Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports
September 15, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Switzerland's Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports reveals to have detected a cyber attack carried on by the infamous Turla APT.
Road Sign in Modesto
September 10, 2017
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
An electronic road sign in the city of Modesto, California is hacked and defaced with a message against President Donald Trump.
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department
September 8, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department is disrupted by a hacking attack.
Julia Kloeckner Website
September 4, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Julia Kloeckner, a top leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party says her website has been hit by thousands of cyber attacks -- many from Russian IP addresses -- ahead of the television election debate between Merkel and her opponent, Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz.
Unknown Organization
September 1, 2017
•[ leak, government, healthcare ]
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reveals to have suffered a security breach in July that may have disclosed personal information of individuals who have interacted with the Office of Children's Services.
Central German state of Saxony-Anhalt
August 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Internet and telephone networks at the regional parliament in the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt are offline after a ransomware attack.
22 GOP Senators
August 18, 2017
•[ leak, government ]
Hacktivist collective Anonymous reportedly leaks the private contact details of 22 GOP senators, in the wake of the Charlottesville violence and US President Donald Trump's controversial response to the event, asking for Trump's impeachment.
Scottish Parliament
August 15, 2017
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Officials reveal that the Scottish Parliament has been targeted by a "brute force" cyber attack. The attack, from "external sources", was similar to that which affected Westminster in June.
Official website of Charlottesville
August 12, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous claim responsibility for carrying out a DDoS attack on the official website of Charlottesville city Virginia. The attack is conducted under the banner of #OpDomesticTerrorism.
Kenya Electoral Commission IT System
August 9, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga claims the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.
Development Foundation of Armenia
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Turkish hackers continue to target Armenian websites. The list of the targets involved in the latest spree of attacks includes the official website of the Development Foundation of Armenia and the official website of the Civil Service Council of Armenia.
Ukrposhta (Ukraine National Postal Service)
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website for Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta was recently taken down by DDoS attacks for two days in a row, Interfax reports.
Steve Weichert Twitter Account
August 7, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Steve Weichert, a politician running for District 17's State Senate Seat in the 2018 election reveals that his Twitter account has been hacked. The alleged attackers post pornographic content.
Pakistan
August 3, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
An Indian hacker going by the online handle of Ne0-H4ck3r defaces the official government portal of Pakistan (Pakistan.gov.pk), leaving a deface page along with a message and a patriotic Indian song.
Macron Campaign
July 27, 2017
•[ espionage, social, government ]
Reuters reveals that Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas.
Kansas Department of Commerce
July 20, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
A security breach in the Kansas Department of Commerce exposes millions of Social Security numbers from people across 10 states to hackers. Many other accounts are also attacked.
South Carolina's Voter Registration System
July 16, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
According to a post-election report by the South Carolina State Election Commission, South Carolina's voter registration system was reportedly hit by almost 150,000 hack attempts on Election Day 2016.
UK Parliament
June 23, 2017
•[ hack, brute-force, government ]
Up to 90 email accounts are compromised amid a brute-force cyber-attack on UK Parliament.
Illinois State Board of Elections
June 22, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
New details emerge about the alleged hacks before the 2016 elections. Ken Menzel, general counsel of the State Board of Elections, reveals that nearly 90,000 records containing personal information were accessed by Russian hackers, with 90 percent of those records containing some kind of personal information.
Election systems in 21 US states
June 21, 2017
•[ hack, government ]
Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during her testimony before a Senate panel, reveals that Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 US states during last year's campaign.
