Sources: Business Insider
Associated Press reports that there has been a massive hack from the American Office of Personnel Management and US Department of the Interior with the "Washington Post" claiming that Chinese hackers were responsible. The records of at least four million US Government workers are believed to have been compromised. 2015-06-4
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 United States stock market undergoes a flash crash (similar to 2010) of 1 percent when the Twitter feed from the Associated Press news agency is hacked and erroneously states that several explosions have injured President Barack Obama. 2013-04-23
Law enforcement agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland arrest alleged senior members of the computer hacking group Lulz Sec, including a member of the FBI. 2012-03-6
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
Japanese electronics company Sony reduces sales and profit forecasts due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a computer hacking attack and slowing demand in the US and Europe. 2011-07-28
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
Hacker group Lulz Security claims to have again compromised Sony's online security system and posted the results online. 2011-06-6