Cyberattacks

Personal information of sexual assault victims of Oklahoma City Police Departments may have been leaked through a data breach involving a former contractor.

Amidst Russia’s offensive against Ukraine, Anonymous Hacker Collective have claimed to have taken down several Russian government websites.

Researchers at ESET and Symantec found hundreds of machines across organizations in Ukraine infected with data-wiping malware HermeticWiper.

Lithuania will be leading the coalition of six EU countries – which also includes Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania and the Netherlands – in order “to help Ukrainian institutions to cope with growing cyber-threats.”

Disaster management, roads administration and water agency's websites were affected, along with the Defence Ministry and the National Institute for Land Transportation.

The only way to mitigate these attacks is to bring in more regulations and rules, like PSD2 and the requirement for Strong Customer Authentication.

Two companies involved in storing and supplying oil and other materials have been hit by a cyberattack that has impacted operations in Germany.

Australian Red Cross experienced a cyber security breach targeting the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) servers.

over 426 million rubles, including in cryptocurrency, 600 thousand US dollars, 500 thousand euros, as well as computer equipment, crypto wallets used to commit crimes, 20 premium cars purchased with money obtained from crime were seized.

The content of the hacked sites was not changed, and no personal data was leaked, the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection said on its Facebook page.

The tool will allow municipal utilities in New York and their partners "to create a dynamic, radar-like view of the attack landscape that provides visibility into a wider and deeper range of threats across the state's entire power grid."

The new center’s mission will be to create and manage a collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem with regional businesses, high schools, community colleges, and universities and will be an incubator for cybersecurity startups.