October 31, 2024
Residents of the northwestern Russian city of Tver were able to park for free for nearly two days due to what local authorities referred to as a “technical failure” in the digital parking payment system. Ukrainian Cyber Alliance claims the cyberattack on the city’s administrative network.
January 13, 2025
A cyber incident affected the Úrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra SR, a Slovakian government agency, causing a technical failure of all systems and services, and limiting access to electronic services and information systems. The agency’s team is working to restore full functionality and ensure the security of systems. The incident’s cause and extent are being analyzed, with updates provided through official channels.
The offices of the cadastral departments were temporarily closed. This affected the information system used by the cadastral departments of district offices.
January 9, 2025
At least 46 Japanese entities, including banks and government agencies, were targeted by cyberattacks utilizing the same malware, causing temporary service suspensions. According to Trend Micro Inc., Japan Airlines Co., NTT Docomo Inc. and major banks were among the victims of distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period, causing temporary service suspensions. The Japan Weather Association said on Thursday it was hit by a cyberattack that rendered its information website inaccessible for over nine hours from around 7 a.m. A similar cyberattack on Sunday that affected both the web and app versions of the weather site took over 7 hours to resolve.
“We can’t rule out the possibility that multiple groups conducted attacks at the same time,” a Trend Micro official said. The hackers were able to simultaneously control devices including cameras and home appliances connected to the internet to carry out the attacks, the security firm said.
December 5, 2011
Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran.
Iranian electronic warfare specialists were able to cut off communications links of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel, says the engineer, who works for one of many Iranian military and civilian teams currently trying to unravel the drone’s stealth and intelligence secrets, and who could not be named for his safety. Using knowledge gleaned from previous downed American drones and a technique proudly claimed by Iranian commanders in September, the Iranian specialists then reconfigured the drone’s GPS coordinates to make it land in Iran at what the drone thought was its actual home base in Afghanistan.
January 24, 2024
Pro-Ukraine hackers have reportedly breached a Russian scientific research center, Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said. Ukrainian hacktivists claimed destruction of a critical state-run meterology institute essential to Russia’s aerospace industry and military.
While there is no independent confirmation of the damage to the supercomputers, it is likely the HVAC shutdown plus the destruction of data during war-time would have rendered such destruction permanent as trade embargoes prevent ordering new parts, system repair, and restoration.
According to GUR’s report on Wednesday, the hacker group called “BO Team” attacked the and destroyed its database and valuable equipment.
Planeta is a Russian state enterprise that receives and processes data from 11 domestic and 23 foreign Earth observation satellites, according to its website. This data is then used by other Russian state entities.
Ukraine’s intelligence claimed that hackers attacked the eastern branch of the organization, described as “the largest of the three.” The agency hasn’t responded to a request for a comment to confirm the attack.
January 25, 2024
Ukrposhta is restoring the operation of IT systems after a significant technical failure. This was announced on the company’s Facebook page. “Our IT systems have experienced a significant technical failure. Our specialists are actively working to resolve the issue and restore full operation, but this may take some time,” the message says.
The attack was mostly mitigated but may have resulted in delivery delays and other issues.
May 24, 2024
Islamabad’s Safe City Authority experienced a significant disruption when its online system was breached by hackers, prompting an immediate shutdown.
The Pakistani project aimed for the development of a system of 1,950 surveillance (CCTV) cameras and the installation of a 2900 square meter bomb-proof command center in Islamabad to safeguard the region. The absence of backup servers and contingency plans forced a complete shutdown of the affected software and applications. Law enforcement officials scrambled to assess the damage and restore operations.
August 3, 2024
Around forty French museums and tourist sites were hit by a cyberattack. The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) in France suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night, August 3, 2024. All access to its servers was cut off. No data extraction has been observed at this stage” and the attack had no effect on the operation of the Grand Palais, currently used by Olympic Games events and connected to the Paris 2024 networks.
French media Sud Ouest reports that the shut down of systems disrupted the bookstores and boutiques at numerous museums in France. However, a solution was created that allowed the stores and boutiques to operate autonomously.
August 11, 2024
In August, almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases.
The data was stolen from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators.
Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt analyzed the breach and determined it contained 134 million unique email addresses, making this a monstrous data breach.
The threat actors behind the breach attempted to sell it for $3.5 million, but it was eventually leaked for free on a hacking forum.
(as reported in BleepingComputer’s overview of biggest 2024 cybersecurity stories.)
January 11, 2024
Two and a half months after a hacker attack of January 11, Meiningen municipal utilities have regained control of their two Facebook pages.
The municipal utilities use Facebook to provide information about their work and the offers at the leisure center on the Rohrer Stirn with outdoor pool, indoor pool, restaurant and camping site.