admin
June 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker calling himself Vigilance hacks a database belonging to the Minnesota state government, and steals about 1,400 email addresses and passwords.
Col. Richard Downie
June 20, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Col. Richard Downie (ret.), the former director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies at the National Defense University. He worked on the 2014 presidential campaign of Juan Carlos Navarro.
Argentinian Army Website
June 19, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Argentina's army says that its website has been hacked and images purported to be of members of the Islamic State militant group were posted on it.
U.S. Electoral System
June 13, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
New investigations reveal that Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
Montenegro
June 6, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Security firm FireEye reveals the details of a wave of attacks targeting Montenegro using spear-phishing, after its decision to join NATO.
Road Sign in Houston
May 30, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Someone hacks a road sign in Houston with a message against Donald Trump.
Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments
May 26, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments computer network is hacked and more than 200,000 records in are compromised.
Ismael Borquez
May 26, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
Griselda Triana
May 25, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Ismael Borquez, the director of R Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
US Department of Defense
May 18, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Times report suggests that Russia may have used Twitter as a tool of international espionage: agents of the Russian government could have sent malware-laced Twitter messages to more than 10,000 employees of the US Department of Defense.
Andres Villarreal
May 17, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Andres Villarreal, a journalist at R'o Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
Unnamed military contractor
May 15, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
TrapX reveals to have repelled an attack against an unnamed military contractor carried on by Iranian hackers using a Russian Toolset.
Timr Municipality
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with thedecryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
Ukrainian Soldiers
May 11, 2017
•[ social, government ]
Ukrainian soldiers are hit by an ongoing campaign of propaganda-texting. The campaign is attributed to Russian forces equipped with cell site simulators (IMSI-catchers).
City of Fitchburg
May 2, 2017
•[ leak, government ]
Fitchburg, Mass. city officials report that the Social Security numbers of 1,800 residents were compromised during a data breach that was discovered on April 14, but took place more than three years ago.
Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR)
April 29, 2017
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection affecting servers belonging to the Virginia State Police (VSP) shuts down the department's email system, along with its ability to update the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Children Registry (SOR).
Danish Ministry of Defense
April 27, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Denmark's Defense Intelligence Service says in a report that the Danish Ministry of Defense has had its emails hacked over the last two years. The hack has been attributed to Fancy Bear.
Two German think tanks with ties to Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD)
April 26, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
Trend Micro reveals that Kremlin-linked Fancy Bear hackers targeted two German think tanks with ties to Angela Merkel's ruling coalition parties Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD).
City of Newark
April 25, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack hits some municipal computers in New Jersey's most populous city, Newark.
Emmanuel Macron
April 25, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
The same reports reveals that French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was targeted by APT28.
