Sean Lyngaas and Darya Tarasova report: Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge. Using their access to a computer network tied to Russia’s prison system, the hackers plastered a photo of Navalny on the hacked prison contractor’s website, according to interviews with the…
Category: Government Sector
Personal data of 2.7 million Pakistanis ‘stolen’ from government records; some NADRA staffers and officials suspended
EFE reports: An investigation has revealed that personal information of more than 2.7 million Pakistanis has been “stolen” from the records of a government-run body that regulates the database of citizens. A government official said on Wednesday that a team was formed to probe the data leak from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra)…
Russian Intelligence Targets Victims Worldwide in Rapid-Fire Cyberattacks
Nate Nelson reports: Russian state hackers are performing targeted phishing campaigns in at least nine countries spread across four continents. Their emails tout official government business and, if successful, threaten not just sensitive organizational data, but also geopolitical intelligence of strategic importance. Such a sophisticated, multi-pronged plot could only be wrought by a group as…
Public notice of break-in at Whitehorse Victim Services office
The Government of Yukon is reporting a break-in that occurred at the Whitehorse Victim Services office sometime between the evening of March 15 and the morning of March 16, 2024. The Whitehorse detachment of RCMP “M” Division is investigating the break-in and the Department of Justice is following the appropriate procedures to respond to the…
French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people
Bill Toulas reports: France Travail, formerly known as Pôle Emploi, is warning that hackers breached its systems and may leak or exploit personal details of an estimated 43 million individuals. France Travail is the French governmental agency responsible for registering unemployed individuals, providing financial aid, and assisting them in finding jobs. Yesterday, the agency disclosed that hackers…
French government agencies hit by cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented intensity’
Alexander Martin reports: A number of French government agencies have been hit by “intense” cyberattacks, the prime minister’s office announced on Monday. The nature of the attacks, which began on Sunday night, has not been confirmed although the description is consistent with distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The French government said the attack was “conducted using familiar…