Update 8:30 pm: The police have now confirmed unauthorized access to their server. The FBI is investigating. The threat actors known as Babuk have added the Metropolitan Police D.C. to their leak site, adding, “We will not comment this time: Even such an organization has huge security gaps, we advise them to get in touch…
Category: Government Sector
It: Union of Comuni Colli del Monferrato, cyber attack: hackers publish data
Marco A. De Felice reports: The Avaddon ransomware group publishes screenshots of some data stolen during the cyber attack on the Unione di Comuni Colli del Monferrato, but by mistake it puts the wrong Unione (Unione dei Colli DiVini in the heart of Monferrato) under DDoS attack. Oops? But as Marco notes, that wasn’t the…
Es: A synchronized cyber attack affects the INE and ministries such as Justice, Economy or Education
Maria Rivera reports that a number of Spanish agencies were hit in what appears to be a synchronized attack involving malware injections. The attacks do not seem to have caused major service interruptions or problems, however: A cyber attack has hit the websites of the National Statistics Institute (INE) and different ministries such as those…
Al: Election Data Breach Story Renews Press Freedom Debate in Albania
Mimoza Picari and Keida Kostreci report: First came the news that the personal data of over 900,000 Albanians might be in the hands of party officials. Then came the news that the journalists who broke the story had been ordered by an anti-corruption court to hand over devices, including computers and cellphones. As Albania heads to…
UK: Hundreds of furious Football Index investors have their identities revealed by DCMS email gaffe
Daniel Davis reports: The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have been embroiled in a sizeable data breach after an email sent out to hundreds of furious Football Index customers did not hide their identities. The government were contacted by a large number of investors in the wake of the collapse of the online…
Biden administration unveils plan to defend electric sector from cyberattacks
Shannon Vavra reports: The Biden administration is buckling down on cyber threats to U.S. power infrastructure. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a 100-day plan to help shore up the U.S. electric power system against cyber threats Tuesday. The plan, rolled out with the private sector and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…