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Aircraft Unable to Receive GPS Signals in Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.

March 22, 2024

Russia is suspected of launching a record-breaking 63-hour-long attack on GPS signals. The Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean – the regions where Russia’s military has been most active – have seen an increase in disruption to the Global Positioning System (GPS). This has left aircraft unable to receive GPS signals.

The incident, which affected hundreds of passenger jets, occurred amid rising tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance more than two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Half of Estonian Population affected in Data Breach at Healthcare Supplier Allium UPI OÜ

April 4, 2024

Allium UPI OÜ, a major supplier of pharmacy and hospital supplies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is informing its Estonian customers about a data leak. According to the report almost half of the Estonian population is affected by a cyberattack on a customer card system for pharmacies. Those affected are now being informed. The data breach comprised information from the years 2014 to 2020, since it concerned a backup copy of a database that did not hold real-time information.

Estonian National Rail Company Experiences Largest Operational Disruption To-date

September 20, 2023

September 20 cyber incident on Elron, Estonia’s national train company, orchestrated by a pro-Russia hacker group, inflicted substantial disruptions. Targeting Ridango-managed systems, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack paralyzed ticketing services, impacting online platforms and physical stations.

The cyberattack that began on Wednesday had a major impact on Elron ticket sales. The company has never experienced a system outage of this scale before.
By Thursday noon, the situation had returned to normal.

Cyberattack at Eesti Energia, Estonia

November 19, 2022

The website and online channels of state electricity generator Eesti Energia and some of its related companies are offline following a large-scale denial of service attack thought to have been conducted by pro-Kremlin hackers. The attack has affected Eesti Energia’s site and mobile app, and also grid maintenance firm Elektrilevi’s website, and its MARU mobile app, ERR reports.

At a little before 10.15 a.m. Saturday morning the State Information System Authority (RIA) discovered that the online services of five Estonian companies had started malfunctioning, including those of Eesti Energia. “Due to these attacks, in addition to the Eesti Energia’s site, websites included those of Elektrilevi and [Eesti Energia subsidiary] Enefit Green.” The incidents coincided with similar and simultaneous attacks on key sites in Latvia, Poland and Ukraine.