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Iranian group hacks U.S. Government owned Clarkston City, Georgia website

September 14, 2014, 2:59 pm
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The notorious Iranian hackers from Ashiyane Digital Security Team have hacked and defaced the official website of United States government City of Clarkston, Georgia.

Hackers left a deface page along with a message on the hacked site. The message however doesn’t explains any reason for targeting the Clarkston City website.

According to the deface message:

We love Iran. Hacked by Ashiyane Digital Security! Shadow_Walker58 was here.

A preview of the deface page uploaded on the targeted website:

Full preview of the deface page

Link of targeted website along with its mirror as a proof is available below: 

It is unclear if hackers only defaced the website or got their hands on any sensitive data, but this is not the first time when Ashiyane Digital Security has attacked U.S. government websites. In past the Oregon State’s City of Amity and Sutherlin City website was also hacked by same group. 

At the time of publishing this article, the Clarkston City website had its targeted link still hacked.

Homepage image credit: vanityfair.com


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Pakistani News Channel SAMAA TV Website Hacked

October 12, 2014, 6:50 am
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A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Kai-H4xOrR hacked and defaced the official website of SAMAA TV network which is Pakistan‘s privately owned news and entertainment network.

In an exclusive conversation with the hacker, we were told that SAMAA TV’s website was targeted yesterday against promoting of Indian content on their TV channel and as well on their website.

The hacker also left a deface page along with a message on SAMAA TV’s live video streaming link (live.samaa.tv). The deface message also warns Pakistani media as a whole.

“Hacked By Kai-H4xOrR, Pakistan Haxors Crew! Message for Pakistan Media :- why you are promoting indian culture ? we dont want to see indian movies nor dramas from indian side so stop publishing indian content and promote your own culture, according to the deface message.”

The message further says:

“Why you are not giving total coverage to us about Casefire ? because you are bussy in azaadi march ? with imran khan ? stop this shit because if you will not cover us then who will cover us ? we still have some soft corner for you in our heart because we know that you will come to the right path soon.”

The targeted link along with its mirror as a proof of hack is available below:

http://live.samaa.tv/
http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/23114186?zh=1

Kai-H4xOrR is the same hacker who previously hacked official website of Pakistan People’s Party and PTV Sports website.

At the time of publishing this article, the deface page was removed and targeted live stream link of SAMAA TV was working.


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India’s Ludhiana City Rural Police Website Hacked by Pakistani Hackers

October 18, 2014, 1:03 pm
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The never ending cyber war between Indian and Pakistani hackers is at its peak again. Earlier Indian hackers defaced the official website of Pakistan People’s party and today, a Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Virkid from MadLeets hacking crew has hacked and defaced the official website of Ludhiana Rural Police.

Hacker left a deface page along with a greeting message on hacked Ludhiana Rural Police website. The deface message was expressed in following words:

Virkid was here! Pakistan Zindabad! Hacked by Virkid Team MaDLeeTs. 

A full preview of deface page left by the hacker is available below:

Deface page

Deface page

Link of targeted website along with its mirror as a proof of hack is abailable below:

VIRkid is the same hacker who previously had hacked official website of India’s Moga city police website.

Ludhiana is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab.

At the time of publishing this article, the Ludhiana rural police website was hacked.


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Pakistani Hacker Hacks Consulate General of India in Guangzhou, China

November 9, 2014, 12:20 pm
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The never ending cyber war between India and Pakistan has taken new heights where hackers from both sides are targeting high profile government owned websites, but Pakistani hacker yesterday hacked the official website of Consulate General of India in Guangzhou, China. 

Hacker goes with a handle of ”Romantic”, uploaded a banner along with a note on the hacked Indian Consulate General website. Though the site was not completely defaced, but considering the importance of site and current circumstances; the hack couldn’t be ignored. 

A preview of banner uploaded by hacker is available below: 

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Link of targeted website along with its mirror as a proof of hack is available below: 

http://www.cgiguangzhou.gov.in 
http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/23236049?zh=1 

Indian hackers on the other side have also hacked Pakistani government websites which will be discussed in our next article based specifically on Indo-Pak cyber warfare.

At the time of publishing this article, the website of Consulate General of India was taken down and unreachable for users.


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U.S. Dept. of Transportation Website Hacked By Chinese Hacker

November 13, 2014, 1:40 pm
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A Chinese hacker going with the handle of ”M4ix#4s” from ”1937 CN Team” has hacked and defaced the official website of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of U.S. Department of Transportation.

Hacker left a deface note along with a message in Mandarin Chinese language. The reason for targeting U.S. Department of Transportation website wasn’t mentioned anywhere. (But then Chinese hackers targeting a United States government owned website explains the reason itself).

The deface message was expressed in following words: (The below given text was translated from Mandarin Chinese language to English by using Google Translator.)

''Hey, this is our first public action, because we live in darkness for too long. We do not have anything for the world somewhere, or a race of people to promote justice lofty thoughts, nor to make any contribution to the national and patriotic feelings. Today, you see, is just a very simple penetration. Thus, Hacked by M4ix # 4s.''

A preview of the note uploaded by hacker is available below:

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The deface note

The link of targeted website along with its mirror as a proof of hack is available below:

http://www.fta.dot.gov
http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/23255087

It is unclear if hacker works for the Chinese government or not, but such hacks will create rift between both countries. The United States repeatedly blamed Chinese government for conducting cyber attacks on high-profile state owned servers/websites, including the United States Postal Service (USPS), Dept. of Homeland Security and U.S. weather systems and its satellite. 

At the time of publishing this article, the targeted U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration website was restored and available online.


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FBI: Iran Hackers May Conduct Cyber Attacks on U.S Defence, Energy Sector.

December 16, 2014, 6:39 am
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US energy, defense and educational institutions are the top targets of a possible sophisticated cyber attack from the Iranian hackers, says a confidential document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Cylance Inc, a cyber security firm, had also flagged this cyber hacking operation last week aiming critical infrastructure worldwide.  Dubbed as “Operation Cleaver”, it has already attacked more than 50 victims in 16 countries, including the United States.

The FBI has technical details about the malware as well as ways to thwart it in their confidential report named “Flash.” Interested businesses can contact FBI for further details, the English daily Reuters said.

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The attacks are generally launched from two Iran-based IP addresses; however, FBI did not attribute these attacks to the Iranian government.

The cyber-security firm thinks otherwise and believes it is an Iranian government backed cyber operation. Its Chief Executive, Stuart McClure, said, “It underscores Iran’s determination and fixation on large-scale compromise of critical infrastructure.”

The Pentagon and the National Security Agency did not make any comments.

Tehran’s cyber capabilities saw an upward swing since 2010 when the country’s nuclear program was hit by Stuxnet computer virus, believed to be the brainchild of the US and Israel.

Bloomberg Businessweek reported the February 2014 Las Vegas Sands Corp cyber-attack, which crippled thousands of servers, was the handiwork of Iranian hackers who wanted to punish the company CEO Sheldon Adelson. The CEO had commented about detonating a nuclear bomb in Iran.

Iran’s cyber-attacks are noted for their sophistication.

“They are good and have a lot of talent in the country. They are definitely a serious threat, no question,” said Dave Kennedy, CEO of TrustedSEC LLC.


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Chinese Malware Found Targeting Visitors on Afghan Govt. Websites.

December 22, 2014, 6:01 am
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All eyes are now open on the possible future wars and their tactics since 2014 has made public several cyber-attacks on both governmental and private entities.

The most recent of these attacks is a major hacking that took place on several Afghan governmental sites including several ministries; (“gov.af“) namely: Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance, and even the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.

The attack was discovered by the Virginia-based form for cyber security known as ThreatConnect.

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The team at ThreatConnect found a corrupted JavaScript file hosting content on ‘gov.af’ websites, which is the domain used to host Afghan governmental websites. The worst part of the discovery is that there was no antivirus available to counter the malware. One Java File showed a time stamp as recent as December 16, making this one of the most recent such cyber-attacks.

Read More: China hacks U.S. weather systems, disrupts satellite network

The malware itself is being linked to China and is being used to infect not only the websites it has invaded but also the unsuspecting visitors to those sites. The link with China is rooted in very political grounds and even the date of the attack itself is linked to an official Chinese visit to Afghanistan but that remains to be confirmed.

Read More: Say Hello To China’s New Laser Weapon Developed To Shoot Drones

Such malware attack is usually called a “watering-hole” attack because of its continuous effect. The attack will eventually affect every single visitor to those trusted Afghan websites and therefore infect a lot of unsuspicious victims, just like an infected watering hold would infect everyone using it. The problem is that such a relatively small attack can reach a number of global targets because of its potential spread and the hackers behind it will simply follow the threads of data until they reach their intended target.

It is worth mentioning here that this recent attack has also come in the wake of other cyber-attacks that have made the headlines such as that on the Sands Casino Empire in Las Vegas and Sony Pictures earlier this year. 


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KeyPoint Hacked: Personal Data of 45,000 US Federal Workers Compromised.

December 22, 2014, 1:20 pm
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Hackers have breached the computers of a company licensed to perform background checks for US federal workers, according to a report from the Reuters.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) alerted federal workers across the country about the KeyPoint Government Solutions (www.keypoint.us.com) hack through an email from Donna Seymour, Chief Information Officer at the OPM.

The attack, detected by a Department of Homeland Security cyber-security office, did not indicate conclusively of any data compromise.

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The email notification was sent as a caution and the affected employees were given free credit monitoring by the agency.

KeyPoint Government Solutions provides security clearance and screening services for the US government with operations in all 50 states.

READ MORE: China Hacked U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Contractor: Report

They store personal information of federal workers including financial data, legal history, and interviews with family and colleagues.

Earlier in summer, USIS, another state sponsored background check contractor, was attacked and data of 25,000 federal employees were exposed.

READ MORE: Homeland Security contractor hacked, Govt Employee Data Stolen

Just a month prior to the USIS attack, OPM was targeted by Chinese hackers.


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CBS News says their Investigative Reporter’s Computer was Hacked

June 17, 2013, 4:31 pm
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CBS News has revealed that one of their investigative reporter had her computer hacked and remotely accessed by an unknown hackers late last year. The reporter has been identified as Sharyl Attkisson had her computer remotely accessed from three different location by unknown party, citing an analysis by an outside cyber security firm. CBS News spokeswoman Sonya [...]
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Cyber War: McDonalds Indonesia and 914 Websites Hacked by BD Grey Hat Hackers

July 30, 2013, 1:46 pm
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Cyber war between Bangladeshi and Indonesian hackers is at peak where hackers from both sides are attacking each other’s cyber space, this time the official website of McDonalds Indonesia was hacked and defaced by BD Grey Hat Hackers. The same day a Pakistani hacker aiding Bangladeshi hacker going with the handle of Dr@cul@ had hacked and defaced 914 [...]
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Official website of Indian Railways Hacked by Pakistan Cyber Army

August 13, 2013, 1:48 pm
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In reply to Indian hackers for hacking Pakistan Army website, a hacker going with the handle of MindCracker from Pakistan Cyber Army has hacked and defaced the official website of Indian Railways. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked website which explains the reason for hack was to retaliate against Indian hacker who [...]
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Several Armenian Government Ministries Websites Hacked by Azerbaijan hackers

August 23, 2013, 2:51 pm
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An organization ran by Azerbaijani hackers known as ANTI-ARMENIA.ORG has hacked and defaced high profile Armenian government ministries websites earlier today. The hackers left their deface page showing messages, graphic images and Youtube videos against Armenian government on all hacked websites. The deface message was left in Azeri language and expressed in following words: Unutmadiq Unutdurmayacagiq, Hacked by [...]
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Websites of Calicut & Malappuram Police hacked, Kerala Government Server Defaced by Pakistani Hacker

August 27, 2013, 7:41 am
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A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of rOOx had hacked two official websites belong to Indian cities of  Kozhikode aka Calicut and Malappuram, along with defacing the official Kerala government server with 17 high profile websites. The hack was conducted on 14th August to 18th August, 2013 in which hacker left a deface page along with a [...]
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Cyber War Continues as Bangladeshi Hackers Hacks more 200 Indian Websites

September 17, 2013, 5:39 pm
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As I had reported earlier how Bangladesh Black HAT Hackers (BBHH) have started cyber war against Indian cyber space by hacking 90 Indian websites. This time the hackers have hacked and defaced 200 Indian websites as a continuation of ongoing cyber warfare. BBHH claims that all hacks were done against alleged brutality of India Border Security [...]
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Bangladeshi hacker hacks and defaces Indian Embassy in Qatar website against Cricket Monopoly

January 28, 2014, 11:09 am
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A Bangladeshi hacker going with the handle of xlx_xlx from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army has hacked and defaced the official website of Embassy of India in Doha, Qatar. The hacker left his group’s deface page along with a message against The Board Of Control For Cricket In India’s threat to harm Bangladeshi test cricket status if the country’s cricket [...]
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South Korea will develop Stuxnet-like cyberweapons to destroy North Korean nuclear facilities

February 22, 2014, 11:02 am
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In order to demolish North Korean nuclear facilities, South Korea has decided to develop its own cyber attack tools.  Stuxnet kind of weapons have been proposed by the country’s defence ministry, the same Stuxnet software which was designed to target and destroy Iranian nuclear plants.  Yonhap news agency reported that: The South Korean military will carry out missions using [...]
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Pakistani News Channel SAMAA TV Website Hacked

October 12, 2014, 3:18 am
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A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Kai-H4xOrR hacked and defaced the official website of SAMAA TV network which is Pakistan‘s privately owned news and entertainment network. In an exclusive conversation with the hacker, we were told that SAMAA TV’s website was targeted yesterday against promoting of Indiancontent on their TV channel and as well on [...]
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FBI: Iran Hackers May Conduct Cyber Attacks on U.S Defence, Energy Sector.

December 16, 2014, 1:58 am
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US energy, defense and educational institutions are the top targets of a possible sophisticated cyber attack from the Iranian hackers, says a confidential document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Cylance Inc, a cyber security firm, had also flagged this cyber hacking operation last week aiming critical infrastructure worldwide.  Dubbed as “Operation Cleaver”, it [...]
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India�s Ludhiana City Rural Police Website Hacked by Pakistani Hackers

October 18, 2014, 1:03 pm
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The never ending cyber war between Indianand Pakistani hackers is at its peak again. Earlier Indian hackers defaced the official website of�Pakistan People�s party�and today, a Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Virkid from MadLeets�hacking crew has hacked and defaced the official website of�Ludhiana Rural Police. Hacker left a deface page along with a [...]
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India�s Ludhiana City Rural Police Website Hacked by Pakistani Hackers

October 18, 2014, 1:37 pm
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The never ending cyber war between Indianand Pakistani hackers is at its peak again. Earlier Indian hackers defaced the official website of�Pakistan People�s party�and today, a Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Virkid from MadLeets�hacking crew has hacked and defaced the official website of�Ludhiana Rural Police. Hacker left a deface page along with a [...]
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