As reported previously on this site, Hall County, Georgia had revealed a ransomware attack on October 7, but until now, we didn’t know who attacked them. Now the threat actors known as DoppelPaymer have added Hall County to their dedicated leak site. In their updates, the county had reported: At this time, there is no…
Category: Government Sector
Norway accuses Russia over cyber attack on parliament
AFP reports: Norway’s government on Tuesday said that it believes Russia was behind an August cyber attack targeting the email system of the country’s parliament. The attack was detected in August, when Norway announced hackers had attacked the parliament’s email system, gaining access to some lawmakers’ messages. Read more on The Local (No).
KY: Breach of city contractor e-mail put some city workers info at risk
Steve Rogers reports: Some current and former Lexington city employees’ personal information was put at risk when a third-party contractor’s e-mail server was hacked in July. The city was notified on Sept. 28 of the security incident by Metaformers Inc., the third-party contractor working on city technology projects, the city said in a release. Read…
UK: Hackney Hacked as Council Investigates Attack
Dan Raywood reports: London’s Hackney Council has reported it has “been the target of a serious cyber-attack which is affecting many of our services and IT systems.” According to a statement from Philip Glanville, mayor of Hackney, council officers have been working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, external experts and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…
MI: City of Mt. Pleasant falls victim to remote ransomware attack
Devon Kessler reports: The City of Mt. Pleasant has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, that is according to city officials. According to a press release on the city site, a remote ransomware attack was detected on the city’s computer and phone systems on Saturday morning. Officials said the city’s firewall remained secure and they…
Hacker groups chain VPN and Windows bugs to attack US government networks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have gained access to government networks by combining VPN and Windows bugs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint security alert published on Friday. Attacks have targeted federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government networks. Attacks against non-government…