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Multiple Data Breaches at Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)

June 16, 2024

MANILA, Philippines – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) confirmed that a cyberattack compromised at least four of its systems, becoming the latest victim in a growing list of government agencies that have recently faced data breaches.

The attack, which happened on Sunday, June 16, hit four of MARINA’s “web-based systems.” MARINA’s systems manage various types of information, including vessel registrations, seafarers’ information documents, and record books. MARINA said that it aimed to bring systems back online “to receive and process applications on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.”

On July 4, MARINA assured stakeholders its newly launched, blockchain-enabled online certification system has been made more secure. It now employs a two-factor authentication during log-in. Only MARINA clients are allowed to register and use the program.

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Ransomware Attack at Vietnam Post Takes Systems Offline

June 4, 2024

The Vietnamese government-owned postal service has restored operation of its services after they were down for several days due to a cyberattack.

Vietnam Post was reportedly hit by ransomware on June 4, affecting the operation of its postal and delivery services. At the time, the company reported that its financial, administrative, and goods distribution services were unaffected by the attack.

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Prolonged effects of Cyberattack on City of Leicester almost Two Months after Initial Attack

March 7, 2024

The council disabled its phone and computer systems on 7 March after a “cyber incident”. The issue lead to prolonged disruption:
-BBC reports on April 3; 25 stolen documents had been posted online but now a “much larger batch” has been released. Council bosses said the attack on its systems was “highly sophisticated”.
The council said its IT networks were now back online and that a known ransomware group was responsible.
-BBC reports on April 23 : wider effects of the cyberattack continue to show, including a number of street lights that are staying on during the day. “This means we are currently not able to remotely identify faults in the street lighting system. A number of steps are required to resolve the problem, and we are working through these as quickly as we can.” says a city council spokesperson.

INC Ransom claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Emergency Services Communication System in Kansas down due to cyber incident

April 1, 2024

Riley County’s P25 public safety agency radio communication system lost connection early this morning as part of a cybersecurity incident. Emergency responders in Riley County are currently using the backup state system for emergency communications. P25 is a solution for intra-agency communication, which allows for interoperable, multi-agency communications during an emergency.

This radio network issue is affecting all first responders in Riley County, including police, fire, and emergency medical services. However, this connection problem does not impact the public or 911 systems. Dispatch operators are able to receive calls, dispatch resources, communicate with emergency responders, and activate outdoor warning sirens.

The Riley County Board of County Commissioners met made a local declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the cybersecurity incident

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Switserland: Federal Passwords and Classified Information Stolen

May 23, 2023

On May 23, the Play ransomware group claimed it attacked Xplain – a Swiss IT firm providing services to several federal agencies in the country. The ransomware group leaked the files it stole from the company on June 1, which it claimed included 907 GB of financial and other data.

In March, 2024 SWI news reports that federal passwords and classified information were stolen in the >2023 cyberattack

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Cyberattack at Canadian Engineering Giant Contracted for Government Military, Power and Transportation Projects.

March 9, 2023

A Canadian engineering giant whose work involves critical military, power and transportation infrastructure across the country has been hit with a ransomware attack. Details about the ransomware attack are scarce, with Black & McDonald refusing even to confirm it happened.

Canada’s defense department confirmed Thursday that its systems were not affected by a ransomware attack on engineering giant Black & McDonald. “Once DCC was informed of the incident, it blocked all incoming emails from Black & McDonald out of an abundance of caution and conducted business by phone or in person,” Department of National Defense spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande said in a statement. “Once the contractor restored its email system and informed DCC, email communication resumed.”

Black & McDonald also has contracts with the Toronto Transit Commission and Ontario Power Generation — both of which told The Canadian Press they were informed by the company about the ransomware incident.

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Cyberattack Distrupts Costa Rica Transportation Systems

January 17, 2023

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) called in Cybersecurity experts from the National Security Directorate and the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications to address the situation that 12 servers were encrypted and all of MOPT’s computer systems were knocked offline. The government did not respond to request for more information but stated that international organizations were brought in for support.

Driving tests are still being conducted in person and while license issuance services were briefly disrupted, they are now being resumed.

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Significant Electrical Malfunctions at Draguignan Prison Center

January 11, 2023

Since Wednesday January 11, the remand center has been plagued by computer difficulties which have caused significant electrical malfunctions. A computer virus is expected to have sowed discord and caused numerous malfunctions. To monitor the inmates, management called on intervention teams while waiting for the cameras to be put back into operation. [machine translated].

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