Amnesty International Canada
October 6, 2022
•[ espionage, government ]
Amnesty International's Canadian branch has disclosed a security breach detected in early October and linked by cybersecurity firm Secureworks, who investigated the incident, to a threat group likely sponsored by China.
Government of Dagestan
October 6, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian-affiliated collective Phoenix claims to have conducted a DDoS attacks against the official website of the government of Dagestan. Phoenix justified their attacks with the anti-mobilization protests in the Republic of Dagestan.
City of Dunedin
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Dunedin announces that officials discovered a cybersecurity incident impacting its network.
City of Hamden
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Hamden reveals to have been hit with a cyber event.
Colorado State Government
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Russian-speaking hackers from the KillNet collective claim responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states
Municipality of Rosignano Marittimo
October 5, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Rosignano Marittimo in Tuscany is hit with a ransomware attack.
Administration of Krivoy Rog
October 5, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian-affiliated "People's CyberArmy" claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the website of a Ukrainian regional administration.
Unnamed defense company
October 4, 2022
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI and National Security Agency (NSA), say it is likely that multiple government hacking groups had "long-term" access to the network of a defense company, exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to gain access remotely and compromise legitimate company accounts to access emails, meetings, and contacts belonging to other employees, via a custom data exfiltration tool, CovalentStealer.
Government of Romania
October 4, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Russia claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the official website of the government of Romania.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
October 3, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
KillNet claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against US governmental sources for geospatial intelligence.
Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA)
October 3, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) says it is dealing with a cyberattack that has disrupted operations at the agency.
U.K. Politicians
October 3, 2022
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
The current mobile phone number of the U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is being sold online, similarly the mobile phone numbers for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, and 24 other members of the U.K. Cabinet are also accessible.
Mexican journalists and a human rights defender
October 2, 2022
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
An investigation reveals that Mexican journalists and a human rights defender investigating links between extrajudicial killings, drugs cartels, and the Mexican military, were infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
U.S. Treasury
October 1, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
A U.S. Treasury official reveals that the organization countered a DDoS attack by the Pro-Russian group Killnet during October.
Mission Essential Group (MEG)
September 30, 2022
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
The Mission Essential Group (MEG) files a notice of data breach after discovering that certain MEG email accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized party.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala
September 29, 2022
•[ leak, government ]
Threat actors calling themselves VSOP add the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala to their leak site.
Prefetura de Mimoso do Sul
September 29, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The Prefetura de Mimoso do Sul reports a cyber attack.
Swachhata Platform (swachhata.city)
September 29, 2022
•[ leak, government ]
A threat actor claims to have breached the Swachhata Platform and stolen 16 million records.
NJVC
September 29, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have breached the IT firm NJVC, which supports the federal government and the United States Department of Defense.
Poder Judicial de Chile
September 26, 2022
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Poder Judicial de Chile issues an alert about a computer virus.
