Timeline: Hacking history | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1991

MD5 replaces MD4

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Feb 15, 1995

Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and condamned

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Jan 1, 1996

MD5 (crypto) Dobbertin announced a collision

Cryptanalyst recommand to switch to SHA-1 algorythm.
May 4, 2000

ILOVEYOU malware (worm)

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Jul 13, 2001

Code Red (aka Nimda)

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Jan 25, 2003

SQL slammer malware (worm)

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Mar 1, 2005

MD5: collisions can be found in few hours on a notebook

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Period: Jul 1, 2007 to Nov 29, 2010

Zeus malware (trojan horse)

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Jan 21, 2008

Sté Générale lost €4,9 billions due to a trader fraud

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Feb 24, 2008

Pakistan hijacks a large portion of youtube IPs
May 15, 2008

Heartland lost 150 millions CB numbers

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Period: Nov 1, 2008 to Nov 29, 2010

Conficker malware (worm)

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Apr 8, 2010

China hijacks 15% of Internet traffic

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Jun 1, 2010

Stuxnet malware (worm)

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Jul 1, 2010

Wikileaks issues 76,900 docs about the War in Afghanistan

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Nov 28, 2010

Wikileaks publishes 250,000 confidential American diplomatic cables

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Nov 30, 2010

Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China

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Mar 18, 2011

RSA breach

RSA annouces an attack which has permitted extracting data on their RSA's SecurID two-factor authentication products.
Apr 20, 2011

Sony pictures hacked by LulzSec hackers group

Outage from April 20 to May 31 2011.
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Jul 19, 2011

FBI arrests suspected Anonymous members

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Jul 21, 2011

Anonymous gains access to NATO confidential data

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