Air transport in Finland
February 10, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Finland's Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, issues a public announcement informing of an unusual spike in GPS interference near the country's eastern border.
Undetermined
February 1, 2022
•[ espionage, phishing, energy ]
Spear phishing email was sent to an employee of a Ukrainian energy organization containing malicious files that would download and install a payload known as SaintBot (a downloader) and OutSteel (a document stealer). The same threat actor group targeted a Western government entity in Ukraine, as well as several Ukrainian government organizations back in March 2021.
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
February 1, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Iran's national broadcasting channel is hacked and an anti-regime message is broadcast.
Senate of Argentina
January 27, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Vice Society encrypts network and threatens to leak data on their dark web portal.
French Ministry of Justice
January 27, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The French Ministry of Justice suffers a LockBit 2.0 ransomware attack.
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)
January 27, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB is briefly hijacked by the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran.
Puerto Rico's Senate
January 26, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Puerto Rico's Senate is targetted in a cyber attack disabling its internet and phone system as well as its official online page.
Washington Department of Licensing
January 24, 2022
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Washington Department of Licensing suffers data breach of its online portal compromising personal information of hundreds of thousands of licensed professionals.
City of Saint-Cloud
January 24, 2022
•[ hack, government ]
French city of Saint-Cloud is hit with cyber attack.
Global Affairs Canada
January 19, 2022
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Canadian government department for foreign and consular affairs suffers a cyber attack causing some services to shut down.
Polish Ministry of Defense
January 14, 2022
•[ espionage, government ]
Polish Ministry of National Defnse databases containing sensitive military information are compromised.
Pembroke Pines
January 13, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Florida town is victim of ransomware attack.
Boulder County
January 12, 2022
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Boulder County is able to recover the almost $238,000 it mistakenly sent to a fraudulent account after a phishing scam in September.
Bernalillo County
January 5, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Bernailillo County government is hit with a significant ransomware attack causing the closure of all public offices across Albuquerque, Los Ranchos, and Tijeras for multiple days.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
January 1, 2022
•[ leak, government ]
CDCR denies any wrongdoing
Senior officials at the European Commission
December 31, 2021
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Reuters reveals that senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with the NSO spy software.
New Zealand's e Parliamentary Counsel Office and Parliamentary Service
December 31, 2021
•[ espionage, government ]
The government of New Zealand reveals that the Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Parliamentary Service in 2021, suffered a cyber attack from the PRC state-sponsored group known as APT40.
