Elche City Council
August 25, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware attack crippled the Elche City Councils operations, affecting Finance, Social Services, and the Mayor's Office; ~1,500 devices were shut down. Emergency manual protocols were activated. A full recovery plan is underway with 4.5 million allocated.
Geedge Networks
September 11, 2025
•[ leak, technology ]
Largest known Great Firewall leak exposed online on Sept. 11, 2025: hundreds of GB from Geedge Networks and MESA Lab (IIE CAS) covering DPI/SSL fingerprinting, VPN detection, build/runbooks, and packaging repos; links provided for public download; no operational disruption reported.
Npm ecosystem
August 9, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, hack ]
Phished npm maintainer account used to publish trojanized releases of widely used packages; malicious code attempted crypto address swapping. Packages were pulled within ~2 hours, yet reached ~10% of cloud environments; profits remained under $1,000; no confirmed data theft or sustained outages.
U.S.–China Business Council
March 7, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
China-linked APT41/TA415 impersonated Rep. Moolenaar and USCBC in July 2025 spear-phishing to deliver malware and create remote tunnels to spy on U.S. trade-policy stakeholders; investigations ongoing; success not verified.
The Lovesac Company
February 12, 2025
•[ ransomware, leak, retail ]
Lovesac confirmed a data breach after a ransomware site listing; letters say attackers accessed internal systems between Feb 12Mar 3, stole PII, and the firm offered 24 months of credit monitoring; RansomHub claimed the attack and threatened leaks; no encryption/service disruption reported.
Valencia Chamber of Commerce
January 7, 2025
•[ ransomware ]
Ransomware in July 2025 with ransom demand; Chamber says damage was minimal and it recovered using backups/security; plans further investment in prevention.
Automated Business Solutions (ABS)
July 16, 2025
•[ hack, technology ]
ABS reported unauthorized network access (July 1617, 2025); investigation confirmed on Aug. 22 that names, SSNs, and bank account data were copied; notifications and Equifax monitoring offered.
Allegis Group (parent of Aerotek, TEKsystems, MarketSource, etc.)
September 10, 2025
•[ leak, technology ]
Everest listed Allegis on its leak site, claiming access to internal docs and large client-contact datasets; Cybernews saw two screenshots but no samples beyond that; Allegis had not commented and no outage/encryption was reported
Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia
September 14, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Regulator reported 99 DDoS attacks on CEC/Moscow IT/online voting portal on Sept. 14 (3h40m total), but CEC said voting and systems operated normally.
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
September 13, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Ransomware detected on UCISD servers led to cancellation of most/all classes the week of Sept. 15; investigation and recovery continued, with essential safety/operations systems disrupted; classes to resume Sept. 22; district reports no data breach
National Credit Information Center (CIC), State Bank of Vietnam
September 10, 2025
•[ hack, leak, financial ]
VNCERT confirmed signs of intrusion targeting personal-data theft at CIC; ShinyHunters/Scattered Spider claimed ~160M records, allegedly exploiting end-of-life software; data offered for sale with samples posted.
Cook County Public Health & Human Services
September 11, 2025
•[ insider, healthcare ]
PHHS reported an insider breach in which a now-terminated employee accessed social-services records without authorization; county issued notices and will mail letters to affected individuals; questions directed to county administrator.
French government officials
March 9, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Apple notified French officials of targeted mercenary-spyware attacks (latest Sep 3, 2025); CERT-FR says this is the fourth wave in 2025; highly targeted espionage against high-profile users; Apple recommends Lockdown Mode and expert assistance; no attribution disclosed.
Unnamed Philippines-based military company
April 3, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
China-linked APT used EggStreme (fileless, DLL-sideloaded) to persist on hosts at a Philippine military firm; EggStremeAgent backdoor + Keylogger enabled reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data theft; activity observed since early 2024; initial access unknown; attribution to a specific group not made.
Ministry of Economy and Finance of Panama
September 11, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
MEF reported a malware incident on one workstation and containment with no impact to core platforms; INC Ransom simultaneously claimed an intrusion and >1.5 TB data theft with proof-of-hack samples. Extent of breach remains unconfirmed.
Apple Customers
March 9, 2025
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The French government says Apple sent out threat notifications to customers alerting them to spyware attacks earlier in September.
Unnamed European DDoS mitigation
September 10, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, malware ]
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Campaign of Denis Pasler
September 10, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
United Russia said a DDoS knocked the Pasler campaign site offline late Sept 10; local media confirmed downtime overnight/morning. Residents also received mass SMS urging votes for Pasler, which the party disowned; observers advised not to follow suspicious links. No data theft
KT Corp
September 11, 2025
•[ leak, technology ]
KT reported a breach where rogue mini base stations intercepted traffic, leading to a possible IMSI leak for 5,561 subscribers; authorities notified (PIPC), customers alerted, compensation pledged; broader probes ongoing.
Independent film makers
May 21, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
While detained in May 2025, filmmakers phones were allegedly infected with FlexiSPY; forensic analysis ties installation to police custody (May 21). Devices were returned July 10. CPJ/Citizen Lab publicly detailed findings on Sept 1012; The Standard reported the allegations Sept 10.
