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.
South Korean Think Tank
June 11, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group planted an ActiveX zero-day exploit on the website of a South Korean think tank focused on national security.
US Navy Contractor
June 8, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing 600+ Gb of highly sensitive data related to undersea warfare, including secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines by 2020, accordding to American officials.
Estonian Citizens (via Estonian Cybercrime Bureau)
June 7, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
In June 2018, the Cybercrime Bureau of the Estonian Central Criminal Police contacted HIBP and asked for assistance in making a data set of 655k email addresses searchable. The Estonian police suspected the email addresses and passwords they obtained were being used to access mailboxes, cryptocurrency exchanges, cloud service accounts and other similar online assets. They've requested that individuals who find themselves in the data set and also identify that cryptocurrency has been stolen contact them at cybercrime@politsei.ee.
Shiawassee County
June 2, 2018
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The Shiawassee County financial administrator resigns after being caught in a phishing scam and mistakenly wiring $50,000 to an overseas bank account.
The Rhode Island Department of Human Services
June 1, 2018
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Rhode Island officials say several state agencies are targeted by malware. The list of victims include: the Department of Children, Youth and Families, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare.
Afghan diplomats in Pakistan
May 26, 2018
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
Afghan diplomats in Pakistan are warned they are believed to be victims of "government-backed" digital attacks trying to steal their email passwords.
Independent Like the North State Group Forum
May 17, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
An online forum designated for California's First Congressional District debate was hacked by unknown hackers, who take over the live stream to broadcast gay pornography.
DSB
May 11, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Danish state rail operator DSB is hit by a massive DDoS attack, paralyzing some operations, including ticketing systems and the communication infrastructure.
Wasaga Beach
May 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Wasaga Beach pays the ransom to hackers who took over its computer system earlier this month.
City of Goodyear
May 8, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The City of Goodyear announces that its bill pay system may have been compromised. The possible breach could expose 30,000 utility customers.
ViewFines
May 7, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
In May 2018, the South African website for viewing traffic fines online known as ViewFines suffered a data breach. Over 934k records containing 778k unique email addresses were exposed and included names, phone numbers, government issued IDs and passwords stored in plain text.
