Travis Central Appraisal
September 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Travis Central Appraisal District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.
City of Unalaska
September 5, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.
City of New Bedford
September 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a counter-offer of $400,000. The incident, due to the Ryuk ransomware, happened in early July.
Oregon Judicial Department
August 30, 2019
•[ social, phishing, government ]
A phishing scheme succeeds in breaking into the email accounts of five Oregon Judicial Department employees, exposing personal information of more than 6,000 people.
Lake County
August 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack forces emergency shutdown of Lake County government servers.
Embassy of Russia in the United Kingdom
August 19, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The UK Russian Embassy is taken down by a DDoS attack and remains unreliable for nearly 20 hours.
Macon County Circuit Clerk
August 19, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Macon County Circuit Clerk's website is defaced.
23 Texas government agencies
August 16, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A coordinated ransomware attack takes down 23 government ggencies across Texas.
Czech Foreign Ministry
August 13, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
According to a parliamentary committee, a foreign state is believed to be behind a cyberattack on the Czech Foreign Ministry.
Indian Army
August 13, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Indian Army detects a cybersecurity incident involving the computer of a senior office infected with malware.
Argentine Naval Prefecture
August 12, 2019
•[ leak, hack, government ]
Hackers leak 700 GB of data obtained from the government of Argentina, including confidential documents, wiretaps and biometric information from the Argentine Federal Police, along with the personal data of police officers. The Twitter account of the Argentine Naval Prefecture was hacked as well and used to share the stolen information and post fake news stories.
Transport for London (TfL)
August 8, 2019
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Transport for London (TfL) is forced to temporarily suspend the website for its Oyster system after an apparent credential stuffing attack on customers.
Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain
August 7, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor broke into the systems of Bahrain's National Security Agency, Ministry of Interior, and office of the first deputy prime minister. On July 25, 2019, Bahraini authorities detected intrusions into its electric and water authority that shut down several systems. The attacks were similar to two hacks in 2012, in which the Shamoon virus was used to knock Qatar's natural gas firm RasGas offline and wipe data from the hard drives at Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national oil company. Iran is believed to be behind the attacks.
Township of Maplewood
August 7, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Township of Maplewood discovers a malware infection. The infection started on December 2018.
Murfreesboro Water Department
August 3, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The online access portal for Murfreesboro Water Department bill payment is defaced.
City of Naples, Florida
August 2, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Naples, Florida, loses $700,000 after a spear phishing attack.
Randolph County
July 30, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The Randolph County website is defaced.
Cabarrus County
July 29, 2019
•[ social, phishing, government ]
After falling for a BEC scam, Cabarrus County in North Carolina loses $1,728,082.60 after sending $2.5 million to scammers pretending to be contractors building the county's new high school.
Los Angeles Police Department
July 29, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
A suspected hacker claims to have stolen the personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, trainees, and recruits, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants.
