U.K. Politicians
October 3, 2022
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
The current mobile phone number of the U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is being sold online, similarly the mobile phone numbers for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, and 24 other members of the U.K. Cabinet are also accessible.
Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA)
October 3, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) says it is dealing with a cyberattack that has disrupted operations at the agency.
Mexican journalists and a human rights defender
October 2, 2022
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
An investigation reveals that Mexican journalists and a human rights defender investigating links between extrajudicial killings, drugs cartels, and the Mexican military, were infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
Government of Dagestan
October 6, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian-affiliated collective Phoenix claims to have conducted a DDoS attacks against the official website of the government of Dagestan. Phoenix justified their attacks with the anti-mobilization protests in the Republic of Dagestan.
Municipality of Rosignano Marittimo
October 5, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Rosignano Marittimo in Tuscany is hit with a ransomware attack.
Iran State TV
October 9, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers backing Iran's wave of women-led protests interrupt a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over the face of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Amnesty International Canada
October 6, 2022
•[ espionage, government ]
Amnesty International's Canadian branch has disclosed a security breach detected in early October and linked by cybersecurity firm Secureworks, who investigated the incident, to a threat group likely sponsored by China.
Colorado State Government
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Russian-speaking hackers from the KillNet collective claim responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states
City of Hamden
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Hamden reveals to have been hit with a cyber event.
City of Dunedin
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Dunedin announces that officials discovered a cybersecurity incident impacting its network.
Unnamed defense company
October 4, 2022
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI and National Security Agency (NSA), say it is likely that multiple government hacking groups had "long-term" access to the network of a defense company, exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to gain access remotely and compromise legitimate company accounts to access emails, meetings, and contacts belonging to other employees, via a custom data exfiltration tool, CovalentStealer.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
October 3, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
KillNet claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against US governmental sources for geospatial intelligence.
NJVC
September 29, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have breached the IT firm NJVC, which supports the federal government and the United States Department of Defense.
Ukrainian foreign intelligence service
September 26, 2022
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Russian hacker group RaHDIt posts the data of 1,500 employees of the Ukrainian foreign intelligence service.
German National Tourist Board
September 24, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Russia claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the official website for German tourism.
Swachhata Platform (swachhata.city)
September 29, 2022
•[ leak, government ]
A threat actor claims to have breached the Swachhata Platform and stolen 16 million records.
Poder Judicial de Chile
September 26, 2022
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Poder Judicial de Chile issues an alert about a computer virus.
Latvian funds management portal
September 25, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
NoName057(16) claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against a Latvian governmental service.
U.S. Treasury
October 1, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A U.S. Treasury official reveals that the organization countered a DDoS attack by the Pro-Russian group Killnet during October.
Mission Essential Group (MEG)
September 30, 2022
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The Mission Essential Group (MEG) files a notice of data breach after discovering that certain MEG email accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized party.
