Tewkesbury Borough Council
September 5, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The Tewkesbury Borough Council shouts down its systems following a cyber attack.
North Miami City Hall
August 16, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
A cyber incident leaves the North Miami City Hall closed for nearly a week
The Heritage Foundation
July 11, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The hacktivist group SiegedSec claims responsibility for a data breach at the Heritage Foundation, stealing details of a potentially controversial Project 2025.
Clay County
July 11, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Clay County, Indiana files a local disaster declaration following a ransomware attack.
At least five Macau government websites
July 11, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
At least five Macau government websites are knocked offline by suspected foreign hackers for almost an hour.
National Public Data
December 1, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
The stolen data was said to include social security numbers, full names, family information, as well as current and previous addresses. USDoD, who acted as the middleman for the breach, was arrested by Brazilian authorities last week, but the threat actor responsible for stealing the data, referred to as SXUL is still at large.
Monroe County
July 8, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Monroe County is hit with a BlackSuit ransomware attack.
Solano County
July 3, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Nearly three months after a ransomware attack disrupted phone lines, computer services and Wi-Fi across Solano County's public libraries, systems are still down.
Polish Press Agency
May 31, 2024
•[ espionage, government ]
Polish prosecutors investigate a suspected Russian cyberattack on the countrys state news agency Polish Press Agency (PAP) spreading disinformation with fake news claiming the countrys authorities had announced a partial mobilization of 200,000 men who were to be sent to fight in a war in Ukraine.
City of Flint
August 14, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Phones and computers used by government workers in Flint, Michigan are facing outages due to a ransomware attack.
Biden-Harris campaign
August 1, 2024
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
The FBI is also investigating the alleged hack of the Biden-Harris campaign by threat actors from Iran
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign
August 1, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The FBI is investigating the alleged hack of former President Donald Trumps campaign, days after the campaign blamed Iran for a breach.
Florida’s Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
August 6, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Floridas Sumter County Sheriffs Office confirms that it experienced a Rhysida ransomware attack.
Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
August 1, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Israel-based hacktivists from the group WeRedEvils take credit for an ongoing internet outage in Iran.
Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute
July 15, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Cisco Talos reveal that a Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by the nation-state threat actors APT41 with ties to China, through a variety of backdoors and post-compromise tools like ShadowPad and Cobalt Strike.
German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
December 1, 2021
•[ espionage, government ]
German authorities say that a Beijing-backed threat actor was behind a cyberattack three years ago on the countrys state cartography agency, and summon the Chinese ambassador to Berlin for further discussions.
British Home Office
March 1, 2024
•[ espionage, government ]
Threat actors from APT29 working for Russias foreign intelligence service accessed corporate emails and data on individuals from the British government, after they breached Microsoft in January 2024.
Russia's Kursk Region
August 8, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Russia's Kursk region is hit by a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack amid Ukraines surprise cross-border incursion.
Dispatch centers in the Highland Lakes and across Central Texas
August 4, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A reported cyberattack disrupts 9-1-1 service at dispatch centers in the Highland Lakes and across Central Texas for over five hours.
City of Columbus
July 18, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Columbus, Ohio, says it's investigating whether personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack that disrupted the City's services. The attackers claimed to have stolen 6.5 terabytes of data, including personal information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and driver's license information of approximately 500,000 residents.
