Grand Est
February 13, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Grand Est region is hit with a ransomware attack.
Palm Beach county's election office
February 12, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
It is reported that Palm Beach election office had its computer systems infected and encrypted by ransomware just weeks before the 2016 US presidential elections.
North Miami Beach Police Department
February 4, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The North Miami Beach Police Department determines to have been impacted by ransomware.
Port Lavaca
February 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Port Lavaca City Hall is hit with a Ryuk ransomware attack,
Undisclosed state-level voter registration and information site
February 4, 2020
•[ ddos, government ]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of a potential DDoS attack that targeted a state-level voter registration and information site.
US Department of Defense (DOD)
January 31, 2020
•[ financial, malware, government ]
A security researcher discovers a cryptocurrency-mining botnet inside a web server operated by the US Department of Defense (DOD).
Hassan Sarbakhshian
January 30, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Iranian state-backed threat actor Charming Kitten impersonated prominent journalists and sent targets fake interview requests in order to steal their credentials and send them malware. Among the victims is Hassan Sarbakhshian, an Iranian photojournalist who received a fake message from Farnaz Fassihi, an Iranian-American journalist.
City of Potsdam
January 24, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Potsdam severs the administration servers' Internet connection following a ransomware attack carried out exploiting the CVE-2019-1978 vulnerability.
Belvidere City Hall
January 31, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Belvidere City Hall is the victim of a cyber attack.
Official website of the Greek National Police
January 24, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A new DDoS attack hits the official state websites of the Greek prime minister, the national police and fire service and other ministries.
City of Racine
January 31, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Racine is hit with a ransomware attack that knocks most of its non-emergency computer services offline.
Grundy County Courthouse
January 30, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Grundy County Courthouse experiences a "cybersecurity breach".
Relative of Azadeh Shafiee
January 30, 2020
•[ espionage, social, phishing ]
The Iranian state-backed threat actor Charming Kitten impersonated prominent journalists and sent targets fake interview requests in order to steal their credentials and send them malware. One of the fake messages was from Azadeh Shafiee, an anchor for London-based broadcaster Iran International, that attempted to target one of her relatives.
Volusia County Public Library
January 21, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
600 staff and public access computers were taken down at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches from Daytona Beach, Florida, following a cyberattack that started around 7 AM on January 9.
Georgia election server (Center for Election Systems at Kennesaw State University)
January 16, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Forensic evidence shows signs that a Georgia election server may have been hacked ahead of the 2016 and 2018 elections by someone who exploited Shellshock.
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
January 14, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is "hacked by an outside source"
Town of Colonie
January 15, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Albany County town of Colonie is hit by a cyber-attack that takes the town's computer system and email offline.
US municipal government
January 8, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The FBI says that also a US municipal government was breached via the CVE-2019-11510 Pulse Secure VPN flaw.
Kuwait State News Agency
January 8, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Kuwait state news agency says its Twitter was hacked to spread misinformation about US withdrawal.
Tillamook County
January 22, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Tillamook County is hit by a ransomware attack.
