City of St. Cloud
March 25, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of St. Cloud says it discovered a ransomware attack affecting city services.
Tarrant County Appraisal District
March 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Tarrant County Appraisal District suffers a ransomware attack. Approximately two weeks later the Medusa ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack,
Henry County
March 18, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Henry County is hit with a Medusa ransomware attack
City of Pensacola
March 16, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The city government of Pensacola, Florida, is dealing with widespread phone outages due to a cyberattack announced over the weekend.
Various election-related sites and two political parties in the Netherlands
June 6, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Researchers from Cloudflare report to have mitigated at least three distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack waves on various election-related sites in the Netherlands, as well as several political parties; PVV (Party for Freedom) and FvD (Forum for Democracy). The hacktivist group known as 'HackNeT' took responsibility for the attacks.
Traverse City
June 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Traverse City is hit with a ransomware attack and shuts down the IT infrastructure.
City of Cleveland
June 11, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Cleveland, Ohio, is currently dealing with a cyberattack that has forced it to take citizen-facing services offline, including the public offices and facilities at Erieview and the City Hall. Few days later the city confirms a ransomware attack.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
June 21, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The Japanese space agency JAXA has been hit by a series of cyberattacks since it reported a cyber incident during November 2023.
Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center
June 24, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Indonesian National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) reveals that the Brain Cipher ransomware disrupted the Temporary National Data Center server, affecting the operations of 210 government institutions, including immigration services at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Dubai Municipality
June 5, 2024
•[ leak, government ]
Daixin Team adds the Dubai Municipality to its dark web leak site.
Ukrainian civil service officials and military personnel
June 4, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of a campaign targeting Ukrainian civil service officials and military personnel via the DarkCrystal RAT delivered through Signal.
Municipalities of Saint-Nazaire, Montoir-de-Bretagne, Donges, La Chapelle-des-marais and Pornichet
April 11, 2024
•[ ransomware, government ]
Five municipalities near the river Loire on the west coast of France are hit by a LockBit ransomware attack on their shared computer servers, leaving staff without the ability to access documents or get on with their work.
Department of State employees and annuitants
March 25, 2024
•[ social, government ]
The State Departments oversight office warns current and former employees to be cautious of a fraudulent scheme targeting workers payroll accounts.
City of Jacksonville Beach
March 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Jacksonville Beach is hit with a LockBit ransomware attack.
South African Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA)
March 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The LockBit ransomware gang says it was behind an attack on South Africas government workers pension fund last month, which has hampered the organizations operations and disrupted pension payments.
South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
March 6, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Sensitive data on businesses and individuals in South Africa is at risk after a cyberattack on the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) agency.
Russia
March 6, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
As Russia prepares for its presidential election, its systems are reportedly being targeted by massive cyberattacks, according to local authorities.
Multiple organizations in the U.S.
February 29, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies CISA, FBI, and MS-ISAC warn of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities.
City of Coeur d'Alene
February 11, 2024
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The city of Coeur d'Alene announces it had detected malware in its computer network.
Dutch Ministry of Defence
February 9, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) of the Netherlands revels that a Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence and deployed the COATHANGER malware on compromised devices exploiting the CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability targeting Fortinet devices.
