City of Hamilton
April 21, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The emails of about 1,100 Hamilton residents have been compromised following a data breach of two waste collection apps, according to the city of Hamilton.
African Embassy in Dublin
April 16, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Researchers from Lastline reveal that an African ambassador in Dublin was compromised by cyber criminals with hackers gaining access to entire nation's digital data.
Middle Eastern Individuals
April 16, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Lookout reveal the details of an espionage campaign using two malware strains called Desert Scorpion and FrozenCell, to spy on targets in Palestine. The attackers are thought to be linked to Hamas.
India's Ministry of Defence
April 6, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The website of India's Ministry of Defence is defaced by suspected Chinese attackers.
Japan Ministry Employees
April 4, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The Japanese government's cybersecurity center reveals that the email addresses and passwords of thousands of ministry employees have been leaked and are being sold on the Internet.
Government of Sint Maarten
April 2, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The entire government of Sint Maarten, an independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is taken down for a week by a cyber attack.
Stormont (Northern Ireland Parliament)
March 27, 2018
•[ government ]
Stormont (the Northern Irish Parliament) issues a warning to all staff, including political parties, after discovering its email service was hit by a cyber attack.
City of Atlanta
March 22, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
IT systems used by the City of Atlanta, are hit by a SamSam ransomware attack, cutting off some online city services and potentially putting the personal information of employees and citizens at risk.
Russian Defense Ministry
March 22, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian Defense Ministry reveals that a total of 7 DDoS attacks are carried out against its website during the final vote of the general elections.
Russian Central Election Commission
March 18, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Russian Central Election Commission is hit by a DDoS attack.
UK National Lottery
March 16, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
The UK National Lottery advises all 10.5 million people with online accounts to change their passwords following an attempt by hackers to access accounts using credential stuffing.
Unnamed European government
March 15, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal a new campaign carried on by the infamous APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear AKA Sofacy) targeting an unnamed European Government, exploiting an updated version of DealersChoice, a platform that exploits a Flash vulnerability.
Queensland Transport Department
March 13, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
ABC News reveals that overseas hackers breached the Queensland Transport Department's security network last year, before attempting to steal information from staff members from other sections of government.
Gwent Police
March 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Gwent Police is being investigated after failing to inform up to 450 people that hackers may have accessed their confidential reports to the force.
UK government contractor
March 9, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers at NCC Group reveal to have discovered multiple backdoors on a UK government contractor's computer systems designed to steal sensitive government and military data. The hack is tied to China-linked cyber espionage group APT15.
Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's Senate campaign
March 8, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's Senate campaign tells the FBI in a letter that it fears it was hacked.
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
March 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
For the second time in two weeks, the computers at the Colorado Department of Transportation Agency shut down 2,000 computers after a ransomware infection.
About one dozen Connecticut government agencies
February 23, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
About one dozen Connecticut government agencies are hit with what one published report says is a WannaCry attack that knocks about 160 computers offline.
Matteo Salvini Blog
February 22, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The Italian elections are approaching, so Hacktivists from the collective LulzSecITA hack the blog of Matteo Salvini, the leader of right-wind Italian party "La Lega" and dump 70,000 emails.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
February 20, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
CDOT is hit with a ransomware attack, attributed to SamSam, which forces the organization to shut down 2,000 computers.
