UPDATE: I'll try updating this list as I come across interesting news
March 2011 - Pentagon suffered the most damaging cyberattack till date
April 20 2011 - Sony PSN and Qriocity hacked to steal credit card info of customers
May 10 2011 - Citibank was hacked to steal financial data of more than 210,000 customers
May 17 2011 - RSA announced it was hacked and Security Tokens were compromised
May 20 2011 - Lockheed, manufacturer of high end aero-weapons was "almost" hacked
June 01 2011 - Gmail accounts of politicians and activists hacked
June 27 2011 - Washington Post hacked. 1.27MM accounts compromised.
June 28 2011 - Universal Music and Viacom hacked
July 02 2011 - Florida Voter Database leaked
The list is endless. There is an excellent post of the timeline of hacks by Lulz. Unfortunately most people don't seem to be realize the acceleration of these attacks. Since last year the hackers have been speeding up and attacking more high profile targets. And the one thing that has become absolutely certain is that trusting your personal data to big companies is not a good idea.
This excellent video about STUXNET is an excellent infovid about the anatomy of a manufactured virus that has the potential to affect facilities like nuclear reactors, power grids, oil rigs and so forth.
Here's an extremely detailed read about how STUXNET was discovered: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/all/1
Things are quickly spiraling and there is no one to keep watch. The next few months will be interesting to say the least. If you've seen 12 monkeys, you'd know of the concept of a man releasing a virus that wipes out humanity from the face of the planet. To say that there is a possibility that a virus/worm that has the potential to bring down the WWW is hardly a case of fiction any more. But hey, look at the bright side: people may step out and see the sun more often.
Anti-Bore rating: 4/5 Nukes!
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