City of Torrance
April 21, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Torrance of the Los Angeles metropolitan area is hit by the DoppelPaymer Ransomware.
South African Department for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
April 15, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The South African Department for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities is the latest victim of a Zoom bombing attack.
New York State
April 12, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
New York State officials are investigating a breach of the state government computer network. The attack, discovered in late January, is believed to have originated outside of the United States.
Camden County
April 9, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Camden County, MO is the victim of a "sophisticated encryption attack".
Government of North Rhine-Westphalia
April 9, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The government of North Rhine-Westphalia, a province in western Germany, is believed to have lost tens of millions of euros through a phishing operation mimicking a website built to distribute COVID-19 aid.
San Francisco International Airport
April 7, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) discloses a data breach after two of its websites, SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com, were hacked during March 2020.
US government
April 3, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Criminals disrupt a Zoom meeting held at the highest levels of the US government, despite warnings against using the software.
World Health Organization (WHO)
April 2, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Hackers working in the interests of the Iranian government have sent phishing emails masquerading as Google web services to WHO employees, attempting to gain access to internal information.
Indian State Tax Office
March 26, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker having the handle "Bassterlord", claims to have Admin access to an Indian State Tax office's network on a Russian hacking forum,
Indian State Tax Office
March 26, 2020
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker having the handle "Bassterlord", claims to have Admin access to an Indian State Tax office's network on a Russian hacking forum.
Town of Jupiter
March 25, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The town of Jupiter is hit by a REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attack.
Rotherham Council
March 20, 2020
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Rotherham Council's IT system is compromised by an email with "COVID-19" in the subject field.
Oregon Department of Human Services
March 20, 2020
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The Oregon Department of Human Services announces that it uncovered a "phishing" incident on March 6 that affected one staff member's e-mail.
InformInvestGroup CJSC
March 20, 2020
•[ hack, espionage, government ]
Russian hacker group Digital Revolution claims to have breached InformInvestGroup CJSC, a contractor for the FSB, Russia's national intelligence service, and discovered details about Fronton, a project intended for hacking Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Town of Houlton Police
March 17, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Town of Houlton Police discloses that it suffered a malware attack discovered on October 2019.
Bluffton Township Fire District
March 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Bluffton Township Fire District is hit with a ransomware attack.
United States Health and Human Services Department
March 15, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The United States Health and Human Services Department's web site is hit with a DDoS cyber attack in the middle of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Townhall of Marseille
March 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The townhall of Marseille is hit with a ransomware attack.
Unknown Organization
March 12, 2020
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Russian threat actor Turla compromised four Armenian websites, including the website of the consular Section of the Embassy of Armenia in Russia, to use in a strategic web compromise/watering-hole attack.
