Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC
July 23, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
A "security incident" occurred on April 3 at a third-party vendor (Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC) may have compromised the personal information of employees, inmates and others involved with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Italian Military
July 15, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Security researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybersec reveal the details of Operation "Roman Holiday" an operation carried on by APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear) and targeting the Italian Military.
Pennsylvania Department of Health
July 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
A government spokesman reveals that the Pennsylvania Department of Health's birth certificate system was shut down for nearly a week last month after someone hacked into an internal website but did not take or alter citizens records.
Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Cambodian National Election Committee
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian National Election Committee.
Cambodian People's Party
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
Cambodia National Rescue Party
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
Cambodian Senate
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Senate.
U.S. Air Force
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
Security Firm Recorded Future identifies an attempted sale of what is believed to be highly sensitive U.S. Air Force documents pertaining to the MQ-9 Reaper drone. The attack was carried on via the default FTP authentication credentials in Netgear routers.
Cambodia
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from FireEye reveal a large scale operation from TEMP.Periscope, a Chinese cyber espionage group seeking to monitor the country's upcoming and contentious July 29 national elections.
Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance.
Cambodian Ministry of the Interior
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior.
Monovithya Kem
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is Monovithya Kem, the daughter of a jailed opposition leader.
Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP)
July 3, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) official website is defaced by Chinese hackers and the website is replaced with pictures and words reading "Chinese netizens are supporting Tsai Ing-wen to run for re-election" in simplified Chinese characters.
Midwest City
June 24, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Midwest City, Oklahoma, reports that about 2,300 customers are potentially affected by a breach involving Superion's software Click2Gov.
South Korean defense company
June 22, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks uncover a new operation conducted by the cyber espionage group known as Tick APT. The campaign targets a secure USB drive built by a South Korean defense company.
Mongolian government data center
June 13, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor has compromised a government data center in Mongolia. Kaspersky Lab assesses that the threat actor used its access to compromise websites that they will use in subsequent watering-hole attacks.
Mexican National Action Party (PAN)
June 12, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The website of the Mexican National Action Party is hit by a cyber attack during the final television debate between presidential candidates ahead of the July 1 vote, after the site had published documents critical of the leading candidate.
slovensko
June 12, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several Slovakian websites including the Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute and slovensko.sk are hit by a wave of DDoS attacks.
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
June 12, 2018
•[ financial, government ]
An audit reveals that a scammer stole nearly $94,000 in public funds from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center last year.
