Major Global Cyber Attacks during the November, 2014 Below are the Major Cyber security incidents that happened worldwide during the first half of November 2014 !uthor of #arget of !ttac" #ype of !ttac" $escription of !ttac" Country $ate !ttac" !nonymous &hilippines $atabase !n online hac"tivist going by the name &hilippi November %eyte department of Breach !nonymous %eyte hac"ed into the official nes 01 trade and website of the &hilippines department of industry #rade ' (ndustry using )*% injection+ lea"ing the login details of 1,00- members #he attac" was done in protest against the mishandling of the .olanda #yphoon/s rescue operation Nigeria Cyber 2fficial website 4eb ! group of hac"ers going by the name 5) November !rmy of State of $efacement Nigeria Cyber !rmy defaced the official 01 (ndiana website of State of (ndiana $epartment of $epartment of 3ducation 3ducation 6ussia 5 ) Critical #argeted #he 5S $epartment of 7omeland Security 5) November infrastructure attac" reveals the details of a 6ussian 7ac"ing 08 campaign against 5 ) Ctitical infrastructure going on since 2011 #he campain was carried out using malware similar to Sandworm &a"istani Government 4eb #he Cyber 4ar between (ndia and &a"istan (ndia November 7ac"ers websites defacement continues: &a"istani 7ac"ers deface 22 08 (ndian Government websites in support of ;ashmir 5n"nown 7uman 6ights #argeted 2ne of the world/s leading human rights NA! November <probably 4atch 4ithout !ttac" groups+ 7uman 6ights 4atch 4ithout 0B 6ussian and >rontiers >rontiers <764>=+ reports to have been Chinese based subject to ?repeated and sophisticated” = cyber0attac"s on its website #he group traced the attac" bac" to 6ussia and China ! hac"er Various $atabase ! young man+ "nown by the surname Cang+ 4orldw November named Cang websites breach in the South ;orean capital City seoul + ide 0B 4orldwide broke the security settings of various websites around the world+ amassing a collection of 2B0+000 private records+ before being arrested 5n"nown 5S &ostal $atabase !ll 5nited States &ostal Service <5)&)= 5) November Service breach employees/ personal data including names+ 010 employees addresses+ social security numbers were publicly lea"ed B00+000 employees might have been potentially eEposed #he hac" is believed to have been originated from China 5n"nown Corporate #argeted ;aspers"y %ab reveals details of the More November 3Eecutives !ttac" ?$ar"7otel” espionage campaign than 010 #he campaign aims to steal sensitive data one from selected corporate eEecutives country travelling abroad ?$ar"7otel” hits its targets while they are staying in %uEury hotesl .ou can read more about it here &ro 5N website 4eb #he pro-&alestinian hac"tivist group+ 5N November &alestinian $efacement !nonGhost, defaces a subdomain of the 5N 0 12 hac"tivists website in protest against the (sraeli invasion of !l0!Fsa MosFue in 3ast Cerusalem #he attac" is conducted under the banner G2pSave!l!Fsa 5n"nown 7SBC $atabase 7SBC admits that its #ur"ish branch #ur"ey November Breach suffered a breach and the personal data of 011 2 H million customers / credit cards have been compromised 5n"nown 5S Government Networ" #he 5S State $epartment shuts down its 5) November Breach unclassified email system as it evaluates 018 potential damage caused by a possible hac"er attac" #he #he ;u ;laE !ccount #wo #witter accounts belonging to 5) November !nonymous ;lan 7ijac"ing !merican racial segregation group ;u ;luE 01H organisation ;lan have been seiIed by !nonymous as part of it's new campaign G2p;;; 5n"nown City of $etroit #argeted 5n"nown hac"ers encrypt the entire City of 5) November attac" $etroit's $atabase and demand a ransom of 01B 2000 bitcoins <JB01+K00= !pparently the ransom is not paid as the database is no longer used 5S &resident of #argeted !fter suffering a cyber attac" on his own 3cuador November Government 3cuador !ttac" computer+ the &resident of 3cuador accuses 020 the 5S of “systematic@+ high0tech” cyber0attac"s on his private internet accounts and computers 5n"nown Many targets #argeted )ymantec discloses the details of 6egin+ an NA! November <probably !ttac" advanced piece of malware used in 021 4estern systematic spying campaigns against a intelligence = range of international targets since 200B #he origin comes from 4estern intelligence 9uardians of VSony &ictures Networ" ! group of hac"ers calling themselves 5) November &eace 7ac"er 3ntertainment breach “Guardians of &eace”hac" the (# networ" 024 group of Sony &ictures 3ntertainment, and dumps a Iip file of21HMB on a public site which contains data allegedly stolen from Sony &icture/s system #he Cleveland City $$oS attac" #he !nonymous ta"e down the Cleveland 5) November !nonymous website City website with a $$oS attac"+ in 024 retaliation for police "illing a 12 year old boy carrying a toy gun #he #he ;u ;luE #argeted !fter the #witter account ta"eover+ the 5) November !nonymous ;lan !ttac" !nonymous target the ;lu ;luE ;lan+ 02B organisation publishing credit card numbers and other personal information allegedly belonging to a leading member Uganda Communications Commission – UGCERT Email: [email protected] Tel + 256 414 302 100/150 Toll Free: 0800 133 911 Website www.ug-cert.ug Face book / Twitter: UGCERT.