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.
National Treasury Management Agency
February 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
The National Treasury Management Agency temporarily suspends access to its website for several hours today after a suspected defacement attack.
Austrian Parliament
February 7, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Austria's parliament says that a Turkish hackers' group dubbed Aslan Neferler Tim (ANT), or Lion Soldiers Team has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brought down its website for 20 minutes during the weekend.
Police Security Service
February 4, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A threat actor targeted the computer networks of the Norwegian government: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army, a nuclear radiation protection agency, and a parliamentary group.
Norwegian Labour Party
February 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Norway's security service says nine email accounts including those belonging to the Labour party, the foreign ministry and defense ministry have been targeted by hackers belonging to APT29.
Tiverton Town Council
February 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
John Vanderwolfe, a town clerk wipes council documents dating back to 2015 after mistakenly opening an email containing a ransomware malware.
City of Troy
February 2, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Troy computer system is the victim of a ransomware attack.
