This is a list of news items about computer security breaches that happened mostly after 2005<sup>*</sup>.
(small and incomplete, but gives you an idea about the subject)
Cyberspies hack into U.S. fighter project: report
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9042100157.html
Chinese, Russian hackers 'probing US power grid'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...wWluc_qrG2kJdow
Georgia accuses Russia of coordinated cyberattack:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10014150-83.html
Pentagon Source Says China Hacked Defense Department Computers:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295640,00.html
Hackers cripple al-Jazeera sites:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2893993.stm
The UK arm of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) has admitted its Web site was hacked:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000...39185308,00.htm
Singapore government Web site hacked:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,3...13021144,00.htm
China Red Cross website hacked:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Ste...ims-86011.shtml
Shell, Rolls Royce reportedly hacked by Chinese spies:
http://www.itworld.com/071203shellrolls
UN website hacked:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/un-websit...6857375451.html
BusinessWeek site hacked:
http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Busin...39291996,00.htm
AT&T hack exposes 19,000 identities:
http://news.cnet.com/AT38T-hack-exposes-19..._3-6110765.html
ATM cashpoints hacked via Google:
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=6943
Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/...39267188,00.htm
Firefox marketing site hacked:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-143745.html
Apache open-source site hacked:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,3...21208834,00.htm
War of the Worlds Web site hacked:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000...39187861,00.htm
The UK Labour Party's official website has fallen victim to hackers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2993550.stm
Hacker redirects Obama's Web site to Clinton's:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9925006-7.html
China and Russia suspected as Barack's and McCain systems hacked during US campaign:
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/ameri...gn-1528767.html
Israeli domain registration server hacked:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,...81,00.html
Madonna Web Site Hacked By File-Sharing Supporter:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471471/0...3/madonna.jhtml
Paul McCartney's official website hit by hackers after Beatles reunion:
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Paul-McCartney...article/130338/
Recording industry website hacked over Pirate Bay trial:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...I8Bve5Q-XC3vCwQ
FoxNews commentator Bill O'Reilly's website hacked:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/20/fo...oreilly_hacked/
Another Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore's Web Site Hacked:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/139945/anot...ite_hacked.html
University of Florida Computer System Hacked:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/n...736&catid=3
Wyndham hotel systems hacked – thousands of customers' credit card numbers stolen:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/ho...p?id=52110
City website hacked:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/03020..._Website_Hacked
Dallas Police Web Site Hacked, Defaced:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331201,00.html
Telegraph website is hacked: thousands of subscribers' details put at risk:
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/tel...ays-blog-572568
Facebook hacked five times in a week, experts warn:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2...15875-21166746/
Hackers Target MLB, NHL Sites:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/139669/hack..._nhl_sites.html
NHL All-Star Voting Fraud?:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/81512-n...ar-voting-fraud
School Computer Hacked; Grades Possibly Changed:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29415199/
Harvard Web site hacked, database on file-sharing site:
http://www.itworld.com/harvard-web-site-hacked-080218
FAMU Student Hacked Computer To Change Grades:
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/...u_hacking/
E-Voting Machine Maker's Web Site Hacked:
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community...acked/?cs=19117
Spotify user details compromised in major hack:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/223787...ify-hacked
F-Secure hacked:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/247256/hackers...urity-firm.html
Kaspersky Lab hacked:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/...1347886,00.html
Bitdefender Hit Again by Romanian Hackers:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitdefender...rs-104600.shtml
Symantec Website Hacked:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-We...ed-104898.shtml
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hacked:
http://www.itworld.com/node/62341
Blu-ray Site Hacked To Redirect To Promotional HD DVD Address:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/blu-ray-s...dress,4602.html
160 Banks (and rising) affected by Security Breach:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/he..._breach_latest/
300+ Bank homepages hacked and redirected!:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=238
Bank of India site hacked, serves up 22 exploits:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9033999
In an interesting twist, a hacker guessed another hacker's Web page URL and got access to a hacking tool prior to its release:
http://www.darkreading.com/security/attack...cleID=214502801
Construction signs warn of zombies:
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies
Epilepsy Site Hacked With Seizure Images:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/08/...SciTech_4079730
Hackers Break Into Government Travel Site:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti...ravel_site.html
NSW Government website hacked:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/...474945.htm
Area 51 Web Site Hacked:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/21/...ain186977.shtml
Justice Secretary Jack Straw's email account has been hacked:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...fraudsters.html
Indian Foreign Ministry hit by spyware:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...6-2-2009_pg1_13
Time '100 Most Influential' hacked:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16897
Asus Website hacked:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6174221-7.html
MSN NZ website hacked:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/art...jectid=10567751
Microsoft UK site hacked:
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/i...ewsid=9336
French Microsoft Web site hacked:
http://news.cnet.com/French-Microsoft-Web-..._3-6085589.html
MSN site hacked in South Korea:
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1131129.cms
Microsoft Ireland Site Hacked:
http://infosecurity.us/?p=4465
MSN South Korean site hacked:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/MSN...7568348848.html
