Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
October 4, 2018
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
A threat actor, believed to be Russian military intelligence, targeted the office of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague with a view of compromising its Wi-Fi network for espionage purposes.
City of Regina
October 2, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
A city of Regina email is hacked, and used as a phishing tool to try and get passwords and emails from other city of Regina staff as well as external groups.
Port of San Diego
September 25, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Service to the public in the Port of San Diego are impacted by a ransomware attack.
City of Beatrice
September 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A virus shuts down many city operations including phone and internet services for several departments.
Unknown Organization
September 17, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
LulzSecITA leaks the personal details of about 300 retired military officials.
Perth Mint
September 17, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
A data breach at Perth Mint sees hackers take the personal details of about 3200 customers, far more than initially suspected. The breach occurred on the system of a third-party technology provider and only involved 13 customers initially.
Italian National Institute for Social Assistance (INAS)
September 14, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The portal of the Italian National Institute for Social Assistance (INAS) is hacked, compromising the information of 37,500 individuals.
City of Tyler
September 11, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
The city of Tyler is the latest victim of the Click2Gov payment system breach.
U.S. Department of State
September 7, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The State Department suffers a breach of its unclassified email system, and the compromise exposes the personal information of a small number of employees.
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.
