appeared on Georgian government websites. There was little or no disruption of services but the hacks did put political pressure on the Georgian government and appeared to be coordinated with Russian military actions.” attacked Israel’s internet “Hackers infrastructure during the January 2009 military offensive in the Gaza Strip. January 2009 The attack, which focused on government websites, was executed by at least 5,000,000 computers. Israeli officials believed the attack was carried out by a criminal organisation in a former Soviet state, and paid for by Hamas or Hezbollah.” group named the "Iranian Cyber “A Army” disrupted the service of the popular Chinese search engine Baidu. January 2010 Users were redirected to a page showing an Iranian political message. The same Cyber Army” had “Iranian hacked into Twitter the previous December, with a similar message.” a complex piece of malware “Stuxnet, designed to interfere with Siemens industrial control systems, was October 2010 discovered in Iran, Indonesia, and elsewhere, leading to speculation that it was a government cyber weapon aimed at the Iranian nuclear program” Canadian government reported a “The January 2011 major cyber attack against its agencies, including Defense Research and Development Canada, a research agency for Canada's Department of National Defense. The attack forced the Finance Department and Treasury Board, Canada’s main economic
appeared on Georgian government websites. There was little or no disruption of services but the hacks did put political pressure on the Georgian government and appeared to be coordinated with Russian military actions.” January 2009 “Hackers attacked Israel’s internet infrastructure during the January 2009 military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The attack, which focused on government websites, was executed by at least 5,000,000 computers. Israeli officials believed the attack was carried out by a criminal organisation in a former Soviet state, and paid for by Hamas or Hezbollah.” January 2010 “A group named the "Iranian Cyber Army” disrupted the service of the popular Chinese search engine Baidu. Users were redirected to a page showing an Iranian political message. The same “Iranian Cyber Army” had hacked into Twitter the previous December, with a similar message.” October 2010 “Stuxnet, a complex piece of malware designed to interfere with Siemens industrial control systems, was discovered in Iran, Indonesia, and elsewhere, leading to speculation that it was a government cyber weapon aimed at the Iranian nuclear program” January 2011 “The Canadian government reported a major cyber attack against its agencies, including Defense Research and Development Canada, a research agency for Canada's Department of National Defense. The attack forced the Finance Department and Treasury Board, Canada’s main economic
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