Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
February 23, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's national police force, discloses that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting its networks.
Malawi Immigration Department
February 23, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Malawi government reportedly suspends issuing passports for the past two weeks due to what appears to be a ransomware attack on the immigration service's computer network.
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
February 19, 2024
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services discloses a data breach after thousands of patients' personal and health information was exposed in a phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees.
MV Behshad
February 15, 2024
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The U.S. conducts a cyberattack against MV Behshad, an Iranian military ship that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Goal is to prohibit the sharing of information with Houthi rebels.
DemandScience (formerly Pure Incubation)
February 15, 2024
•[ leak, government ]
The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from DemandScience, a B2B demand generation platform.
California Statewide Automated Welfare System
February 13, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The California Statewide Automated Welfare System discloses that more than 19,000 online accounts may have been accessed by threat actors for nearly a year.
Elector
February 12, 2024
•[ government, leak, technology ]
Researchers from Resecurity identify a data leak of 6,453,254 Israeli voter records due to the breach of Elector, an Israeli software application used to manage political campaigns.
Iraq Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC)
February 12, 2024
•[ leak, government ]
Researchers from Resecurity identify an individual who claimed to be selling a 21.58 database containing information about 24.3 million Iraqi citizens.
City of Coeur d'Alene
February 11, 2024
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The city of Coeur d'Alene announces it had detected malware in its computer network.
Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
February 9, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack on the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender forces the agency to shut down its computer network.
Dutch Ministry of Defence
February 9, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) of the Netherlands revels that a Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence and deployed the COATHANGER malware on compromised devices exploiting the CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability targeting Fortinet devices.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
February 5, 2024
•[ leak, espionage, government ]
A government source reveals that classified Japanese diplomatic documents were leaked after a Chinese cyberattacks on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Pennsylvania’s court system
February 4, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Pennsylvanias court system is hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and experiences disruptions.
Multiple government agencies in the Philippines
February 2, 2024
•[ espionage, government ]
Government agencies in the Philippines announce they had repelled a cyberattack from threat actors suspected to be based in China.
Municipality of Germantown
February 2, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Tennessee's Germantown announces a ransomware attack.
Ukrainian military
February 2, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Securonix reveal the details of the STEADY#URSA campaign, an ongoing operation carried on by the russia-linked APT group Shuckworm (aka Gamaredon, and Primitive Bear, targeting the Ukrainian military with a new PowerShell backdoor called Subtle-Paws
Municipality of Korneuburg
February 2, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Korneuburg in Austria says it was hit by a LockBit ransomware attack, leading to funerals reportedly being canceled and the town hall informing residents its staff can only be reached via telephone.
Municipality of Sant Antoni de Portmany
February 1, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Municipality of Sant Antoni de Portmany in the Island of Ibiza, suffers a ransomware attack.
Unnamed Lincoln Project vendor
February 1, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The anti-Donald Trump super PAC Lincoln Project discloses to have lost $35,000 to a business email compromise (BEC) scam.
Regione Basilicata
January 29, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The local region of Basilicata in Italy suffers a ransomware attack.
