Ministry of Economy and Finance of Panama
September 11, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
MEF reported a malware incident on one workstation and containment with no impact to core platforms; INC Ransom simultaneously claimed an intrusion and >1.5 TB data theft with proof-of-hack samples. Extent of breach remains unconfirmed.
Campaign of Denis Pasler
September 10, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
United Russia said a DDoS knocked the Pasler campaign site offline late Sept 10; local media confirmed downtime overnight/morning. Residents also received mass SMS urging votes for Pasler, which the party disowned; observers advised not to follow suspicious links. No data theft
Independent film makers
May 21, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
While detained in May 2025, filmmakers phones were allegedly infected with FlexiSPY; forensic analysis ties installation to police custody (May 21). Devices were returned July 10. CPJ/Citizen Lab publicly detailed findings on Sept 1012; The Standard reported the allegations Sept 10.
Government of Canada
March 8, 2025
•[ hack, social, phishing ]
A software-update vulnerability at MFA provider 2Keys allowed access to contact data for federal service users (CRA/ESDC phone numbers; CBSA emails) authenticating between Aug 315, 2025; attacker sent phishing SMS to some numbers; government deems no further sensitive data accessed.
City of Stockholm
August 25, 2025
•[ leak, government ]
Vendor Miljdata was breached, exposing PII (names, personal ID numbers, phone, email, employment IDs) for >40,000 City of Stockholm employees; detected late August; disclosed Sept 9; authorities and Truesec investigating; protected-identity individuals not included
Government of Pakistan
August 9, 2025
•[ leak, government ]
A leak of sensitive personal data of thousands of Pakistanis including government officials; data includes identity cards, mobile phone addresses, call logs, travel details; being sold online; probe ordered.
Parliament of Aruba
July 25, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
Parliamentary email systems in Aruba were hacked in late July 2025, compromising official accounts. The attack affected email communications but did not disrupt broader parliamentary operations. No attribution or data theft has been confirmed.
Joint Court of Justice (Dutch Caribbean)
July 23, 2025
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection on July 23, 2025 forced the shutdown of the Joint Court of Justices entire IT network across six islands. Judicial case management, filings, and email were fully disrupted until restoration began around July 28. No group has claimed responsibility; no data exfiltration confirmed.
Curaçao Tax & Customs Administration
July 24, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware attack on July 24, 2025 encrypted and paralyzed systems of Curaaos Tax & Customs Administration, disabling counters, phone lines, and internal operations. Online tax filing remained active. Services restored by August 4. No perpetrator identified; no data exfiltration reported.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
August 29, 2025
•[ hack, insider, misconfiguration ]
DHS revealed on Aug 29, 2025 that a threat actor gained unauthorized access to FEMAs IT systems by exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities, outdated protocols, and lack of multi-factor authentication. No citizen data was stolen or exfiltrated. As a result, 24 FEMA IT employees, including the CIO and CISO, were terminated for negligence in cybersecurity oversight.
Multiple diplomatic and international organizations (particpating in Gaza peace talks)
June 1, 2025
•[ espionage, social, phishing ]
Homeland Justice, an Iranian MOIS-linked group, compromised an Omani Embassy email account and used it to deliver spear-phishing attachments to diplomats and international mediators engaged in Gaza ceasefire negotiations. This was an espionage operation with no service disruption reported. ~72K+ malicious Word emails sent via spear-phishing from a compromised Omani Embassy in Paris account; targeted Egyptian officials, U.S. and Qatari mediators, and organizations such as UN, UNICEF, World Bank, and African Union during Gaza ceasefire talks
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
August 11, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware attack encrypted and paralysed core systems at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney Generalincluding archived emails, files, internal case systems, phone lines, and websitecausing full disruption for approximately three weeks. No data exfiltration reported. No identified perpetrator. Attack began August 11, 2025; reported August 29, 2025.
Ingonyama Trust Board
June 1, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
On June 1, 2025, the NightSpire ransomware group attacked the Ingonyama Trust Board in South Africa, stealing around 30 GB of potentially sensitive organizational data. Reports confirm exfiltration but no encryption or disruption of systems. The incident became public on August 29, 2025.
Lycoming County Department of Public Safety
August 12, 2025
•[ ransomware, government ]
Drivers license numbers and other PII were exfiltrated from the Lycoming County Department of Public Safety during a ransomware attack detected on August 12, 2025. Officials confirmed cyber criminals stole data but have not reported any encryption. The number of affected individuals remains undisclosed.
City of Greenville (TX)
August 5, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Hackers deployed ransomware targeting Greenvilles server infrastructure, affecting city services and utility billing in Hunt County; emergency 911 was unaffected, and no personal data breach has been reported.
Government entities (36, Central Asia & APAC)
May 1, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, malware ]
Phishing lures and Telegram botbased malware were used by the ShadowSilk cluster to compromise 36 government entities across Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region between May and July 2025. The campaign focused on espionage, enabling unauthorized access and data theft, and was publicly reported in August 2025 by The Hacker News.
Government, tech, academic & telecom entities; global
August 22, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
CrowdStrike reports that multiple Chinese-linked groupsMurky Panda, Genesis Panda, and Glacial Pandahave exploited vulnerabilities (e.g., Citrix CVE-2023-3519, Commvault CVE-2025-3928) to deploy the CloudedHope malware for covert espionage against cloud, telecom, government, tech, academic, legal, and professional services organizations worldwide.
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
August 24, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
Cybersecurity incident led MTA to take Mobility paratransit scheduling, real-time tracking, and call center systems offline as a precaution. Core transit services continued to run. Specific cause and i
Luzerne County Government
July 1, 2025
•[ hack, government ]
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania reported a data breach in July 2025 after discovering unauthorized access to county servers. Investigation suggests personal and possibly financial data were exposed, though no service disruption or encryption was reported.
Gosuslugi (Russian e-Government Portal)
August 20, 2025
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Gosuslugi, Russias national e-government portal, was hit by a large-scale DDoS attack in August 2025, causing temporary outages and degraded access to online public services. Authorities reported no compromise of personal data or backend systems.
