In fact, cyber analysts working for the now-defunct Information Warfare Monitor used the system to mine data on the China-based cyber groups GhostNet and The Shadow Network.
If a new video purportedly by cyber-group "Anonymous" is to be believed, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has become the focus of a pointed threat.
The cyber activist group posted links to 15 Thai police websites, including the Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau, and published several Thai police email addresses, asking its members to hack them.
15 September Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome are among five British athletes whose medical records are leaked by cyber espionage group Fancy Bears, believed to be from Russia.
Four more Australian athletes including Olympic swim star Cate Campbell and world champion slalom canoeist Jessica Fox have had their confidential medical information leaked by cyber espionage group Fancy Bears.
The Chinese agreed during a recent visit of Secretary of State John Kerry to join a "cyber working group" with the Americans.
It begins by citing previous instances when the so-called Cyber Caliphate group successfully infiltrated US networks, including when it hacked into and displayed a banner reading "I love you Isis" on the Central Command's Twitter account earlier this year.
That is why the MoD has created a new cyber operations group under the command of General Jonathan Shaw to mainstream cyber across the whole spectrum of defence operations and to ensure that the same framework of command and control that exists for traditional operations exists for cyber too.
The cyber terrorist group, the Guardians of Peace, praised Sony for making a "wise decision" to cancel the release.
The Cyber Caliphate group also claimed responsibility for the hacking of the Malaysia Airlines website in late January.
South Korean intelligence has determined that North Korea has a cyber intelligence group composed of somewhere between 500 and 1,000 people, according to Chosun's November report.
