Resort Municipality of Whistler
January 5, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is reporting that its municipal website, whistler.ca, has been breached.
Queensland EWN
January 5, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A hacker gains unauthorized access to the Queensland EWN, or Early Warning Network, and used it to send a spam alert via SMS, landline, and email to the company's subscribers.
Victorian government
January 1, 2019
•[ leak, phishing, government ]
The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants have been stolen in a data breach, after part of the Victorian Government directory was downloaded by an unknown party after an employee's email account is compromised.
NASA
December 18, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
NASA alerts its employees of a possible compromise of NASA servers containing personally identifiable information. The breach was discovered on October 23, and affects NASA Civil Service employees from July 2006 through October 2018.
Contractors working for the US Navy
December 14, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
According to a new report, classified military information including missile plans have been stolen from contractors working for the US Navy by hackers linked to China.
French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
December 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The personal information of 540,563 individuals is stolen from an emergency contact database after the website of the French Ministry of Europe, and Foreign Affairs is hacked.
Click2Gov
December 18, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
According to a new report published by Gemini Advisory, in the wake of the Click2Gov breach, at least 294,929 payment records have been compromised in 46 U.S. cities and sold in the Dark Web.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
December 4, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Politico reveals that the emails of top NRCC officials were hacked in a major 2018 attack that occurred in April.
Town of Christiansburg
November 29, 2018
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The information of 900 people of Christiansburg is compromised in a phishing scam.
City of Topeka
December 7, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Another possible Click2Gov breach: Topeka's third-party payment vendor is breached possibly exposing the personal information of about 10,000 residents.
Czech Ministry of Defense
December 3, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS) says that two Russian-linked cyber-espionage groups have hacked into the Czech Republic's government networks during 2016 and 2017.
Ames Parking Ticket Payment System
November 30, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The data breach to Click2Gov online payment system might have exposed information on 4,600 people who used Ames, Iowa, online ticket payment system between Aug. 10 to Nov. 19, 2018.
Moscow Ropeway (MKD)
November 28, 2018
•[ ransomware, government ]
One day after opening to the general public, Moscow's first-ever cable car is forced to shut down after a reported ransomware cyberattack.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
December 19, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
A report by Area 1 Security reveals that a successful phishing attack on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, an EU member nation, compromised the diplomatic communication network for the European Union (COREU).
California Department of Consumer Affairs
December 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The California Department of Consumer Affairs suffers a malware attack, affecting workstations and disrupting computer networks.
Schenectady County
December 13, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Schenectady County, shuts down its government website after a cyberattack via malware.
Ramsey County Social Services
December 11, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
A cyber attack on the Ramsey County Social Services, occurred in August, may have compromised hundreds of clients' private health information.
North Bend
December 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of North Bend is hit by a ransomware attack which temporarily locks out city workers from their computers and databases.
Italian certified email accounts
November 14, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Unknown hackers gain access to thousands of Italian certified email accounts, including those of magistrates and security officials.
worldwish
November 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Unknown attackers compromise worldwish.org, a website managed by a charitable organization, and implant the CoinIMP Javascript miner.
