://www.webcitation.org/612Cy17OA', 'https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/operation-satiagraha-brazil-corruption.html', 'https://www.cnet.com/news/anonymous-ready-to-roll-in-post-lulzsec-world/', 'https://www.cyberwarnews.info/2011/12/25/new-york-city-public-advocate-hacked-and-database-dumped-by-anonymous/', 'https://www.hackmageddon.com/2011/10/22/another-friday-another-dump/', 'https://www.hackmageddon.com/2011/08/06/i-shot-the-sheriff/', 'https://www.webcitation.org/61TbdSoz8']

222

Operation AntiSec

As part of Operation AntiSec, the related hackergroups Anonymous and LulzSec deface several websites with their logo and political messages, including the websites of the British newspaper The Sun, of the Australian Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority, of an Italian Prison Agency and of several Turkish businesses and governmental websites.

2011-06-20

2011-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United Kingdom', 'Turkey', 'Australia', 'Italy']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['OC'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

[['Civil service / administration', 'Police', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Police', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Police', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Police', '', '']]

['Anonymous', 'LulzSec']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous; LulzSec

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.hackmageddon.com/2011/08/05/italian-prison-guards-hacked/', 'https://www.webcitation.org/60HMbQTWj', 'https://www.cyberwarnews.info/2011/11/27/australian-government-website-defaced-by-anonymous/']

225

Attack on Al-Qaida Comm-Systems

Communication networks of Al Qaida are disrupted for severeal days by unknown hacker.

2011-06-29

2011-07-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Social groups']]

[['Terrorist']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/hackers-target-al-qaida-internet.html']

226

Operation BlackTulip

Presumably Iranian hackers gain access to a DutchSSL certificate supplier, is suing fraudulent certificates and thus gaining access to more than 300000 Iranian Google-Mail-Accounts.

2011-07-01

2011-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Netherlands']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', ''], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', '']]

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2011-01-01; 2011-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker; Media-based attribution

null

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/google-says-it-has-uncovered-iranian-spy-campaign/', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/05/operation-black-tulip-fox-its-report-on-the-diginotar-breach/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/technology/internet/hackers-impersonate-google-to-snoop-on-users-in-iran.html?_r=3', 'https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/telecom/security/diginotar-certificate-authority-breach-crashes-egovernment-in-the-netherlands', 'https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/google-says-it-has-uncovered-iranian-spy-campaign/', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/05/operation-black-tulip-fox-its-report-on-the-diginotar-breach/']

227

LulzSec attack FoxNews Twitter

LuzSec hackers take control of @fox newspolitics, post tweets about death of Barack Obama.

2011-07-04

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['LulzSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

LulzSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jul/04/hacking-twitter-feed-fix-news']

228

Energy Labs breached

The Websites of the Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Lab and Jefferson National Lab were down today in the after math of "sophisticated" attacks, no classified information has been stolen.

2011-07-06

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.cnet.com/news/sophisticated-attack-targets-two-energy-dept-labs/']

229

Moodys Defaced

Portuguese hackers responded to a negative assessment of the country's ability to repay loans by defacing the website of credit reference agency Moody's.

2011-07-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Portugal']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Portugal

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Other

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/08/patriotic_portuguese_hackers_hit_moody/']

230

NN-Crew

A group calling itself NN-Crew says it has broken into a server used by Germany's Federal Police and stole thousands of data used to GPS-track suspects under surveillance. The police apparently used the hacked server as a datapool and server to download GPS tracking software; it also contained instructions for installation and operation of that software, several usernames and passwords along with telephone numbers , licenseplate numbers, locations, and coordinates.Numerous internal documents used by the authorities were also stored on the server.

2011-07-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Germany']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['NN-Crew']

['Germany']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

NN-Crew

Germany

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/German-Federal-Police-servers-compromised-1276115.html']

231

Anonymous breach of Defense Contractor

Anonymous announced that it had penetrated a server belonging to the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and released what it claims are 90,000 military email addresses, encrypted passwords and an assortment of data related to other companies and government networks.

2011-07-11

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/07/11/anonymous-hackers-breach-booz-allen-hamilton-dump-90000-military-email-addresses/#597956a376bb']

232

InjectorTeam vs. IOM

The website of the International Organization for Migration is defaced by Libyanhackers, who leave a political message about the Libyan civilwar.

2011-07-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Switzerland']

[['EUROPE', 'WESTEU']]

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Inj3ct0rTeam']

['Libya']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Inj3ct0rTeam

Libya

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/07/international-organization-for.html']

233

Anonymous vs. GEMA

German creative author's society GEMA is hacked, log-in credentials are leaked and the website is later replaced with political message.

2011-07-13

2011-08-24

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption

null

['Germany']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Media']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Anonymous-legt-GEMA-Seite-lahm-1327285.html', 'https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Gema-offenbar-gleich-mehrfach-gehackt-1328737.html']

234

Information Theft US Military

The US Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has revealed that a foreign intelligence agency was behind a hackattack that stole classified information about a topsecret weapons system which now has to be redesigned.

2011-07-13

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

null

['Unknown']

['State']

null

1

2011-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Unknown

State

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/15/hackers-governmentsecret-plans-pentagon/']

235

Israeli Websites hacked by Palestinian Hackers

Palestinian hackers defaces several Israeli websites, demanding freedom for Palestine.

2011-07-18

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media']]

null

['Dr. Torjan', 'Code 5']

['Palestine', 'Palestine']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Dr. Torjan; Code 5

Palestine; Palestine

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Secession

System/ideology; Secession

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/07/israel-web-hosting-server-hacked-for.html']

236

Taliban Networks hacked

The Taliban said their phones, email and website had been hacked to spread a false report that the movement’s spiritual leader, Mullah Omar, was dead. They identify US intelligence services behind the attack.

2011-07-20

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Afghanistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Terrorist']]

null

['United States']

['State']

null

1

2011-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Receiver attributes attacker

null

United States

State

null

[]

System / ideology

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-technology/tech-savvy-taliban-fights-war-in-cyberspace-idUSTRE76J1IL20110720']

237

Anonymous vs. NATO 2011

Anonymous claimed credit Thursday for hacking into NATO servers and stealing 1 gigabyte of sensitive information

2011-07-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['NATO (region)']

null

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nato-web-site-hacked-by-anonymous/2011/07/21/gIQACLFCSI_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f3d9e4435ee6']

238

Anonymous vs. Public Broadcaster

Anon Austria hack data base of public broadcaster (GIS), leak personal information and bank details of 100 employees of police ministry of the interior.

2011-07-22

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Austria']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Austria']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Austria

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://diepresse.com/home/techscience/internet/sicherheit/680144/GIS-gehackt_Anonymous-kapern-95954-Bankdaten']

239

Anonymous vs. Colombia National Police

Colombian hackers spambomb several addresses of the Colombian police and leak personal information on police officers.

2011-07-23

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption

null

['Colombia']

[['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Colombia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Colombia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/07/colombian-anonymous-hackers-reveal.html']

240

Defacing Anonymous

Unidentified hackers deface Anonplus, the social network of hacker group Anonymous, in retaliation against Turkish government websites earlier in July.

2011-07-23

2011-07-24

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Social groups']]

[['Hacktivist']]

['Akincilar']

['Turkey']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Akincilar

Turkey

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://gizmodo.com/5823351/hackers-hacked-the-hackers-anonplus-social-network']

241

Chinese Trojan Horse in Japan

Computers and servers in the lower house of Japan's parliament became infected by a Trojan horse virus after one politician opened an email attachment. Computer IDs and passwords of all the lawmakers in the House of Representatives were leaked, e-mails sent to its lawmakers might have been accessible to hackers for a maximum of 15 days and computers were found to have made improper communications with overseas Websites

2011-07-25

2011-10-31

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative']]

null

['China']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Receiver attributes attacker

null

China

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20111116-310940.html', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/25/japanese-parliament-hit-by-cyber-attack/', 'https://thenextweb.com/asia/2011/10/25/japanese-government-hit-by-chinese-trojan-horse-attack/']

242

Anonymous vs. Italian Cyber Police

Anonymous leaks webpage data of Italian cyber police unit (CNAIPIC).

2011-07-25

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Italy']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.computerworld.com/article/2509444/government-it/anonymous-hacks-italy-s-cybercrime-police.html']

243

Anonymous vs. ManTech

Anonymous hacks ManTech, a contractor that provides cyber security services to the FBI, releases 500mb of internal data.

2011-07-28

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/anonymous-claims-it-hacked-mantech-fbi-cybersecurity-contractor']

244

Get Him Outgame

Hackers have attacked Nicolas Sarkozy's official Elysee Palace website to create a video game called 'GetHimOut'. Under the formal banner introducing the site, a cartoon image of the French president was pictured on a go-kart heading towards the gates of the palace. For each click on a Facebook 'like' button beside the game, the French leader moved one step closer out into the street

2011-07-28

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['France']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

National power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/07/nicolas-sarkozys-official-elysee-palace.html']

245

Anonymous vs. SpecialForces.com

Members of the hacker collective Anonymous claim they have stolen about 14,000 user passwords and 8,000 credit card numbers from SpecialForces.com, a military and law enforcement equipment retailer. The data breach occurred several months ago, according to Anonymous, but the group only now decided to post the data online. The purloined password list had reportedly been posted online several weeks ago as well.

2011-08-01

2011-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.pcworld.com/article/247072/anonymous_hacks_specialforces_com_posts_passwords_and_credit_card_data.html']

246

Chinese Hack Japanese Defense Contractor

Allegedly Chinese hackers gain access to 85 computers of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a Japanese defence supplier, stealing classified information.

2011-08-01

2011-09-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft

null

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

null

['China']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Receiver attributes attacker

null

China

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Decolonization

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/20/china-denies-hacking-attack-japan', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/19/mitsubishi-defense-contractor-hack/']

247

Attack against Endusers in ISR-EGY Cyberwar

Egyptian hackers release a computer worm to US American and Israeli users condemning Israel's foreign policy, especially towards Egypt.

2011-08-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Israel', 'United States']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['Egypt']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Egypt

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology; Territory; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/cyber-war-against-israel-have-taken.html']

248

Operation Defense

Anonymous and colombian hackers spambomb several addresses of the Colombian police and leak personal information on police officers.

2011-08-02

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Colombia']

[['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Intelligence agencies', 'Political parties']]

['Anonymous']

['Colombia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Colombia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/operation-defense-anonymous-shut-down.html']

249

Alexploiter hacks website of Yemens customs authority

Hacktivists defaces the website of Yemen's customs authority to protest the government.

2011-08-05

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Yemen']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Alexploiter']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Alexploiter

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/customs-authority-of-yemen-hacked-for.html']

250

Anonymous takes down Syrian defense ministry website

The Syrian Ministry of Defense's website was inaccessible after it was hacked by Anonymous, which replaced its content by an anti-government message.

2011-08-07

2011-08-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Syria']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/08/08/syria.ministry.site.hacked/index.html', 'https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/syrian-ministry-of-defense-hacked-by.html']

251

Syrian ElectronicArmy vs. AnonPlus

In retaliation for the defacement of the Syrian Ministry of Defense's website, the Syrian Electronic Army hacks and defaces AnonPlus, an alternative social network of Anonymous

2011-08-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Social groups']]

[['Hacktivist']]

['Syrian Electronic Army']

['Syria']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2011-01-01; 2011-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

null

Syrian Electronic Army; Syrian Electronic Army

Syria; Syria

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/07/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-major-communications-websites.html', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0']

System / ideology; National power; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.computerworld.com/article/2510039/cybercrime-hacking/syrian-hackers-retaliate--deface-anonymous--social-network.html', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/07/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-major-communications-websites.html', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0']

252

Team P0ison vs. BlackBerry

Hacktivists left their mark of dissatisfaction on Blackberry's website after it announced that they would help police track down rioters in London

2011-08-09

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Canada']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Team P0ison']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Team P0ison

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-hacked-london-riots-2011-8?IR=T']

253

Egyptian Hacker Defacement of Page of Israeli Prime Minister

An Egyptian hacker managed on Sunday to hack into the website of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and placed a picture of Egyptian soldiers raising the Egyptian flag in Sinai during the October,6 , 1973, on the sites’ homepage. The hacker who managed to penetrate the webpage of Netanyahu wrote “AntiZionism”, the site was then gradually taken offline.

2011-08-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Egyptian Hacker']

['Egypt']

['Non-state-group']

['Ethnic actors']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Egyptian Hacker

Egypt

Non-state-group

Ethnic actors

[]

System / ideology; Territory; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/israeli-prime-minister-netanyahus.html']

254

Electr0nde faces NIC

Hackers calling themselves “Electr0n”have defaced the nic.ly website, the main registry which administers .ly domainnames and replaced it with an anti-Gaddhafi message

2011-08-22

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Libya']

[['AFRICA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'NAF']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Electr0n']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Electr0n

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/22/hackers-deface-libya-anti-gadaffi/']

255

Breach of US contractor

An admirer of Anonymous acted independently to breach an outsourced provider and steal a customer list with log-in credentials. Many on the list were U.S. government employees.

2011-08-24

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Unknown']

['Individual hacker(s)']

null

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Unknown

Individual hacker(s)

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://www.eweek.com/security/cyber-attacker-dumps-log-ins-for-20-000-customers-u.s.-employees']

256

PrivateX vs. PNRI

Private Xhackers defaced the website of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) and left a message accusing another government agency of corruption, to support President Benigno AquinoIII and his State of the Nation Address

2011-08-25

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Philippines']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Science']]

null

['PrivateX']

['Philippines']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

PrivateX

Philippines

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/philippine-nuclear-research-institute.html']

257

DDOS vs. Wikileaks

Website of WikiLeaks is disabled with a major DDoS attack, hours after classified documents of the USA find their way online.

2011-08-30

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Media']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.techspot.com/news/45314-wikileaks-website-targeted-by-hackers.html']

258

North Korea vs. Inche on Airport

The south Korean police suspects that the North’s Reconnaissance General Bureau is behind a technical glitch in the flight data process or that paralyzed airtraffic control at Inche on International Airport for nearly an hour last Sept.15. It was presumably enabled by a botnet of south Korean computers, which have been infected by a compromised pc gaming version, distributed by a southKorean citizen, which was instructed by the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the Norths Military.

2011-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

null

['Korea, Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation']]

['South Korean Citizen', 'Reconnaissance General Bureau']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of", "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2012-01-01; 2012-01-01

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

South Korean Citizen; Reconnaissance General Bureau

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://threatpost.com/report-north-korea-accused-ddos-attack-south-korean-airport-060712/76664/']

System / ideology

System/ideology; Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2012/06/04/socialAffairs/Incheon-Airport-cyberattack-traced-to-Pyongyang/2953940.html', 'https://threatpost.com/report-north-korea-accused-ddos-attack-south-korean-airport-060712/76664/']

259

Chinese Phishing vs. US Gas Companies

Allegedly Chinese cyberspies targeted 23 US American gas pipeline companies with e-mails crafted to deceive key personnel into clicking on malicious links or file attachments that let the attackers slip into company networks and obtain information,that would enable them to attack the country's whole gas system easily.

2011-09-01

2012-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['APT1/Comment Crew/Comment Panda/Byzantine Candor/Group 3/ TG-8223/BrownFox/G0006 (PLA, Unit 61398)', 'PLA Unit 61398']

['China', 'China']

['State', 'State']

null

2

2013-01-01; 2013-01-01; 2013-01-01; 2013-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT1/Comment Crew/Comment Panda/Byzantine Candor/Group 3/ TG-8223/BrownFox/G0006 (PLA, Unit 61398); PLA Unit 61398; APT1/Comment Crew/Comment Panda/Byzantine Candor/Group 3/ TG-8223/BrownFox/G0006 (PLA, Unit 61398); PLA Unit 61398

China; China; China; China

State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/0227/Exclusive-Cyberattack-leaves-natural-gas-pipelines-vulnerable-to-sabotage', 'https://www.recordedfuture.com/from-coercion-to-invasion-the-theory-and-execution-of-china-cyber-activity']

260

Gauss

Gauss, a Stuxnet-related malware was created to steal sensitive information mainly from Lebanon Banking Sector.

2011-09-01

2012-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Lebanon']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Defence industry', '']]

['NSA/Equation Group']

['United States']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2012-01-01; 2012-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Media report (e.g., Reuters makes an attribution statement, without naming further sources)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Media-based attribution

null

NSA/Equation Group; NSA/Equation Group

United States; United States

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State

null

['https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/researchers-find-possible-state-sponsored-virus-in-mideast/?mtrref=undefined', 'https://www.golem.de/news/kaspersky-lab-gauss-ist-staatliche-malware-zum-kontenraub-1208-93780.html', 'https://de.securelist.com/kaspersky-security-bulletin-2012-cyberwaffen/59256/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.rsaconference.com/writable/presentations/file_upload/br-208_bencsath.pdf', 'https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/researchers-find-possible-state-sponsored-virus-in-mideast/?mtrref=undefined', 'https://www.golem.de/news/kaspersky-lab-gauss-ist-staatliche-malware-zum-kontenraub-1208-93780.html', 'https://de.securelist.com/kaspersky-security-bulletin-2012-cyberwaffen/59256/']

261

Inj3ct0r Team vs. European Comission

Hackinggroup Inj3ct0rTeam deface the website of the European Commission's Joint Research Service, leave political messages and publish server data.

2011-09-04

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption

null

['Belgium']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NATO', 'WESTEU']]

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Inj3ct0rTeam']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

null

Inj3ct0rTeam

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/european-union-hacked-by-inj3ct0r-team.html']

262

Akincilar vs. Israel

Several Israeli websites are defaced by Turkish hackers who oppose Israel's foreign policy and its tensions with Turkey.

2011-09-04

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media']]

null

['Akincilar']

['Turkey']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

null

Akincilar

Turkey

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/100s-of-israel-websites-hacked-by-cyber.html']

263

ScriptKiddies vs. NBC

Hackergroup the ScriptKiddies gain access to the NBC News Twitteraccount and post false tweets on terrorist attacks at Ground Zero.

2011-09-09

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['ScriptKiddies']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

null

ScriptKiddies

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.hackmageddon.com/2011/09/11/an-e-mail-attack-to-ground-zero/']

264

Muslim Liberation Army vs. Christian Sites

20 Churches websites and Truth Alliance Network defaced by Muslim Liberation Army in support of Muslims in ongoing international conflicts and to protest against burings of Quran.

2011-09-11

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Religious']]

['Muslim Liberation Army']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Religious actors']

1

null

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

null

Muslim Liberation Army

Unknown

Non-state-group

Religious actors

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/truth-alliance-network-and-20-churches.html']

265

FatalErrorCrew vs. Nigeria

Fatal Error Crew deface the official website of the Nigerian government with a message in Portuguese.

2011-09-12

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Nigeria']

[['AFRICA', 'SSA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Fata Error Crew']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Fata Error Crew

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/12/nigerian-government-website-defacement/']

266

Protest vs. David Camerons visit to Russia

Unknown hackers take down the website of the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom, presumably to protest the visit of PM David Cameron to Russia.

2011-09-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://news.softpedia.com/news/DDoS-Attack-Targets-Russian-Embassy-Website-221257.shtml']

267

Anonymous vs. INSA

United States trade association for intelligence contractors Intelligence and National Security Association (INSA) was hacked, and personal information of its 3000 members, including e-mail and home addresses is leaked.

2011-09-14

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['', 'Government / ministries', 'Police', 'Intelligence agencies']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.computerworld.com/article/2471073/endpoint-security/3-000-intelligence-officials--names--emails-leaked-as--insa-spies-.html', 'https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/intelligence-and-national-security.html']

268

Mexican Independence Day Hack

Anonymous takes down several Mexican government websites on Mexico's Independence Day.

2011-09-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Mexico']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/operation-opindependencia-anonymous-hit.html']

269

Trick(ing) the City of Rennes

Website of the City of Rennes is defaced in protest against Anti-Islam policies.

2011-09-19

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['France']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Trick']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Religious actors']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Trick

Unknown

Non-state-group

Religious actors

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/city-of-rennes-france-hacked-against.html']

270

Anonymous Austria leaks Police Data

AnonAustria publishes personal information of almost 25000 police officials in protest against a draft law which would require telecommunications companies to store details of all telephone and internet traffic for six months and make them available to the police

2011-09-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Austria']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Austria']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Austria

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Cyber-specific

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/28/names-addresses-25000-police-officers-anonymous-cell/', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15065931']

271

Anonymous and RevoluSec Deface Syrian government pages

Hackers of Anomyous and RevoluSec deface websites of several Syrian government websites in support of the Syrian opposition.

2011-09-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Syria']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous', 'RevoluSec']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous; RevoluSec

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/09/201192692416534215.html']

272

SEA hacks Harvard page

Syrian Electronic Army hacks the website of Harvard University and leaves pro-Assad and anti-USA message.

2011-09-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Science']]

null

['Syrian Electronic Army']

['Syria']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2013-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Syrian Electronic Army

Syria

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/07/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-major-communications-websites.html', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0', 'https://threatpost.com/pro-syrian-electronic-army-hacks-harvard-university-site-092711/75695/']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/harvard-university-website-hacked-by.html', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/education-15061377', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/07/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-major-communications-websites.html', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/technology/financial-times-site-is-hacked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0', 'https://threatpost.com/pro-syrian-electronic-army-hacks-harvard-university-site-092711/75695/']

273

Zombie_Ksa vs. SupremeCourtofPakistan

Website of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is hacked and political remarks are left.

2011-09-28

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Judiciary']]

['Zombie_Ksa']

['Saudi Arabia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Zombie_Ksa

Saudi Arabia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/supreme-court-of-pakistan-website.html']

274

Twitter of Thai PM hacked

Thailand’s PrimeMinister, Yingluck Shinawatra, had her Twitter account hacked this weekend–meaning that her followers saw a stream of messages criticising her leadership.

2011-10-03

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Thailand']

[['ASIA', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Thailand']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Thailand

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Other

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://metro.co.uk/2011/10/03/thailands-prime-minister-yingluck-shinawatra-targeted-by-twitter-hackers-170901/', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/03/thai-pm-is-twitter-hacked/']

275

Iron Dome Hack

Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the “Iron Dome” missile shield currently protecting Israel from a barrage of rocket attacks were compromised by hackers and robbed of huge quantities of sensitive documents pertaining to the shield technology.

2011-10-10

2012-08-13

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

['APT1/Comment Crew/Comment Panda/Byzantine Candor/Group 3/ TG-8223/BrownFox/G0006 (PLA, Unit 61398)', 'PLA Unit 61398']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2014-01-01; 2014-01-01

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT1/Comment Crew/Comment Panda/Byzantine Candor/Group 3/ TG-8223/BrownFox/G0006 (PLA, Unit 61398); PLA Unit 61398

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

Resources

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli-defense-firms-that-built-iron-dome-missile-defense-system/']

276

MNDF Website Hacked

The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has confirmed that its website was hacked last night by an unknown attacker.

2011-10-16

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Maldives']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/02/maldives-national-defence-force-mndf.html']

277

ZHC defaces page of Indian National Congress

Pakistani hackers deface the website of the Indian National Congress and leave political remarks on the Kashmir conflict.

2011-10-18

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Political parties']]

['Zcompany Hacking Crew']

['Pakistan']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Zcompany Hacking Crew

Pakistan

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; International power; Cyber-specific

Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/10/indian-national-congress-party-official.html']

278

CabinCr3w vs. Citigroup

Hackers of CabinCr3w leak sensitive personal information of CitiGroup's CEO in support of the OccupyWallstreet movement.

2011-10-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media']]

null

['CabinCr3w']

['United States']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

CabinCr3w

United States

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/10/hackers-leak-citigroup-ceos-personal.html']

279

DDOS on Korean By-Election

Associates of the ruling party attacked the servers of the national electoral commision on the day of the 2011 Seoul-by-election

2011-10-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Not available

Disruption

null

['Korea, Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Election infrastructure / related systems']]

null

['Korea, Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2011-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Korea, Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

National power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://web.archive.org/web/20120108030022/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/01/117_102260.html', 'http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/12/113_100097.html']

280

Anonymous vs. Oakland

Cyber activists associated with Anonymous have targeted the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and other law enforcement agencies that participated in a controversial crackdown against OccupyOakland protestors, taking down their websites with DDoS attacks.

2011-10-27

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/10/anonymous-ddos-oakland-police-site.html']

281

Anonymous defaces Website of Political Candidate that colloborates with Cartels

In a slate against the Mexican Drug Cartel Los Zetas, Anonymous Mexico defaces the website of the politician Gustavo Rosario Torres, claiming that he collaborates with the cartel.

2011-10-29

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Mexico']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Mexico']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Mexico

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Subnational predominance; Resources; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/10/anonymous-hackers-threatening-mexican.html']

282

DDOS vs. Palestinian Pages

Internet services in the WestBank and Gaza have come under "sustained attack" in multiple locations, a day after Palestine's accession to the UNESCO. Palestinian officials hint at Israel as the inititator.

2011-11-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Palestine']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Telecommunications']]

null

['Israel']

['State']

null

1

2011-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Israel

State

null

[]

System / ideology; Territory; Secession

System/ideology; Secession

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011117151559601957.html', 'https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/01/palestinians-hit-cyber-attack-unesco']

283

Anonymous vs. El Salvador

The Anonymous hacking group launched an online strike against government websites in El Salvador last Saturday, forcing several of them to shut down to prevent the theft of high-ranking officials' personal information.

2011-11-05

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['El Salvador']

[['CENTAM']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45214010/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/hackers-hit-el-salvador-government-sites/#.W4k_4ScVREY']

284

Anonymous leaks finish Neo-Nazi site data

Anonymous hacks the database of a Finnish neo-nazi group and leaks data of 16000 members.

2011-11-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Finland']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Political opposition / dissidents / expats']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/11/anonymous-hackers-hack-neo-nazis.html']

285

DDOS in the preceding days of the russian parliament election

DDoS have in the days preceding parliamentary elections shutdown a large number of media websites. Russia’s most popular bloggingsite, LiveJournal, was hobbled. The cyberattack also simultaneously crippled the websites of leading radio station EkhoMoskvy-owned by state energy monopoly Gazprom-Kommersant newspaper and other topmedia outlets. Russia’s main independent vote monitor, Golos, was another target.

2011-11-08

2011-11-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Media']]

null

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2011-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Receiver attributes attacker

null

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16032402?print=true']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['http://www.ccdcoe.org/publications/2012proceedings/2_1_Giles_RussiasPublicStanceOnCyberInformationWarfare.pdf', 'https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-protests-socialmedia/insight-social-media-makes-anti-putin-protests-snowball-idUSTRE7B60R720111207', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16032402?print=true']

286

Q!sRQaTaR-Hacker Alajman vs. Ankara Government

Qatari hacker defaces several websites belonging to the Turkish government.

2011-11-10

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Turkey']

[['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Q!sRQaTaR - Hacker Alajman']

['Qatar']

['Individual hacker(s)']

null

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Q!sRQaTaR - Hacker Alajman

Qatar

Individual hacker(s)

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://news.softpedia.com/news/Turkish-Government-Websites-Defaced-by-Qatar-Hacker-226486.shtml']

287

3xp1r3 Cyber Army vs. Supreme Court of Bangladesh

The website of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh is defaced with crude political messages.

2011-11-10

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Bangladesh']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Judiciary']]

['3xp1r3 Cyber Army']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

3xp1r3 Cyber Army

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-209824']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/11/bangladesh-supreme-court-website-hacked.html', 'https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-209824']

288

Anonymous vs. The Muslim Brotherhood

Anonymous Hackers take down the The Muslim Brotherhood websites.

2011-11-11

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Political parties']]

['Anonymous']

['France', 'Germany', 'Slovakia', 'United States']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

2

null

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Receiver attributes attacker; Receiver attributes attacker; Receiver attributes attacker; Receiver attributes attacker; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous

France; Germany; Slovakia; United States; France; Germany; Slovakia; United States

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/11/operation-brotherhood-shutdown-by.html']

289

Anonymous vs. Israeli Foreign Ministry

To protest what they call the "barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people," hackers from the collective Anonymous have been attacking a number of Israeli Web sites, including Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the municipal Web site for Tel Aviv.The group has also deleted the databases of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bank of Jerusalem, and leaked e-mail addresses and passwords for other sites.

2011-11-17

2011-11-18

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft; Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military', '']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology; Secession

System/ideology; Secession

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/17/anonymous-is-hacking-israeli-web-sites/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.eb177b12241b']

290

TeamP0ison leaks UN login data

The TeaM p0isoN hacking gang has leaked over one hundred usernames, email addresses and passwords that appear to belong to individuals at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), UNICEF, World Health Organisation(WHO) and other groups. The UN states that an old server had been compromised, and that the passwords would be outdated.

2011-11-29

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States', 'France', 'Switzerland']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'WESTEU']]

[['International / supranational organization'], ['International / supranational organization'], ['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Team P0ison']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Team P0ison

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-15951883', 'https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/29/united-nations-hacked-email-addresses-and-passwords-leaked/']

291

Attack on the Syrian MFA

An unknown actor attacked the Syrian MFA via a spear-phishing attack

2011-12-05

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Syria']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/a-targeted-attack-against-the-syrian-ministry-of-foreign-affairs/34742/']

292

Indishell vs. Dawrn

Indian hackers deface a big Pakistani news page and leak its database, presumably relating to Kashmeer conflict.

2011-12-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption

null

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Indishell']

['India']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Indishell

India

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/12/biggest-pakistan-news-site-dawncom.html']

293

Anonymous vs. Coalition of Law Enforcement

Hacktivists leak the database with log-in credentials of the US Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail in support of Occupy protests.

2011-12-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Media']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.csoonline.com/article/2221299/lulzlover-hacked-coalition-of-law-enforcement--data-dumped-for-2-400-cops-and-feds.html']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/12/coalition-of-law-enforcement-hacked.html', 'https://www.csoonline.com/article/2221299/lulzlover-hacked-coalition-of-law-enforcement--data-dumped-for-2-400-cops-and-feds.html']

294

Anti-Israel Hack of Guyana

Hacker defaces the website of the President of Guyana and leaves anti-Israel messages.

2011-12-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Guyana']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['The Hacker Team']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

The Hacker Team

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://news.softpedia.com/news/Presidency-of-Guyana-and-Anonymous-Websites-Defaced-by-Tha-Disaster-240003.shtml']

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/12/president-of-guyanas-website-defaced-by.html', 'https://news.softpedia.com/news/Presidency-of-Guyana-and-Anonymous-Websites-Defaced-by-Tha-Disaster-240003.shtml']

295

Anonymous leaks Senate Data

Right after the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed through the Senate, hackers who operate under the name Anonymous leaked detailed information on many of the politicians.

2011-12-19

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Information-on-Senators-who-Passed-NDAA-241675.shtml']

296

Revenge for Bradley Menning

Anonymous hacks the US American intelligence company Stratfor, leaking personal and creditcard information of its customers and donating over 500$ from said credit cards to charity. Action was supposedly motivated by frustration over treatment of US whistleblower Bradley Manning.

2011-12-24

2011-12-25

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/25/anonymous-hackers-steals-data-stratfor-security/', 'https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/anonymous-stole-9k-credit-cards-stratfor-hack/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/27/security-stratfor-hackers-credit-cards']

297

Hack of french MP

Turkish hackers deface the website of French parliamentarian Valerie Boyer, the author of a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide, that had been adopted a couple of days earlier by the French National Assembly.

2011-12-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['France']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative']]

['Turkish Hackers']

['Turkey']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Turkish Hackers

Turkey

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/12/french-mp-valerie-boyers-website-hacked.html']

298

XDSpy Espionage campaign

New hacking group XDSpy got discovered stealing government secrets in Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 2011

2011-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Eastern Europe', 'Balkans (region)']

null

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '']]

['XDSpy']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

XDSpy

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/10/02/xdspy-stealing-government-secrets-since-2011/', 'https://www.eset.com/us/about/newsroom/press-releases/eset-researchers-discover-xdspy-an-apt-group-stealing-government-secrets-in-europe-since-2011-2/']

224

Team P0ison leaks Tony Blairs AdressBook

Pakistani hacker allegedly accessed Tony Blair's e-mail account and leak his addressbook.

2011-06-24

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative', 'Political parties', '']]

['Team P0ison']

['Pakistan']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Team P0ison

Pakistan

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2011/06/teamp0ison-leak-former-british-pm-tony.html']

300

Operation Quantum Entanglement/Dragon OK

The attack group “Dragon OK” (named after an event name in one of their payload executables 6) appears to operate out of the Jiangsu province in China, and is known to target high-tech and manufacturing companies in Japan and Taiwan

2012-01-01

2000-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['Japan', 'Taiwan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['DragonOk']

['China']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2014-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

DragonOk

China

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/current-threats/pdfs/wp-operation-quantum-entanglement.pdf']

301

Molerats aka Gaza Cybergang 2012

Spear-Phishing campaign by the Group Molerats aka Gaza Cybergang against Israeli, US and UK government. The group has been later attributed to Hamas.

2012-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Israel']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Media']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

['Molerats/Extreme Jackal', 'Gaza Cybergang 1 /Hamas']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed', 'Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2016-01-01; 2016-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Molerats/Extreme Jackal; Gaza Cybergang 1 /Hamas

Unknown; Unknown

Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Operation-DustySky2_-6.2016_TLP_White.pdf', 'https://www.securityweek.com/gaza-cybergang-attacks-attributed-hamas', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/operation-molerats-middle-east-cyber-attacks-using-poison-ivy.html', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/new-cyber-espionage-campaigns-targeting-palestinians-part-one#conclusion']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-xtreme-rat-attacks-on-usisrael-and-other-foreign-governments/', 'https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Operation-DustySky2_-6.2016_TLP_White.pdf', 'https://www.securityweek.com/gaza-cybergang-attacks-attributed-hamas', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/operation-molerats-middle-east-cyber-attacks-using-poison-ivy.html', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/new-cyber-espionage-campaigns-targeting-palestinians-part-one#conclusion']

302

SpringDragon aka LotusBlossom

Since as early as 2012, the maintargets of SpringDragon attacks are high profile governmental organizations and political parties, education institutions such as universities, as well as companies from the telecommunications sector.

2012-01-01

2017-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Taiwan', 'Indonesia', 'Philippines', 'Vietnam', 'Thailand']

[['ASIA', 'SCS'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Science']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Political parties', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Political parties', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Political parties', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Political parties', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Legislative', 'Political parties', 'Telecommunications', '']]

['Lotus Blossom/Spring Dragon/ST Group/DRAGONFISH/G0030']

['Unknown']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

null

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lotus Blossom/Spring Dragon/ST Group/DRAGONFISH/G0030

Unknown

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.thaicert.or.th/downloads/files/A_Threat_Actor_Encyclopedia.pdf', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/operation-lotus-blossom/']

Resources

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.thaicert.or.th/downloads/files/A_Threat_Actor_Encyclopedia.pdf', 'https://securelist.com/spring-dragon-updated-activity/79067/', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/operation-lotus-blossom/']

303

Dark Caracal

Look out and EFF revealed a worldwide cyber-espionage-campaign, allegedly sponsored or conducted by Lebanon.

2012-01-01

2018-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Dark Carceral']

['Lebanon']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2018-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Dark Carceral

Lebanon

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyw3n9/lebanese-government-hackers-hit-thousands-of-victims-with-incredibly-simple-campaign']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyw3n9/lebanese-government-hackers-hit-thousands-of-victims-with-incredibly-simple-campaign']

316

OperationCleaver/CuttingKitten

Iranian hackers were identified in a report released Tuesday as the source of coordinated attacks against more than 50 targets in 16 countries, many of them corporate and government entities that manage critical energy, transportation and medical services.

2012-01-01

2014-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking without Misuse

null

['United States', 'Canada', 'Israel', 'Germany', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Turkey', 'United Arab Emirates', 'United Kingdom', 'France', 'China']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Military', '', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', '']]

['Magic Hound/APT35/Cobalt Gypsy']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2014-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Magic Hound/APT35/Cobalt Gypsy

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.thaicert.or.th/downloads/files/A_Threat_Actor_Encyclopedia.pdf', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/world/middleeast/report-says-cyberattacks-originated-inside-iran.html', 'https://www.cylance.com/content/dam/cylance/pages/operation-cleaver/Cylance_Operation_Cleaver_Report.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.thaicert.or.th/downloads/files/A_Threat_Actor_Encyclopedia.pdf', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/world/middleeast/report-says-cyberattacks-originated-inside-iran.html', 'https://www.cylance.com/content/dam/cylance/pages/operation-cleaver/Cylance_Operation_Cleaver_Report.pdf']