US Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center
September 14, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The personal information of around 46,000 veterans was exposed during a hack, the US Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday. One of the online apps for the VA Financial Services Center "was accessed by unauthorized users" who diverted payments that were meant to go to health care providers for veterans' medical treatment.
Brooklyn Defender Services
September 13, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
Brooklyn Defender Services has identified a data breach in which an unauthorized third-party gained access to some employees' email accounts.
Karachi police office
September 11, 2020
•[ ransomware, government ]
Hackers have hacked the computer system data of the Karachi Police Office Media Cell and demanded a ransom.
California Employment Development Department
September 10, 2020
•[ financial, hack, brute-force ]
The California Employment Development Department reveals that cyber criminals have been collecting credentials from breaches worldwide to fraudulently collect California unemployment benefits.
SKDKnickerbocker
September 10, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
SKDK, a campaign advisory firm working closely with Joe Biden's campaign is believed to have been targeted by Russian state-backed hackers.
The German Marshall Fund
September 10, 2020
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Strontium has targeted The German Marshall Fund of the United States, among other think-tanks, as part of a phishing campaign ahead of the 2020 election.
China's UK Ambassador Twitter account.
September 9, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Twitter account of China's Ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming,is hacked.
Hartford, CT
September 8, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Officials from the city of Hartford, Connecticut, were forced to postpone the first day of the new school calendar year after a ransomware infection impacted the city's IT network. The attack also impacted other city services.
Parisian court system
September 5, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Emotet malware has infected the computers on the network of the Parisian court system.
Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA)
September 4, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) loses $300,000 to a phishing scam.
Meteorological Service of New Zealand (Metservice)
September 2, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Meteorological Service of New Zealand (Metservice) is hit with a DDoS attack.
Georgian Ministry of Health
September 1, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
The Georgian Ministry of Health is the victim of a cyberattack. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the attack was executed on the territory of a neighboring country to steal data on the Russian nerve agent Novichok.
St. Louis County government website
September 1, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
St. Louis County government's information technology staff took down the county website on Sept. 1 after discovering attacks on its server designed to take control of the site, the IT director said Monday. They were able to respond to the threat before the hackers could succeed.
Norwegian Parliament
August 31, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has become the latest cyberattack victim, according to a statement released by administrative director Marianne Andreassen which states that the attackers targeted the Stortinget internal email systems. Norway has accused Russia of the hack.
PULAU Corporation
August 31, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
Defense supplier PULAU Corporation is notifying their employees about an intrusion and unauthorized access into parts of their network between June 11 and June 29.
New South Wales drivers
August 26, 2020
•[ leak, government ]
A data leak containing 54,000 scanned New South Wales (NSW) driver's licenses and various tolling notice statutory declarations was discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko last week.
Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI)
August 22, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
The Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), also known to be critical of the Indonesian government's coronavirus policies, is defaced.
Taiwan Government Ministries
August 19, 2020
•[ espionage, government ]
Chinese hackers have gained access to around 6,000 email accounts beloning to at least 10 Taiwan government agencies.
GEO Group
August 19, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The GEO Group, a company known for running private prisons and immigration detention centers in the US and other countries, says it suffered a ransomware attack over the summer.
GCKey
August 17, 2020
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted GCKey, a service that is used by some 30 federal departments, with credential stuffing.
