Undisclosed rural Nebraska school district
June 30, 2025
•[ phishing, BEC ]
A rural Nebraska school district lost approximately $1.8 million to a phishing/BEC scheme that diverted funds from intended recipients.
Defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Armenia
May 1, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak, espionage ]
Rare Werewolf APT, a Russia-aligned espionage group, conducted spear-phishing and remote-administration toolbased intrusions in MayJune 2025 targeting defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Armenia, resulting in unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
February 11, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak ]
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services reported that an employees email account was compromised by a phishing attack discovered on February 11 2025.
Kurdish Government and Media Institutions
May 15, 2025
•[ cyber-espionage, phishing, data leak ]
Iran-linked threat actor MuddyWater (MOIS) conducted cyber-espionage operations against Kurdish government and media infrastructure in Iraq during MayJune 2025 using phishing and web-shells to steal credentials and internal documents; reported Jun 25 2025.
Keir Giles (UK academic)
May 22, 2025
•[ social engineering, phishing, data leak ]
Targeted social-engineering campaign impersonating U.S. State Department tricked Keir Giles into generating app-specific passwords, allowing a nation-state actor to access his Gmail account data stored on Google servers; no evidence of intrusion into affiliated institutional networks.
CoinMarketCap
June 20, 2025
•[ phishing, malicious code injection ]
Malicious JavaScript injected into CoinMarketCaps website altered displayed content to show a fake wallet verification pop-up; code removed within hours; no confirmed data or monetary theft reported.
Private individuals (elderly victims in Encino, California)
January 1, 2025
•[ malware, phishing, ransomware ]
Malware infection launched by phishing email locked elderly victims computer, prompting payment of 25,000 USD to scammers; suspect Tai Su was arrested when he arrived to collect another 35,000 USD and later sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
Onsite Mammography
October 1, 2024
•[ phishing, data leak ]
Phishing attack compromised a single employees email account, enabling exfiltration of PII and PHI data affecting over 350,000 individuals; no encryption involved.
Parcel Plus (Hanover)
March 28, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak ]
York County tax preparer reported spearphishing breach linked to foreign actors.
Dove Healthcare
September 29, 2024
•[ phishing, data leak ]
Healthcare provider disclosed email account compromise containing patient and employee information.
Undisclosed Taiwan government agencies
March 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, espionage ]
Trend Micro and THN describe a March 2025 spear-phishing campaign by China-aligned MirrorFace targeting public institutions in Japan and Taiwan using OneDrive-delivered ZIPs that dropped ROAMINGMOUSE and an upgraded ANEL backdoor; reporting outlines techniques and targeting, not specific victim impact details for a single named org.
Jaaved Jaaferi / X (Twitter) account
April 5, 2025
•[ account takeover, phishing, scam ]
On April 5 2025, the verified X (formerly Twitter) account of Indian actor Jaaved Jaaferi was hijacked and used to post cryptocurrency scam and phishing messages. The actor warned followers via Instagram not to engage. Control was restored within hours, and no data theft or cross-platform compromise was reported.
Troy Hunt / Have I Been Pwned Mailing List
March 25, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak, account takeover ]
Phishing led to Mailchimp account takeover and export of subscriber list.
Defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Ukraine
May 1, 2025
•[ phishing, unauthorized access, data leak ]
Rare Werewolf APT, a Russia-aligned espionage group, conducted spear-phishing and remote-administration toolbased intrusions in MayJune 2025 targeting defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Ukraine, resulting in unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
Zenith American Solutions, Inc.
September 6, 2024
•[ phishing, data leak ]
Unauthorized access to Zenith American Solutions network discovered September 6 2024 after an employee email account was compromised via phishing; over 12,000 individuals names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and benefit-plan documents potentially accessed. The firm notified regulators January 2025 and publicly disclosed in June 2025. No actor attribution or ransom demand reported.
NetVision (Cellcom Israel)
June 17, 2025
•[ phishing, vulnerability exploitation, hacktivism ]
Pro-Palestinian hackers exploited a vulnerability in NetVisions legacy email infrastructure to send forged phishing messages impersonating Israeli government domains; servers used for distribution of malicious emails; no confirmed data theft or ransom demand reported.
Undisclosed Tajikistan government agencies
May 22, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, data collection ]
Researchers reported a Russia-aligned espionage campaign targeting Tajik government, academic, and research entities using phishing lures and macro-enabled docs to collect data.
Defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Kazakhstan
May 1, 2025
•[ phishing, data leak, espionage ]
Rare Werewolf APT, a Russia-aligned espionage group, conducted spear-phishing and remote-administration toolbased intrusions in MayJune 2025 targeting defense and critical-infrastructure entities in Kazakhstan, resulting in unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
The Arc of Palm Beach County
March 28, 2025
•[ phishing ]
Attackers compromised a staff email account at The Arc of Palm Beach County, Florida, and used it to send fraudulent payment instructions that resulted in the theft of approximately US $3 million; no data exfiltration or ransomware reported.
Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (WhatsApp account)
May 28, 2025
•[ phishing, account takeover, government ]
WhatsApp account of Malaysias Home Minister hacked in late May 2025 and used via a foreign VPN to send malicious/phishing links to contacts; government confirmed account compromise Jun 2 2025; no evidence of large-scale data theft or system outage.
