Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 9, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense
December 9, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense.
City of Marieville
December 8, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Marieville is the apparent victim of a ransomware attack.
Dade City, FL
December 8, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Avaddon threat actors claim to have attacked the city of Dade City, FL.
OC Transpo My Alerts
December 7, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The City of Ottawa says that OC Transpo My Alerts subscribers may have had their email addresses and passwords compromised.
Texarkana Water Utility
December 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Texarkana Water Utility is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Bowie County
December 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack has affected city computers and caused outages across Bowie County.
Hoff van Twente
December 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The municipality of Hof van Twente has fallen to a ransomware attack.
Braunau am Inn
December 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The IT system of the municipality of Braunau am Inn was targeted by a cyberattack that encrypted all data on the servers.
Miller County
December 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack has affected city computers and caused outages across Miller County.
Leonardo S.p.A.
December 5, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Italian police have arrested two people for allegedly using malware to steal 10 GB of data from Leonardo S.p.A., an Italian defense contractor. One of the defendants used a USB key to infect 94 workstations between 2015 and 2017 .
Austrian Ministry of Health
December 4, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website of the Austrian Ministry of Health has gone offline after a flood of requests.
European Commission's Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
December 3, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers have targeted the European Commission's Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Unio as part of a campaign to collect information on COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
December 2, 2020
•[ leak, government ]
The Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications suffered a data breach in November.
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 2, 2020
•[ leak, government ]
The Estonian Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs suffered a data breach in November.
Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs
December 2, 2020
•[ leak, government ]
The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs suffered a data breach in November.
TransLink
December 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack by the Egregor threat actors has crippled the operations of TransLink, the public transportation agency of Vancouver, Canada.
U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
December 1, 2020
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) discloses that they suffered a data breach after falling for a phishing attack in December 2020.
Delaware County, PA
November 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
DoppelPaymer cybercriminals have attacked the network of Delaware County, PA government and are demanding $500,000 to free it up.
Nama Khoi Municipality
November 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape Province is struggling to restore IT systems that were hit by a Pysa ransomware attack last year. They started dumping data as proof without making a ransom demand first.
