Victorian government
January 1, 2019
•[ leak, phishing, government ]
The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants have been stolen in a data breach, after part of the Victorian Government directory was downloaded by an unknown party after an employee's email account is compromised.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy website
January 1, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
Hackers launch an attack on the website of showman Volodymyr Zelenskiy following the announcement of his candidacy for president on New Year's Eve.
Bulgarian National Revenue Agency
January 1, 2019
•[ hack, government ]
hacked
Sen. Claire McCaskill
December 31, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Sen. Claire McCaskill and her staffers are the targets of a spear phishing campaign allegedly orchestrated by the infamous Fancy Bear AKA APT28.
City of Lake Charles
December 29, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
City of Lake Charles reports security breach of its information technology systems.
British Post Office
December 23, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
A threat actor compromised the British Post Office and local government networks, stealing personal data including email addresses and mobile phone numbers of thousands of employees.
Borough of Westwood
December 22, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The borough of Westwood, discloses a data breach that began in December 2018.
California Department of Consumer Affairs
December 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The California Department of Consumer Affairs suffers a malware attack, affecting workstations and disrupting computer networks.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
December 19, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
A report by Area 1 Security reveals that a successful phishing attack on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, an EU member nation, compromised the diplomatic communication network for the European Union (COREU).
Click2Gov
December 18, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
According to a new report published by Gemini Advisory, in the wake of the Click2Gov breach, at least 294,929 payment records have been compromised in 46 U.S. cities and sold in the Dark Web.
NASA
December 18, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
NASA alerts its employees of a possible compromise of NASA servers containing personally identifiable information. The breach was discovered on October 23, and affects NASA Civil Service employees from July 2006 through October 2018.
Contractors working for the US Navy
December 14, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
According to a new report, classified military information including missile plans have been stolen from contractors working for the US Navy by hackers linked to China.
Schenectady County
December 13, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Schenectady County, shuts down its government website after a cyberattack via malware.
French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
December 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The personal information of 540,563 individuals is stolen from an emergency contact database after the website of the French Ministry of Europe, and Foreign Affairs is hacked.
Ramsey County Social Services
December 11, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
A cyber attack on the Ramsey County Social Services, occurred in August, may have compromised hundreds of clients' private health information.
North Bend
December 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of North Bend is hit by a ransomware attack which temporarily locks out city workers from their computers and databases.
City of Topeka
December 7, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Another possible Click2Gov breach: Topeka's third-party payment vendor is breached possibly exposing the personal information of about 10,000 residents.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
December 4, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
Politico reveals that the emails of top NRCC officials were hacked in a major 2018 attack that occurred in April.
