August 23, 2024
Swisscom has apparently fallen victim to a major DDoS attack. According to its own statements, it was able to defend itself successfully after initial problems.
Swisscom said its experts fend off cyber attacks every day. But Friday’s attack was a major one. The company did not know who was behind it.
August 21, 2024
The Cirano group, which includes several media in Reunion Island, was the victim of a massive computer attack with ransomware during the night of August 20 to 21, paralyzing broadcasting systems.
The teams are working to restore functionality as soon as possible. The media affected include Antenne Réunion, NRJ, Chérie FM, RER and EXO FM.
September 8, 2024
The attack forced the press group to shut down “most editorial, production and marketing tools,” according to an internal message sent Monday morning, which “Le Monde” was able to consult.
La Croix readers did not receive their daily newspaper on Tuesday, September 10. The operation of the newspaper, and of the Bayard Group, has been seriously disrupted by a cyberattack that began on Sunday, September 8. This Tuesday morning, the editorial office was still running at a slow pace. “We still don’t have Internet, and the day promises to be even more complicated, because all of Bayard has been affected ,” confided a journalist in the morning.
July 18, 2024
The Israeli newspaper Globes was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack conducted by an international criminal group, which led to restrictions on access to its computers and certain services. Despite this, the newspaper has managed to continue to provide its content to its readers on its website and in its paper edition. The investigation is underway to assess the consequences of the attack and take measures to prevent further attacks.
September 16, 2024
The Geretsried radio was the victim of a massive cyberattack, led by Russian hackers, who encrypted all the music files and demanded a high ransom. The management team and the board of directors are working at high pressure to solve the problem. Meanwhile, the radio station broadcasts an emergency program.
September 3, 2024
Telecommunications operator SFR has been the subject of a leak of its customers’ data. The group confirmed this to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, September 20, after letters addressed to its subscribers were released.
The operator detected a security incident on September 3, affecting its customers’ order data, including IBANs for some.
October 26, 2024
Free, the second-largest internet service provider in France, confirmed being hacked following the attempted sale of purportedly stolen customer information on a cybercrime forum.
The Paris-based company has issued a warning that personal data was compromised in the incident, has filed a criminal complaint with the country’s public prosecutor and has notified France’s cybersecurity agency, as reported by newspaper Le Monde on Saturday.
October 5, 2024
A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. The hackers might have held access for months or longer, which amounts to a major national security risk.
The hackers, believed to be a part of a group called Salt Typhoon and suspected to be connected to Chinese intelligence, reportedly breached T-Mobile’s network as part of their widespread spying campaign.
WSJ and Washington Post News reported AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies networks were compromised by Chinese cyberattacks and caused a serious security breach. US Government requested more information from the CEOs of said companies in a letter dated October 10, 2024 . No further information available at this time.
August 4, 2024
A cyberattack against mobile device management firm Mobile Guardian has caused disruptions at educational institutions in North America, Europe, and Singapore, the Register reports. The company has halted its services while it responds to the incident. The details of the attack are unclear, but the incident somehow “resulted in a small percentage of devices to be unenrolled from Mobile Guardian and their devices wiped remotely.” The company says there’s “no evidence to suggest that the perpetrator had access to users’ data.”
13,000 student devices were wiped in Singapore, and the country’s Ministry of Education (MOE) has severed ties with Mobile Guardian as a result. The MOE says it’s “working with schools to support affected students, including deploying additional IT roving teams to schools and providing additional learning resources.”
August 24, 2024
Hackers of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) carried out on Aug. 24 a mass cyberattack on the servers of Russian Internet providers and blocked “dozens” of online platforms of industrial facilities in Russia, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent. The recent attack affected at least 33 servers and 283 office computers at industrial facilities, took down 21 websites, and destroyed 15 cloud and file storages. Ukrainian hackers also left pro-Ukrainian messages on the affected online platforms, according to the source.
Ukrainian hackers targeted the network infrastructure of factories and companies that produce equipment for Russian law enforcement agencies, aircraft and helicopter components, as well as supply hardware and software, servers, and processors, among other products.