TeslaTeam is a group of computer hackers. Using denial of service attacks, defacement, and other methods, it mainly targets political groups and Albanian websites, including news organizations and human rights groups. TeslaTeam is currently the only virtual army in Serbia to openly launch cyber attacks.
Targets TeslaTeam mainly targets websites of political organisations, NGOs, and websites of anti-Serb organisations.
Attacks
TeslaTeam's attacks began in February 2013, during a demonstration against the introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet and Serbian language in Vukovar. They began operation Cirilica which led to defacement and security breaches on over 100 websites across Croatia.
Timeline of notable defacements 9 February 2013: Vukovar Institute for Peace Research and Education 13 February 2013: Polytechnic Lavoslav Ružička Vukovar 18 February 2013: Croatian Bishops' Conference 20 February 2013: University of Osijek 25 February 2013: Croatian Pure Party of Rights 13 August 2013: 200 Montenegro sites defaced 30 October 2013: Website of Librazhd Municipality in Albania 14 December 2013: 100 Croatian websites defaced
Timeline of notable security breaches 7 November 2012: TeslaTeam claimed to have hacked the website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy of Albania 9 November 2013: TeslaTeam claimed to have hacked the website of the Chicago Tribune 13 November 2013: TeslaTeam claimed to have hacked the database of Vevo 18 November 2013: TeslaTeam claimed to have hacked the website of E! News 29 November 2013: Websites of Bulgarian and Albanian Government 29 November 2013: Cambridge University database hacked 3 December 2013: Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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