Iowa Veterans Home
April 21, 2017
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Iowa Veterans Home warns nearly 3,000 of data breach after phishing incident.
Sirens in Dallas
April 8, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A computer hack sets off all the emergency sirens in Dallas for about 90 minutes.
Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
•[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)
April 6, 2017
•[ espionage, government ]
Fidelis Cybersecurity reveals that ahead of the trade summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a nation-state hacking group conducted espionage on a number of key industry players and lobbyists with links to the talks.
Defense Integrated Data Center
April 5, 2017
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
North Korean hackers have reportedly accessed OPlan 5027, the secretive war-plans drawn up by South Korea and the United States, detailing how the allied military forces would respond to the outbreak of war in the region " including first strike targets and troop deployments.
German Bundeswehr (armed forces)
April 2, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The head of the German military's new cyber command, Lieutenant General Ludwig Leinhos, reveals that army computers were targeted hundreds of thousands of times in the first nine weeks of 2017.
Statistics Canada
March 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The Canadian government confirms that the Statistics Canada website is hacked and taken offline for over two days. In the aftermath of the cyberattack parts of the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) site is also reportedly taken offline by authorities as a precaution.
Mountain Home Water Department
March 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The servers of Mountain Home Water Department fall victim to a ransomware attack.
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats
March 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are hit by a ransomware attack that locks senators and employees out of their computer network.
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
February 28, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirms that the personal details more than 850 national servicemen and employees were stolen in a "targeted and well-planned" cyberattack earlier this month.
Luxembourg government servers
February 27, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Luxembourg government's servers are hit in a massive DDoS attack that lasts over 24 hours. The attack is believed to have affected over a hundred websites hosted by the government's servers.
Inland Revenue Department
February 25, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Thousands of Inland Revenue files are locked up after New Zealand's tax department becomes the target of a Cryptolocker attack in November.
Ohio state government websites
February 25, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #opUSA, hacktivists from the Anonymous collective take down some Ohio State websites.
Bingham County
February 17, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Hackers demand $25K-$30K after ransomware attack takes down Bingham County servers.
PharmaNet
February 15, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The personal information of approximately 7,500 British Columbians may have been compromised through the provincial government's PharmaNet system, when an "unknown/unauthorized person obtained and used a physician's login to access PharmaNet."
Unknown Organization
February 15, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The websites of the Montenegrin government and several state institutions, as well as some pro-government media, are targeted with multiple cyberattacks started since February 15th. Among the victims is the web portal of the Government of Montenegro (www.gov.me).
Emmanuel Macron
February 14, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
French front-runner Emmanuel Macron calls for the European Union to stand firm against Russia as his French election campaign is targeted by computer hackers. The Kremlin denies any allegations.
International Trade Union Confederation
February 14, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Amnesty International reveals the details of Operation Kingphish: a campaign of cyberattacks mainly targeting activists and journalists in Qatar and Nepal. One of the named victims is the International Trade Union Confederation.
Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
•[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA)
February 8, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
15,000 data files of Taiwanese nationals could have been hacked due to an intrusion in the email system.
