City of Johannesburg
October 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Johannesburg shuts down its website and billing systems after a group hacked into the authority's system and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoins worth about $30,000.
Chilean Carabineros
October 22, 2019
•[ hack, leak, government ]
The Chilean Carabineros are hacked and the attackers leak 10,000 sensitive files.
Pine County
October 22, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Pine County says that around 4,400 people may have their data breached after a county employee had their email account accessed by unauthorized personnel.
Czech Republic
October 21, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Czech government officials reveal that they dismantled a Russian cyber-espionage network operating in the country. The attack occurred in March.
Jasper County
October 15, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Jasper County suffers a ransomware attack on their countywide systems, including email and emergency response systems.
Maati Monjib
October 10, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Amnesty International released a report showing how Morocco's government used the NSO Group's Pegasus malware to target two human rights activists in Morocco. The second target is Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui, a human rights lawyer.
City of Carrollton
October 10, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Carrollton, Texas, is the victim of a cyber attack that makes some services unavailable.
Italian Democratic Party
October 6, 2019
•[ hack, leak, government ]
Anonymous Italia hacks 8 websites of the Italian Democratic Party (PD) and leaks 220 databases containing personal data in clear text.
City of Jerez de la Frontera
October 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A hacker takes over the computer system of the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera and demands a ransom paid in bitcoin to unlock it.
An official with the Egyptian-Canadian Coalition for Democracy
October 3, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is an official with the Egyptian-Canadian Coalition for Democracy who was targeted after his organization published a video of an Egyptian government minister making threatening gestures during a speech.
Khaled Dawoud
October 3, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is Khaled Dawoud, a former journalist and leader of the Constitution Party.
Japanese government agencies
October 2, 2019
•[ espionage, government, malware ]
Researchers at JPCERT reveal the details of a campaign targeting Japanese government agencies and exploiting a vulnerability in the local Sanshiro spreadsheet application (CVE-2014-0810).
City of Cornelia
October 2, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia's billing system results in a day of lost productivity.
Voatz
October 1, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The FBI is investigating after someone allegedly tried to hack into Voatz, West Virginia's mobile voting app during the 2018 midterm elections.
Bradford City Hall
September 30, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Bradford City Hall suffers a ransomware attack.
Union City
September 23, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Union City is hit by a malware.
City of Woodstock
September 23, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Woodstock tries to recover from a cyber attack that has blocked access to email and most of the files involved in the operation of the municipal government.
Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment
September 15, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Irish Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment admits to have been hit by a ransomware attack last year.
Hungarian Development Center (MFK)
September 13, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Hungarian Development Center is hit by a cyber attack allegedly carried out by hackers from North Korea.
Robstown Police Department
September 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack results in the loss of Robstown Police Department evidence and reports in pending investigations from 2018 and 2019.
