Below is a summary of incidents from over the last year. For the full list, click the download link above.
September 2021. Chinese state-linked hackers targeted Afghan telecom provider Roshan and stole gigabytes of data from their corporate mail server over the past year.
September 2021. The EU formally blamed Russia for its involvement in the ‘Ghostwriter’ cybercampaign, which targeted the elections and political systems of several member states. Since 2017, Russian operators hacked the social media accounts of government officials and news websites, with the goal of creating distrust in U.S. and NATO forces.
September 2021. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert on the increased use of Conti ransomware in more than 400 attacks on U.S. and international organizations. The alert comes after ransomware attacks on two major farming cooperatives, Crystal Valley Cooperative and New Cooperative — where the hacker asked for $5.9 million in payment.
September 2021. Hackers obtained 15 TB of data from 8,000 organizations working with Israel-based company, Voicenter and offered the data online for $1.5 million. Some experts have stipulated the hackers have ties to Iran, but no link has been confirmed.
September 2021. The Lithuanian Defense Ministry found hidden censorship features in popular 5G smartphone models manufactured in China, according to its state-run cybersecurity body. The module embedded in the phones detects and censors 449 keywords or groups of keywords that are counter to the message of the Chinese government.
September 2021. Two hours after the vote opened for Hungary’s opposition primary elections, the polling systems in electoral districts nationwide fell victim to a cyberattack. The actor responsible is still unknown, but the cyberattack led to the government extending voting by two days.
September 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced Ghaleb Alaumary to more than 11 years in prison for aiding North Korean cybercriminals in money laundering. His assistance included ATM cash-out operations, cyber-enabled bank heists, and business email compromise (BEC) schemes. These attacks targeted banks, professional soccer clubs, and other unnamed companies in the U.S. and U.K.
September 2021. A cyberattack against the United Nations occurred in April 2021, targeting users within the UN network to further long-term intelligence gathering. The hacker was able to access their networks through stolen user credentials purchased on the dark web.
September 2021. The Norwegian Government stated a series of cyberattacks against private and state IT infrastructure came from bad actors sponsored by and operating from China. Their investigation of the hacks claims the actors attempted to capture classified information relating to Norway’s national defense and security intelligence.
September 2021. Researchers and cybersecurity experts revealed a mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group. Hackers targeted individuals on Facebook, persuading them to download apps that contain Android backdoors utilized for espionage.
September 2021. In April 2020, Chinese bots swarmed the networks of the Australian government days after Australia called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus. These bots looked for potential vulnerabilities on the network to exploit in future cyberattacks.
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