Rousseau
September 5, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
Rousseau, the online platform of the Italian Five Star Movement is hacked again by rogue0, who leaks private data related to the donors.
South African Department of Labour
September 3, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The South African Department of Labour confirms a DDoS attack which disrupted the government agency's website.
Town of Midland
September 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The small Canadian town of Midland, Ontario plans to pay off a $35,000 ransom to the malicious actors who shut down the municipalities computer system with a ransomware attack.
West Vancouver
August 28, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
West Vancouver warns thousands of its residents after discovering hackers installed malicious software on the district server used to store personal information collected through its website. The attack was discovered on July 31.
Coweta County
August 24, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Coweta County restores most of its computer servers, nearly two weeks after hackers demanded $341,000 in bitcoins.
Bossier City
August 18, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Some Bossier City water customers may have had their information compromised due to a possible breach of an online billing payment system.
David Min
August 18, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Reuters reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of David Min, a Democratic candidate in California.
Hans Keirstead
August 15, 2018
•[ hack, cyberattack, government ]
Rolling Stone reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a series of cyberattacks over the past year that targeted Dr. Hans Keirstead, a Democratic candidate in California.
Ghanem al-Masarir
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
Amnesty International
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Amnesty International reveals to have been targeted by a campaign carried out via the surveillance malware developed by the Israel surveillance vendor, NSO Group.
Hong Kong's Department of Health
August 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Three computers at the Hong Kong Department of Health are hit by ransomware.
Yahya Assiri
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Yahya Assiri, a critic of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
City of Valdez
July 31, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Also the City of Valdez is hit by CryptoLocker.
Borough of Matanuska-Susitna
July 31, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Borough of Matanuska-Susitna is hit by CryptoLocker. The attack took place on July 24 but was maybe dormant since May. The IT systems are not operational with some users starting to use typewriters.
Spiez Laboratory
July 30, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
The state-run Spiez laboratory near Bern, which analyzed the nerve agent samples from Salisbury, reveals to have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to the Russian government ahead of a conference of chemical and biological warfare.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma
July 28, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Alleged personal details of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma are leaked after he tweeted his 12-digit Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI number and challenged hackers.
Government agency in the Middle East
July 27, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 unveils a targeted attack against a government agency in the Middle East carried out by a threat actor dubbed DarkHydrus.
Prison-issued tablets
July 26, 2018
•[ hack, financial, government ]
Idaho prison officials announce in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability in their prison-issued tablets and have used it to assign nearly $225,000 worth of digital credits to their tablet accounts.
City of Medford
July 25, 2018
•[ leak, malware, government ]
1,842 Medford residents are impacted by a City of Medford data breach after the city's online utility billing service is infected with malware. The breaches happened between February 18th through March 14th and March 29th through April 16th.
Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
July 24, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) International Mission Board announces to have suffered a data breach earlier this year (on April 11) exposing the personally identifiable information on its current and former employees, volunteers and applicants.
