US Senate
January 12, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro reveal that the state sponsored hackers behind APT28 (AKA Pawn Storm AKA Fancy Bear) targeted the US Senate in mid-2017).
Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department
December 15, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
500 computers from Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department are quarantined after ransomware is detected in the network.
United States Olympic Committee
January 10, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
APT28 AKA Pawn Storm AKA Fancy Bear publish a set of apparently stolen emails purportedly belong to officials from the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and third-party groups associated with the organizations.
Brazil
December 2, 2017
•[ leak, government ]
The Anonymous leak some topology data belonging to Brazilian public sector.
Sacramento Regional Transit system
November 19, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Sacramento Regional Transit system is hit by destructive ransomware, and the attackers threaten to do more damages if the SacRT doesn't pay them the equivalent of $8,000 in bitcoins.
Montgomery County, IL
November 17, 2017
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reported that much of the county's computer system went down last week due to what it is calling a malware incident.
Road Sign near North Central Expressway in Dallas
December 8, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A traffic sign near North Central Expressway in Dallas is hacked and defaced with an obscene message against the President of United States Donald Trump and his voters.
Mad River Township Fire and EMS station
December 4, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Mad River Township Fire and EMS station has all its data encrypted by ransomware.
Israel
December 8, 2017
•[ leak, hack, government ]
In name of #OpIsrael and #OpUSA, hacktivists from the Anonymous Collective leak online names, emails, and passwords of Israeli public employees and share a list of US government sites to target, calling on action against them.
Village of Nashotah
December 7, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Village of Nashotah pays an unidentified hacker a $2,000 ransom to decrypt its computer system after a hack in late November.
Mecklenburg County
December 4, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte and surrounding areas, is hit with ransomware and struggles to get its systems back online ever since. In the meantime, county officials are forced to revert to paper systems.
Italian government
November 11, 2017
•[ leak, phishing, government ]
The Anonymous collective publishes some internal documents stolen from the email accounts of some government employees.
North Korean Radio station on 6400kHz
November 9, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A North Korean radio station is reportedly hijacked by an unknown hacker to play the 1980's hit song "The Final Countdown". The short-wave radio station, 6400kHz is known to be used by Pyongyang to transmit secret codes.
Prince Albert Police homepage
November 8, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from Team System Dz deface the Prince Albert Police homepage and leave the message "I love Islamic State".
City of Spring Hill
November 8, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Spring Hill, Tennessee is hit by a ransomware attack. The attackers demand a $250,000 ransom.
Midland County
October 27, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Midland County District Attorney warns residents after their third-party payment system is hacked.
Czech Statistical Office (CSU)
October 21, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Two websites run by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) are taken offline after a DDoS attack tries to disrupt reporting of the country's parliamentary elections.
Sweden Transport Administration (Trafikverket)
October 11, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A DDoS attack targets the Sweden Transport Administration (Trafikverket)
national-lottery
September 30, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Camelot reveals that a DDoS attack took down the website of the National Lottery.
John Kelly's personal cellphone
October 5, 2017
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.
