Development Foundation of Armenia
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Turkish hackers continue to target Armenian websites. The list of the targets involved in the latest spree of attacks includes the official website of the Development Foundation of Armenia and the official website of the Civil Service Council of Armenia.
Kansas Department of Commerce
July 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A security breach in the Kansas Department of Commerce exposes millions of Social Security numbers from people across 10 states to hackers. Many other accounts are also attacked.
South Carolina's Voter Registration System
July 16, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
According to a post-election report by the South Carolina State Election Commission, South Carolina's voter registration system was reportedly hit by almost 150,000 hack attempts on Election Day 2016.
Macron Campaign
July 27, 2017
•[ espionage, social, government ]
Reuters reveals that Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas.
UK Parliament
June 23, 2017
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Up to 90 email accounts are compromised amid a brute-force cyber-attack on UK Parliament.
Illinois State Board of Elections
June 22, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
New details emerge about the alleged hacks before the 2016 elections. Ken Menzel, general counsel of the State Board of Elections, reveals that nearly 90,000 records containing personal information were accessed by Russian hackers, with 90 percent of those records containing some kind of personal information.
Election systems in 21 US states
June 21, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during her testimony before a Senate panel, reveals that Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 US states during last year's campaign.
Col. Richard Downie
June 20, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Col. Richard Downie (ret.), the former director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies at the National Defense University. He worked on the 2014 presidential campaign of Juan Carlos Navarro.
U.S. Electoral System
June 13, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
New investigations reveal that Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
US Department of Defense
May 18, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Times report suggests that Russia may have used Twitter as a tool of international espionage: agents of the Russian government could have sent malware-laced Twitter messages to more than 10,000 employees of the US Department of Defense.
Argentinian Army Website
June 19, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Argentina's army says that its website has been hacked and images purported to be of members of the Islamic State militant group were posted on it.
Montenegro
June 6, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Security firm FireEye reveals the details of a wave of attacks targeting Montenegro using spear-phishing, after its decision to join NATO.
Ismael Borquez
May 26, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
Griselda Triana
May 25, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR)
April 29, 2017
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection affecting servers belonging to the Virginia State Police (VSP) shuts down the department's email system, along with its ability to update the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR).
Two German think tanks with ties to Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD)
April 26, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
Trend Micro reveals that Kremlin-linked Fancy Bear hackers targeted two German think tanks with ties to Angela Merkel's ruling coalition parties Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Emmanuel Macron
April 25, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
The same reports reveals that French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was targeted by APT28.
Unnamed military contractor
May 15, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
TrapX reveals to have repelled an attack against an unnamed military contractor carried on by Iranian hackers using a Russian Toolset.
Timr Municipality
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with thedecryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
Ukrainian Soldiers
May 11, 2017
•[ social, government ]
Ukrainian soldiers are hit by an ongoing campaign of propaganda-texting. The campaign is attributed to Russian forces equipped with cell site simulators (IMSI-catchers).
