Government of Palau
March 15, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The government of Palau is hit with an alleged ransomware attack by the LockBit and DragonForce ransomware gangs.
City of Birmingham
March 15, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, experiences outages limiting government services more than a week after a network disruption forced officials to switch to cash transactions and to take other temporary actions.
New Mexico Administrative Office of the District Attorneys
March 14, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The New Mexico Administrative Office of the District Attorneys is hit with a ransomware attack.
Alabama State Government websites
March 13, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan claims credit for a cyberattack that disrupts Alabama state government.
France Travail
March 13, 2024
•[ leak, government ]
France Travail, formerly known as Ple Emploi, warns that threat actors breached its systems and may leak or exploit personal details of an estimated 43 million individuals.
South African Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA)
March 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The LockBit ransomware gang says it was behind an attack on South Africas government workers pension fund last month, which has hampered the organizations operations and disrupted pension payments.
French government agencies
March 11, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
A number of French government agencies are hit by intense cyberattacks
Lithuania
March 8, 2024
•[ espionage, government ]
A report published by Lithuanian security services warne that China has escalated its espionage operations against Lithuania.
City of Hamilton
March 6, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Hamilton is still recovering from a ransomware attack that has affected nearly every facet of government functions.
Russia
March 6, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
As Russia prepares for its presidential election, its systems are reportedly being targeted by massive cyberattacks, according to local authorities.
South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
March 6, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Sensitive data on businesses and individuals in South Africa is at risk after a cyberattack on the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) agency.
Canada's FINTRAC
March 5, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Canadas financial intelligence agency FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) announces pulling its corporate systems offline due to a cyber incident that struck over the weekend.
Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony)
March 4, 2024
•[ espionage, government ]
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony) and stole sensitive documents.
Fair Vote Canada
March 2, 2024
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
In March 2024, the Canadian national citizens' campaign for proportional representation Fair Vote Canada suffered a data breach. The incident was attributed to "a well-meaning volunteer" who inadvertently exposed data from 2020 which included 134k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and, for some individuals, date and amount of a donation.
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.
Inflite – The Jet Centre Ltd (MoD travel subcontractor)
March 1, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Unauthorized access to contractor email accounts handling MoD Afghan resettlement flights exposed personal data of ~3,700 people. No encryption, no leak observed, actor unknown. Disclosed Aug 16, 2025.
Chunghwa Telecom
February 29, 2024
•[ espionage, leak, government ]
The Taiwan ministry of national defense says that threat actors stole sensitive information including military and government documents from Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwans largest telecom company and sold it on the dark web.
Multiple organizations in the U.S.
February 29, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies CISA, FBI, and MS-ISAC warn of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities.
Municipality of Bjuv
February 27, 2024
•[ ransomware, government ]
The Akira ransomware group threatens to leak nearly 200GB of stolen data from Bjuv Municipalitys systems.
Los Angeles Airport
February 24, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
IntelBroker claims to have breached the database of the Los Angeles Airport, exploiting a vulnerability in the CRM system, and resulting in the compromise of 2.5 million records of plane owners.
