Cyber attacks reported during Colombia elections
A series of cyber attacks targeted political parties and one national media outlet during...
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Hackers steal $1M from north Colombia mayor
Hackers have stolen almost $1 million from accounts belonging to a mayoral office in northern Colombia. Jairo Fernandez Quessep, mayor of Sincelejo in the Caribbean department of Sucre, said 13 fraudulent transfers had been made...
Hackers take down Colombian Army website
Hackers took over several Colombian Army websites Monday and posted mocking images and phrases in protest against the October local elections, news magazine La Semana reported. The hacker organization “Safety Last Group...
Hackers attack Colombia’s Senate, president, ministries
The hacker collective Anonymous attacked the websites of the presidency, the Senate, President Juan Manuel Santos, and the Ministries of Defense and Education. Anonymous posted a video to the website of the Education Ministry...
Colombian police identify 3 hacker suspects
Colombian police said Friday that they have identified three suspects who are believed to be accomplices in the hacking of a number of state websites, Caracol Radio reported. Earlier this week hackers shut down the websites of...
Hackers shut down Colombian govt websites
Hacker collectives Anonymous and Colombian Hackers on Tuesday shut down the websites of Colombia’s president, the interior and justice ministry, the intelligence service DAS and the governing U party. According to short...
Colombian hackers promise new wave of attacks
A Colombian hacker group that recently penetrated a number of Colombian celebrities’ Twitter accounts has promised more attacks to come in the immediate future, La Fiscalia reported. The group tweeted that they had...
Turkey arrests 32 suspected hackers of Colombian govt websites
Turkish authorities have captured 32 alleged members of the cyber-attack group “Anonymous” that is held responsible for the hacking of a number of government websites, including Colombia’s. Arrests were made...
Colombian govt ‘hackers’ arrested in Spain
Three computer hackers allegedly involved in hacking into the Colombian government’s computer systems and suspected of belonging to internet cyber attack group “Anonymous” have been arrested in Spain,...
