List of Major Cyber attacks across the world - MENA

The list of major cyber warefare attacks on the countries in MENA the Middle east and North Africa

The following is a list of cyber war attacks on top companies and state entities in MENA region.

Cyber warfare can be configured to attack based on # tags or any particular content shared, and it works on real time date and GPS and the connectivity online. 

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Year	Country	Title	Type of Attack	Target Sector	Intention	Incident Category
2010	Iran	Stuxnet	Worm, root, Trojan	Military (Nuclear industry)	Disrupt	CW
2011	Iran	Iranian infrastructure and communications companies	unknown	Gov ( infrastructure companies)	Disrupt	CW
2011	Iran	Iran hijacked US drone	spoofing	Military (US drone)	Captured drone's systems	CW
2012	Iran	Iranian oil terminal 'offline'	virus	Gov (Oil company)	Disrupt	CW
2012	Saudi	Saudi Aramco	virus	Gov (Oil Company)	Disrupt	H
2012	Egypt	Maritime transport sector	DDoS	Gov (Transport)	Delay service	H
2012	Syria	Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs	unknown	Gov (foreign ministry)	Extract sensitive data	CW
2012	Syria	Secret Assad emails lift lid on life of leader's inner circle	Whistleblowing	Single Individual	Extract sensitive data	H
2012	Qatar	Qatar‟s RasGas Attack	virus	Private (Oil Company)	Disrupt	H
2013	Saudi	Saudi Arabian Defense Ministry System Breached	Account Hijacking	Gov (military)	Extract sensitive data	CW
2014	Syria	Syrian Hackers Ramp Up RAT Attacks	Targeted attack	Single Individual	Remote PC	CE
2015	Turkey	Attack on Istanbul Airport passport control system	virus	Gov (Airport)	Delayed service	CC
2015	UAE	Energy companies attacked by Trojan Laziok	Trojan	Gov (Energy)	Extract sensitive data	CC
2016	Turkey	Leaks Turkish Police data	Account Hijacking	Gov (Police data)	Extract sensitive data	CW
2016	Saudi	Shamoon 2	Malware	Gov (Industries)	Disrupt	CC
2016	UAE	The Operation Ghoul in UAE	Targeted attack	Industrial and Engineering companies	Extract sensitive data	CC
2017	Turkey	The source of the widespread electricity cuts across Istanbul	unknown	Gov (Transmission & electricity)	Disrupt	CW
2017	Qatar	Qatar News Agency Hacked	Account Hijacking	Gov (website)	Political Repercussions	CC