South African Justice Department
September 6, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware attack encrypts the entire network of the South African Justice Department making all electronic services unavailable.
Texas GOP website
September 12, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
The website of the Texas GOP is defaced in protest.
Dorcester County Government
September 9, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
Dorcester County Government is victim of unauthroized access to its email accounts.
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce
September 9, 2021
•[ leak, government ]
Tennessee area Chamber of Commerce suffers data breach, 77 GB of data is posted for sale.
New Zealand Post
September 8, 2021
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
New Zealand postal service is one of several organizations to suffer a coordinated DDOS attack.
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries
September 8, 2021
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
New Zealand government ministry is one of several organizations to suffer a coordinate DDOS attack.
CITY4U
September 7, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
Hacker claims to have stolen personal information of 7 million Israelis from the CITY4U website.
Evin prison (Tehran)
August 24, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivist group breaches Tehran prison complex video system and leaks videos showing extensive prisoner abuse.
Boston Public Library
August 25, 2021
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Boston Public Library System suffers a cyber attack causing a system-wide outage.
Twin Falls County, Idaho
August 12, 2021
•[ hack, malware, government ]
County in Idaho suffers a malware attack taking multiple departments offline for many days.
French Government Website
August 10, 2021
•[ leak, government ]
French government's visa website suffers a cyber attack exposing personal data of visa applicants.
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
August 3, 2021
•[ leak, government ]
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority suffers a data breach compromising personal information associated with employee health plans.
European Commission's Cybersecurity Atlas
August 2, 2021
•[ leak, government ]
The European Commission's Cybersecurity Atlas appears to be the victim of a cyberattack when its entire backend database is posted for sale on the dark web.
Lazio Region, Italy
August 1, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Region of Lazio suffers a ransomware attack that encrypts all files in its data center and disrupts its IT network, shutting down regional operations including the Covid-19 vaccination effort.
California Water and Wastewater System
August 1, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
California based WWS is hit with Ghost variant ransomware attack.
City of Thessaloniki
July 23, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Greece's second largest city suffers a ransomware attack shutting down online operations.
Transnet
July 22, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
Transnet, the state run operator of South African major ports and railways, suffers an unidentified cyberattack shutting down port operations.
City of Sunset Beach
July 21, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Sunset Beach, North Carolina suffers a series of ransomware attacks.
Tree Rivers Regional Commission
July 18, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Georgia regional planning organization suffers ransomware attack compromising personal information of 2,000 individuals.
U.S. State Department
July 15, 2021
•[ hack, government ]
It is reported that the U.S. State Department is hit by an undisclosed cyber attack.
