US Health Department
January 18, 2024
•[ financial, government ]
Threat actors stole about $7.5 million from the US Health Department, after accessing an HHS system that processes civilian grant payments.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000
January 18, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000, one of the largest unions in California, confirms that it is dealing with network disruptions due to a LockBit ransomware attack.
Several Government Websites in Switzerland
January 17, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A DDoS attack claimed by the pro-Russian group NoName057(16), temporarily disrupts access to a number of government websites, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskys visit to Davos.
CGI Federal
January 17, 2024
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Government Accountability Office warns of a breach resulting in the compromise of data associated with thousands of current and former employees. The attack was carried out exploiting the CVE-2023-22515 Atlassian vulnerability from one of its contractors, CGI Federal.
Indian Air Force
January 17, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Cyble uncover a new espionage campaign potentially targeting the Indian Air Force with the Go Stealer information-stealing malware.
Calvià City Council in Majorca
January 13, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Calvi City Council in Majorca announces to be targeted by a ransomware attack, which impacted municipal services. The attackers demand a 10M (approximately $11M) ransom.
X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
January 9, 2024
•[ hack, social, government ]
The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hacked to issue a fake announcement on the approval of Bitcoin ETFs on security exchanges.
Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mofa.gov.sa)
January 9, 2024
•[ leak, government ]
A threat actor named zelda leaks information on 1.4 million users of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mofa.gov.sa)
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
January 8, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The threat actor known as IntelBroker claims responsibility for a data breach targeting the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), containing. 5.8 million flight logs from the year 2015.
Ministry of Tourism
January 7, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The official websites of the Presidents office, Foreign Ministry, and Tourism Ministry in Maldives are taken down by a DDoS attack allegedly carried out by threat actors from China.
Bangladesh Election Commission
January 7, 2024
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
An official at the Bangladesh Election Commission claims that a cyberattack from Ukraine and Germany caused an election information app, Smart Election Management BD, to crash as voters went to the polls.
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB)
January 4, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino notifies nearly 19,000 people that their information was compromised in a June cyberattack.
Pays Fouesnantais
January 2, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
Pays Fouesnantais, a coastal township in Brittany in northwestern France, announces his municipal authority had been hit by a large-scale cyberattack that had taken down all of its community services.
England and Wales Cricket Board
January 1, 2024
•[ government ]
unknown
National Police Corps of the Netherlands
January 1, 2024
•[ hack, government ]
hacked
BelTA
December 31, 2023
•[ hack, government ]
Belarusian hacktivists from the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans collective shut down BelTA the country's leading state-owned media outlet, claiming they had wiped the main website servers and backups. The group claims its actions were retaliation against President Alexander Lukashenko's propaganda campaign.
Radioactive Waste Management
December 31, 2023
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Threat actors try to break into Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) using LinkedIn lures.
National Insurance Board (NIBTT)
December 24, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The National Insurance Board (NIBTT), a key government agency in Trinidad and Tobago that runs the nation's social security system, is hit with a ransomware attack that will limit its operations for at least the rest of the year.
Ohio Lottery
December 24, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Ohio Lottery is forced to shut down some key systems after a cyberattack affected an undisclosed number of internal applications on Christmas Eve. The DragonForce ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
