East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
April 3, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is hit with a ransomware attack. The Medusa group claims responsibility.
Unnamed Philippines-based military company
April 3, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
China-linked APT used EggStreme (fileless, DLL-sideloaded) to persist on hosts at a Philippine military firm; EggStremeAgent backdoor + Keylogger enabled reconnaissance, lateral movement, and data theft; activity observed since early 2024; initial access unknown; attribution to a specific group not made.
Jackson County
April 2, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Jackson County, Missouri, declares a state of emergency and closes key offices indefinitely as it responds to what officials believe is a ransomware attack that has made some of its IT systems inoperable.
New York City Automated Personnel System, Employee Self Service (known as NYCAPS/ESS)
March 31, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The city of New York took its payroll website partially offline for the last nine days in response to a recent phishing scheme targeting city employees
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
March 29, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Threat actors break into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
United Nations Development Programme
March 27, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigates a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data. The 8Base ransomware operation claims responsibility for the attack.
Gilmer County
March 26, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The government of Gilmer County in Georgia posts a notice on its website warning that a ransomware attack was affecting its ability to provide services to its more than 30,000 residents.
Department of State employees and annuitants
March 25, 2024
•[ social, government ]
The State Departments oversight office warns current and former employees to be cautious of a fraudulent scheme targeting workers payroll accounts.
City of St. Cloud
March 25, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of St. Cloud says it discovered a ransomware attack affecting city services.
City of Jacksonville Beach
March 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Jacksonville Beach is hit with a LockBit ransomware attack.
Tarrant County Appraisal District
March 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Tarrant County Appraisal District suffers a ransomware attack. Approximately two weeks later the Medusa ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack,
Henry County
March 18, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Henry County is hit with a Medusa ransomware attack
Individuals in the U.S.
March 18, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that scammers are impersonating its employees to steal thousands of dollars from Americans.
Russian systems involved in the presidential elections
March 17, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Roskomnadzor, the Russian watchdog agency records a significant number of DDoS attacks on the Russian systems involved in the presidential elections.
City of Pensacola
March 16, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The city government of Pensacola, Florida, is dealing with widespread phone outages due to a cyberattack announced over the weekend.
Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA)
March 15, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) is hit by the BlackByte ransomware group.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
March 15, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) discloses that a cyberattack in February led to the compromise of 11 email accounts.
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.