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.
Ukrainian foreign intelligence service
September 26, 2022
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Russian hacker group RaHDIt posts the data of 1,500 employees of the Ukrainian foreign intelligence service.
Latvian funds management portal
September 25, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
NoName057(16) claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against a Latvian governmental service.
German National Tourist Board
September 24, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous Russia claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the official website for German tourism.
Reidville Fire Department
September 23, 2022
•[ financial, hack, government ]
Attackers allegedly steal over $8,000 in paychecks following an email hack from the Reidville Fire Department.
Argentina's Ministry of Economy
September 22, 2022
•[ hack, financial, government ]
The Everest group claims to have hacked the Argentina's Ministry of Economy and puts on sale the access to its network.
Government Organizations in India
September 22, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Researchers from CloudSEK discover a new campaign by a group of Bangladeshi hacktivists targeting multiple government organizations in India.
Hampton Public Library
September 21, 2022
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Hampton Public Library is hacked, redirecting people to an adult retail store website.
Government of Brazil
September 20, 2022
•[ ransomware, leak, malware ]
The Everest ransom group adds the Government of Brazil to their leak site, claiming they got their hands on the access of gov.br network, a government services website, and stole 3TB of sensitive data.
Several websites in Iran, including for the central bank and the national government portal and state-owned media sites
September 20, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Hacktivists from the Anonymous collective claim to be behind attacks on several websites affiliated with the Iranian government amid protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
Wagner group
September 19, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
The hacktivist group known as the Ukraine IT Army publishes a screenshot that showed the group hacked into a website allegedly linked to the Wagner group.
Polish tax portal
September 18, 2022
•[ financial, ddos, government ]
NoName057(16) claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against a Polish financial state service.
