International Trade Union Confederation
February 14, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Amnesty International reveals the details of Operation Kingphish: a campaign of cyberattacks mainly targeting activists and journalists in Qatar and Nepal. One of the named victims is the International Trade Union Confederation.
Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
National Treasury Management Agency
February 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The National Treasury Management Agency temporarily suspends access to its website for several hours today after a suspected defacement attack.
Police Security Service
February 4, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A threat actor targeted the computer networks of the Norwegian government: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army, a nuclear radiation protection agency, and a parliamentary group.
National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)
April 6, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
Fidelis Cybersecurity reveals that ahead of the trade summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a nation-state hacking group conducted espionage on a number of key industry players and lobbyists with links to the talks.
Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
•[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
Statistics Canada
March 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Canadian government confirms that the Statistics Canada website is hacked and taken offline for over two days. In the aftermath of the cyberattack parts of the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) site is also reportedly taken offline by authorities as a precaution.
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats
March 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are hit by a ransomware attack that locks senators and employees out of their computer network.
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
February 28, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirms that the personal details more than 850 national servicemen and employees were stolen in a "targeted and well-planned" cyberattack earlier this month.
Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
•[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
Tiverton Town Council
February 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
John Vanderwolfe, a town clerk wipes council documents dating back to 2015 after mistakenly opening an email containing a ransomware malware.
Norwegian Labour Party
February 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Norway's security service says nine email accounts including those belonging to the Labour party, the foreign ministry and defense ministry have been targeted by hackers belonging to APT29.
Cockrell Hill Police
January 26, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Police in Cockrell Hill, Texas admits in a press release to have lost years worth of evidence after the department's server was infected with ransomware.
City of Troy
February 2, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Troy computer system is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Linking County
January 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Linking County servers are targeted by a ransomware infection.
D.C. Police
January 27, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump's inauguration, forcing major citywide reinstallation efforts.
County websites of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
January 24, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Websites of the Democratic Party in the Wisconsin area are hacked by alleged Russian Hackers.
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
January 27, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) investigate a computer security breach at the Australian Synchrotron that saw hackers steal scientists' usernames and passwords.
Swedish Armed Forces
January 25, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that Sweden's armed forces were recently exposed to an extensive cyber attack that prompted them to shut down an the Caxcis IT system, used in military exercises.
Polish Foreign Ministry
January 30, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reveals that the hack against the Polish Foreign Ministry that occurred in December was probably orchestrated by APT28.
