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The Stuxnet worm is found by VirusBlokAda. Stuxnet was unusual in that while it spread via Windows computers, its payload targeted just one specific model and type of SCADA systems. It slowly became clear that it was a cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities - with most experts believing that Israel was behind it - perhaps with US help.
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The first Malware Conference, MALCON takes place in India. Malware coders are invited to showcase their skills at this annual event and an advanced malware for Symbian OS is released.
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The Hacker group Lulz security is formed.
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An "external intrusion" sends the PlayStation Network offline, and compromises personally identifying information (possibly including credit card details) of its 77 million accounts, in what is claimed to be one of the five largest data breaches ever.
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Saudi hacker, 0xOmar, published over 400,000 credit cards online,[37] and threatened Israel to release 1 million credit cards in the future.[38]
In response to that incident, an Israeli hacker published over 200 Saudi's credit cards online. -
Team Appunity, a group of Norwegian hackers, gets arrested for breaking into and publishing the user database of Norways largest prostistution website.
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Foxconn is hacked by rising hacker group, Swagg Security, releasing a massive amount of data including email logins, server logins, and even more alarming - bank account credentials of large companies like Apple and Microsoft. Swagg Security stages the attack just as a Foxconn protest ignites against terrible working conditions
