Hackers launched DDoS attacks against websites belonging to the Finnish Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs. The group stole over $540 million in Ethereum and USDC.Īpril 2022. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control attributed the March 29 hack of Ronin Network to a North Korean hacking group and announced sanctions against the hackers. A Citizen Lab study discovered actors used NSO Group spyware to target at least 65 Catalonian activists and political figures.Īpril 2022.
A North Korea-linked hacking campaign using phishing emails sent from fake job recruiters targeted chemical companies in South Korea.Īpril 2022. An Apple notification from November to thousands of iPhone users stating they were targeted by state-sponsored actor alerted the Commission of this spyware use.Īpril 2022. Hackers targeted members of the European Commission with spyware developed by NSO Group. The newly elected President of Costa Rica declared a national emergency as a result of the attack and the group asked for $20 million in ransom or it plans to leak the stolen data.Īpril 2022. Russian hackers targeted the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance in a cyberattack, crippling tax collection and export systems. They provided no further information on the incident.Īpril 2022. Iranian state television claimed that the government foiled cyber intrusions that targeted more than 100 public sector agencies. The hacks started with a phishing email to deliver a malware-laden file to the target.Īpril 2022. Cybersecurity researchers identified a new campaign by Russian-linked hackers that started in January and targets diplomats and embassy officials from France, Poland, Portugal, and other countries. A group claiming credit for the attack said on Telegram that it hacked the websites because Romania supported Ukraine since the Russian invasion of the country.Īpril 2022. The victims included the ministry of defense, border police, national railway company, and the OTP Bank. The Romanian National Directorate of Cyber Security said that multiple public and private sector websites were hit with DDoS attacks. The group states its goal was to target NATO countries and Ukraine.Īpril 2022. Russian hackers hit Italian websites with a DDoS attack, including the Senate, the Ministry of Defence and the National Health Institute. State-sponsored hackers took down RuTube, the Russian version of YouTube, according to the company. Researchers believe the group is backed by the Chinese government. A Chinese hacking group stole intellectual property assets from U.S and European companies since 2019 and went largely undetected. While an initial diagnosis determined the attack did not damage or expose citizens’ data, it made health services severely limited. Hackers targeted Greenland’s healthcare system, causing networks to crash throughout the island. Ethiopia’s communications security agency thwarted the attacks before hackers could gain access to the networks. The Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency (INSA) stated hackers targeted the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Researchers attributed the attack to an Iranian cyber espionage actor. A phishing campaign targeted the Jordan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A group linked to Iran took responsibility for the hack. A DDoS attack targeted the Port of London Authority, forcing its website to go offline.
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