Saudi Government Agencies
March 19, 2019
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Researchers from Anomali reveal the details of Bad Tidings, a three-years-long phishing campaign targeting Saudi Government Agencies.
Orange County
March 18, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Orange County is knocked offline by a ransomware attack.
Unknown Organization
March 14, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Pakistani government site used as a tracking platform for passport applications is compromised to deliver a ScanBox framework payload which captures the visitors' machine information and logs their keystrokes.
Lancaster tornado emergency sirens
March 12, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
A hacker sets off the tornado emergency sirens for the cities of DeSoto and Lancaster.
Committee for Public Counsel Services
March 12, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston is crippled by a ransomware attack for two weeks.
People's Government of Yiling District
March 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A statement issued by the People's Government of Yiling District, Yichang reveals that Chinese officials have been the target of a Gandcrab ransomware attack.
Jackson County
March 8, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A Ryuk ransomware attack hits the computers of Jackson County, Georgia, reducing government activity to a crawl until officials decide to pay cybercriminals $400,000 in exchange for the file decryption key.
Bharatiya Janata Party
March 5, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is down after reports it was hacked.
Hollywood Park, TX
March 5, 2019
•[ financial, government ]
The town of Hollywood Park, TX is still trying to recover a portion of nearly half a million dollars that were stolen from it in March 2019.
Turkish government entity
March 4, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal that the Iran-linked Chafer APT group used a new Python-based backdoor in recent attacks aimed at a Turkish government entity.
90 Indian Government Websites
March 4, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers from Pakistan attack over 90 Indian government websites and critical systems few hours after the Pulwama suicide strike.
Embassy Bangladesh in Egypt
February 27, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trustwave reveal that the web site for the Bangladeshi Embassy in Cairo has been compromised so that it distributes malicious Word documents, which install malware downloaders onto an infected computer.
ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanese)
February 22, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Unknown attackers break into the systems of ATM (the public company responsible for public transportation in Milan).
Embassy of Russia in Austria
February 22, 2019
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
After receiving complaints for the impossibility to book appointments, the Russian embassy in Austria discovers to be the victim of a DDoS attack via automated requests made by IP addresses from Iraq, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries.
Twitter account of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn
February 21, 2019
•[ hack, social, government ]
A hacker takes over the Twitter account of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and sends out a fake ballistic missile warning and a bomb threat.
Chhattisgarh BJP
February 21, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
The official website of BJP Chhattisgarh is defaced by a Pakistani hacker.
Italian Ministry of Environment
February 21, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
In name of Operation Green Rights (#OpGreenRights) LulzSecITA hack and deface several domains belonging to the Italian Ministry of Environment.
Middle Eastern government agency
February 21, 2019
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers of Palo Alto Networks reveal the details of an additional attack by the Windhsift APT, targeting a Middle Eastern government agency.
UK Labour Party
February 21, 2019
•[ insider, misconfiguration, government ]
The UK's Labour Party locks down access to membership databases and campaign tools after a number of attempts to access personal data on its systems by "individuals who are not, or are no longer, authorized to do so".
Chester County
February 18, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Chester County is hit by a malware attack.
