University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX)
August 12, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
On August 12, 2025, the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, detected unauthorized access and voluntarily shut down key systems for nine days. External sources confirmed the INC ransomware gang claimed responsibility, stating they stole 1.8 TB of sensitive university data. University operations including student portals, financial aid, and course scheduling were fully disrupted, though no encryption was reported. Public disclosure followed on August 25, 2025.
Government, tech, academic & telecom entities; global
August 22, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
CrowdStrike reports that multiple Chinese-linked groupsMurky Panda, Genesis Panda, and Glacial Pandahave exploited vulnerabilities (e.g., Citrix CVE-2023-3519, Commvault CVE-2025-3928) to deploy the CloudedHope malware for covert espionage against cloud, telecom, government, tech, academic, legal, and professional services organizations worldwide.
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
August 24, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
Cybersecurity incident led MTA to take Mobility paratransit scheduling, real-time tracking, and call center systems offline as a precaution. Core transit services continued to run. Specific cause and i
Surbhi Chandna Productions
August 27, 2025
•[ hack ]
Surbhi Chandnas official production accounts were hacked, disrupting operations and delaying the release of her upcoming production. The breach caused reputational and scheduling setbacks but no personal or customer data theft was reported.
Luzerne County Government
July 1, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania reported a data breach in July 2025 after discovering unauthorized access to county servers. Investigation suggests personal and possibly financial data were exposed, though no service disruption or encryption was reported.
Ohio Medical Alliance (Ohio Marijuana Card)
July 14, 2025
•[ leak, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Unsecured database exposed sensitive records of an estimated 30,00040,000 Ohio medical cannabis patients. Data included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical marijuana card numbers, state ID numbers, and medical information. The database was discovered on July 14, 2025, by a security researcher and secured on July 15; no evidence of ransomware or encryption was found.
Fogos.pt (wildfire mapping platform)
July 31, 2025
•[ ddos, technology ]
On July 31, 2025, fogos.pt, a Portuguese volunteer-run wildfire information platform, was hit by the first of two DDoS waves, peaking at 33k requests/sec and 1.7 Gbps for 7 minutes. A second wave followed on August 1 at 31k rps / 849 Mbps for 5 minutes. Both attacks were automatically mitigated by Cloudflares Project Galileo, and the site remained available throughout, with no data loss or outages.
Miracle Ear (Health Services LLC)
January 28, 2025
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Unauthorized access from Jan 228, 2025 allowed cybercriminals to view and potentially exfiltrate sensitive personal and health data of at least 13,088 individuals. No service disruption reported and no encryption involved. Regulatory notifications occurred August 12, 2025.
Gosuslugi (Russian e-Government Portal)
August 20, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Gosuslugi, Russias national e-government portal, was hit by a large-scale DDoS attack in August 2025, causing temporary outages and degraded access to online public services. Authorities reported no compromise of personal data or backend systems.
Arch Linux Project
August 16, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Arch Linux Project has been under a sustained, volumetric Layer 3/4 DDoS attack since approximately August 16, 2025, impacting its main website, Arch User Repository, and forums. Mitigation tactics such as SYN authentication, rate limiting, and mirror redirects are in use; attacker identity remains unknown.
Netstar
June 23, 2025
•[ leak, ransomware ]
Data details undisclosed publicly; breach confirmed as involving data leak following refusal to pay ransom.
Data I/O Corporation (electronics manufacturing)
August 16, 2025
•[ ransomware, misconfiguration, manufacturing ]
Ransomware incident on August 16 due to third-party firewall vulnerability disrupted internal and operational systems. Contained and fully remediated by September 4 with no customer impact or data theft; remediation cost ~$180K against $300K in annual savings. Actor remains unknown.
Integrated Orthopedics of Arizona
April 7, 2025
•[ healthcare ]
The practice first detected unauthorized activity on April 7, 2025, and began notifying affected patients and regulators on August 11.
Delta Telekom
August 21, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Azerbaijans primary internet backbone operator, Delta Telekom, was targeted with a massive DDoS attack that caused temporary internet delays, which were mitigated by rerouting traffic through alternative backbone providers and fully restored within hours
EastIdahoNews.com
August 20, 2025
•[ social, malware, technology ]
Fake virus scanner pop-ups served via third-party ads disrupted user experienceno evidence of data theft or system compromise.
The Rural Municipality of Woodlands in Manitoba
August 19, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
The Rural Municipality of Woodlands in Manitoba reported an email security breach and issued a warning to residents. No details on the type or amount of data accessed were released.
Multiple critical infrastructure sectors (via Cisco devices)
August 20, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
FBI and Cisco warn of ongoing Russian FSB Center 16 campaign exploiting CVE-2018-0171 in Cisco Smart Install, compromising thousands of network devices across critical infrastructure globally for reconnaissance and persistent access.
Inotiv Inc.
August 8, 2025
•[ ransomware ]
Qilin ransomware gang stole ~176 GB (~162,000 files) of data and encrypted systems. Inotiv confirmed operational disruption and fallback to offline continuity plans.
Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College (Dorset College group)
August 15, 2025
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A phishing incident at Dorset Colleges Weymouth and Kingston Maurward campus resulted in the compromise of multiple staff email accounts around August 15, 2025. Spam was sent from affected accounts. Exposure may have included contact details of prior email correspondents. The breach was contained swiftly with minimal impact. Reported to the ICO.
Middletown, Ohio Municipal Services
August 17, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Middletown, Ohio suffered a cyberattacklikely ransomwarethat began around Aug 17, 2025. Multiple city service systems remained offline for weeks; some employee information may have been affected (per preliminary findings), but no definitive evidence of data exfiltration. No actor has been identified.
