Bulgarian Justice Ministry
October 15, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Pro-Russian hackers from the Killnet collective take down some Bulgarian government websites: the presidential administration, the Defense Ministry, the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, and the Constitutional Court.
Ministry of Justice of Moldova
October 15, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Russian Hackers Team claims to have conducted DDoS attacks against five Moldovan institutions.
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD).
October 13, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
New Mexico's Cybersecurity Office investigates an unauthorized access to the information systems at the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD).
Indianapolis Housing Agency
October 12, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The Indianapolis Housing Agency is hit with a cyber attack.
Lviv Chamber of Commerce
October 12, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Russian hacktivists from the Cyber Army claim to have hacked the websites of the Lviv Chamber of Commerce.
Prince George Airport
October 12, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Russian Hackers Team claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the website of a Canadian airport.
Municipality of Belen
October 11, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Belen in Costa Rica is hit with a Karakurt ransomware attack.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
October 10, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The pro-Russian hacktivist group 'KillNet' claims large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against websites of several major airports in the U.S., making them unaccessible.
Iran State TV
October 9, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers backing Iran's wave of women-led protests interrupt a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over the face of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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.