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It is time for the summary of the second half of February, two weeks of remarkable cyber attacks against high-tech giants, massive breaches and Twitter Account Hijackings.

Probably the most resounding events of this period (maybe more for the high profile of the victims than for the actual effects) are the two attacks, allegedly originating from China, (with a common root cause, the compromising of an iPhone developer forum) carried on against Apple and Microsoft.

But not only the two high-tech giants, other illustrious victims have fallen under the blows of hacktivists and cyber criminals. The list is quite long and includes Bank of America, American Express, Casio, ZenDesk, cPanel, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, etc.).

Last but not least, the unprecedented trail of Cyber attack against Twitter Profile belonging to single individuals (see Donald Trump) or Corporations (Burger King and Jeep). Maybe it is time to change the passwords…

If you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011, 2012 and now 2013 (regularly updated). You may also want to have a look at the Cyber Attack Statistics, and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.

Also, feel free to submit remarkable incidents that in your opinion deserve to be included in the timelines (and charts).

A special thanks to Kim Guldberg AKA @bufferzone for continuously advising me about significant cyber events through the Submit Form! Much Appreciated!

1. http://www.globalnews.ca/montreal+police+database+hacked+personal+information+posted+online/6442812173/story.html
2. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/9133-bahamian-banks-notified-by-card-issuers-of-breach-at-foreign-processor-or-acquiring-bank
3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8314724/80-000-Telecom-users-hacked
4. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Hackers-Attempt-to-Disrupt-Presidential-Elections-in-Cyprus-330445.shtml
5. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/anonymous/anonymous-threat-fails-halt-vote-count/20130218
6. http://pastebin.com/keyqpZNv
7. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Publish-PM-Resignation-Notice-on-Malaysian-Government-Website-330327.shtml
8. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57569928-83/burger-king-twitter-account-hacked-defaced/
9. http://hackread.com/top-gears-presenter-jeremy-clarksons-twitter-account-hacked/
10. http://pastebin.com/rZXG6ZFH
11. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Website-of-Mongolian-National-Police-Hacked-by-Viru-Noir-330201.shtml
12. http://rt.com/usa/anonymous-hacks-state-department-617/
13. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Hackers-Target-2013-Goya-Awards-Leak-Personal-Information-330785.shtml
14. http://www.educause.edu/educause-security-breach-and-password-change-information
15. http://mashable.com/2013/02/19/jeep-twitter-hack/
16. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Florida-Community-Owned-Utility-Company-JEA-Hit-by-DDOS-Attack-331846.shtml
17. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/02/intranet-site-brbraitt-jabalpur-of-bsnl.html
18. http://hackmageddon.com/2013/02/20/after-twitter-and-facebook-apple-reveals-to-have-suffered-the-same-cyber-attack/
19. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/aspen-institute-hacked-email_n_2737386.html
20. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/nbc-com-hacked-say-security-researchers-1C8483074
21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21532858
22. http://news.softpedia.com/news/FedCenter-gov-Website-Down-Anonymous-Hackers-Take-Credit-331456.shtml
23. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/donald-trumps-twitter-seriously-hacked-tweets-lil-wayne-lyrics/
24. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Central-Hudson-Gas-Electric-Hacked-110-000-Customers-Affected-331743.shtml
25. http://www.zendesk.com/blog/weve-been-hacked
26. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/22/national-association-of-federal-agents-defaced-for-fff/
27. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/When+web+sites+go+bad+bible+org+compromise/15250
28. http://hackmageddon.com/2013/02/23/microsoft-joins-the-party-of-the-hacked-companies/
29. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/server-hack-prompts-call-for-cpanel-customers-to-take-immediate-action/
30. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/27/cpanel_support_server_hacked/
31. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/25/american-express-vulnerable-to-attack-2gb-data-potential/
32. http://hackread.com/lebanon-parliament-website-hacked-by-team-kuwaiti-hackers/
33. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/23/world/africa/south-africa-pistorius
34. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/24/net-us-eads-thyssenkrupp-hacking-idUSBRE91N07M20130224
35. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/24/iran-drones-idUSL6N0BN21N20130224
36. http://www.anonpaste.me/anonpaste2/index.php?48938b1cc7477678#/Sn8TQs09O7RjTwxqheSB7vN/EJRuhgEg9TMl/LfFCI
37. http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/02/india-results-website-hacked-by.html
38. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/24/electronics-giant-casio-hacked-140000-credentials-leaked/
39. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/26/bank-of-america-teksystems-exposed-by-anonymous-more-to-come/
40. http://www.anonpaste.me/anonpaste2/index.php?3ea4278490c795a2#TzsJt+VlE0boCaQ2VQ5fCIyMsmcdgnZTjZPSU9nJPrA=
41. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/27/abc-australia-confirms-data-breach-target-was-old-micro-site/
42. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/afps-twitter-photo-account-hacked_n_2767052.html
43. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/0227/Exclusive-Cyberattack-leaves-natural-gas-pipelines-vulnerable-to-sabotage
44. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/cyberattack-miniduke-idUSL1N0BR5T120130227
45. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/27/further-5gb-release-from-bank-of-america-by-anonymous/
46. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/03/01/mvs-comunicaciones-hacked-1700-credentials-leaked/
47. http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/02/24/string-of-cyber-attacks-by-anonymous-for-opbigbrother-and-idp13/
48. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pakistani-Hacker-Defaces-Site-of-Sri-Lanka-s-Ministry-of-Mass-Media-and-Information-332181.shtml
49. http://news.softpedia.com/news/5-Sri-Lanka-Government-Websites-Defaced-by-Pakistani-Hacker-330819.shtml

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