MCAD Maritime Cyber Attack Database
Year2012 |
MonthJune |
Reference number20120602 |
Impact areaShore |
Incident location |
Incident countryUSA |
Victim countryUSA |
Victim identityUnited States Department of Homeland Security Transportation Worker Identification (Maritime Transportation Security Act) |
Victim TypeOther Government |
MethodHacking |
Attacker countryUSA |
In June 2012, the United States Department of Homeland Security transportation worker Identification was hit by an hacking incident. The attackers hacked at least one DHS-TWIC protected computer and downloaded its database schema. Team Digi7al Twitter account was used to make unlawful public disclosure. They did it because of boredom. The hackers found they were 'somewhat politically inclined to release the things [they had]'. Also because it was 'fun and we can'. The impact of the incident was theft of biometric and other sensitive personal information of transportation workers. Unlawful disclosure of database schema through Twitter, damaging DHS-TWIC's website by making it vulnerable to future attacks. The threat actor was TeamDigi7al (Nicholas Paul Knight, while on USS Harry S. Truman and Daniel Trenton Krueger). It is not exactly clear what measures the company took during and after the incident.