Sources: Business Insider
The University of California, Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyber-attack on a system that stores Social Security and bank account numbers. There is no evidence the hacker(s) took any personal information. 2016-02-26
Sony cancels the New York City sneak preview of the upcoming 2014 film "The Interview", originally scheduled for December 18, due to threatening messages by hackers. 2014-12-17
The United States Department of Justice charges five Chinese military officers with hacking into private-sector American companies in a bid for competitive advantage. 2014-05-19
South Korea issues a cyber alert after a hacking attack on a number of Government websites including the presidential Blue House site. 2013-06-25
"The New York Times" publishes allegations that a Chinese People's Liberation Army unit called PLA Unit 61398 may be the source of hacking attacks on the West. 2013-02-19
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests suspected members of the computer hacking groups LulzSec and Anonymous in the US cities of Phoenix, Arizona and San Francisco. 2011-09-22
Sixteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous are arrested in FBI raids across several states in the US. 2011-07-19
Hacker group LulzSec releases material belonging to the Department of Public Safety in the US state of Arizona in response to immigration law SB 1070. 2011-06-23
Web sites associated with the Government of Malaysia are hacked according to a deadline set by the Anonymous group. 2011-06-16
Hacker group Lulz Security claims to have again compromised Sony's online security system and posted the results online. 2011-06-6