Sergiu Gatlan reports: Russian-speaking hacking group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization according to a new Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) report. This attack perfectly lines up with Turla’s information theft and espionage motivation and its persistent targeting of government-related entities from a wide range of countries. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Category: Government Sector
Cyber attack on WI’s unemployment system exposes banking information
Amanda St. Hilaire reports: The Department of Workforce Development says Wisconsin was one of several states to detect “unauthorized intrusions of state UI data originating from Japan, South Korea, Russia, and inside the U.S.” A spokesperson says the department believes the cyber attack or attacks were able to access 116 active unemployment accounts. Fischer said…
Japan’s Nuclear Regulator Suspects Cyberattack, Halts Email
Aya Takada reports: Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority halted email exchanges with outside people and organizations after a suspected cyberattack on its server, a spokesman said Wednesday. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).
How Swedish authorities’ confidential information was leaked in hacker attack
AFP and The Local report: Security arrangements for the Swedish parliament, alarm systems and details of bank vault floor plans have been shared online in a data leak that saw around 38,000 files stolen by hackers. A total of 19 gigabytes of information and around 38,000 files were stolen from security group Gunnebo by one…
FL: Cybersecurity incident causes Indian River County network to shutdown
FOX29 reports: Indian River County officials are investigating a cybersecurity system that has shut down employee emails, VoIP phones, and the county’s website. The network interruption was discovered Thursday night around 9 p.m. and has since impacted network capabilities in various county offices. Read more on FOX29.
Chenango County hit with cyberattack
Josh Rosenblatt reports: Unable to access any of their computer network, Chenango County employees have had to come up with other solutions. The county Director of Information and Technology Herman Ericksen told 12 News the county system was attacked over the weekend. Hackers locked out employees and demanded $450 for each computer in exchange for…