Data Breach Today

APRIL 13, 2023

European Embassies and Diplomats at Most Risk, Warns Polish CERT A Russian hacking campaign is targeting European embassies and diplomats as part of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing Western government intelligence on the war in Ukraine, according to a joint alert by the Polish CERT and Military Counterintelligence Service.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the past 20 months, the group targeted at least 30 organizations within 14 nations that are probably of strategic intelligence significance to the Russian government and its military. The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. ” reads a press release published by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority.

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JUNE 7, 2020

The new cyber regiment focuses on the cyber Defence, it will work with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to provide secure networks for all military communications. The press release published by the Ministry of Defence announced that the cyber unit will provide the basis of the new Army Cyber Information Security Operations Centre.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa and added the military organization to its leak site. The group claims to have stolen Military contracts, internal call signs and personal data, for a total of 1.6 HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics. TB of data.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. Or he could just be a guy wearing a military uniform.” Some of those photos date back to 2008. ” Mr. .

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The amount requested for the Department of Defense in the “ DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal ” is nearly the same one as last year for cyber operations that the US military will conduct in 2020. It aims at reducing the risk of cyber attacks on networks, systems, and information. billion in the fiscal year 2020.

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OCTOBER 13, 2018

military and civilian personnel. military and civilian personnel. Pentagon – Defense Department travel records suffered a data breach that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. The data breach could have happened some months ago and could have affected as many as 30,000 workers. .

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Data Breach Today

MAY 9, 2018

Watchdog Agency: Problems Put Patient Data at Risk Some military health facilities haven't consistently implemented security controls, putting patient data at risk, according to a new watchdog agency report. But security experts say the weaknesses are quite common at civilian health facilities as well.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

government and military personnel will remain in a federal prison. Ardit Ferizi , aka Th3Dir3ctorY, is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel. military and other government personnel. ” reads the post published by Associated Press.

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MAY 24, 2022

In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the malware developed by both nation-state actors and non state actors represents a serious risk for critical infrastructure and organizations worldwide. Threat actors could perform reverse engineering of military-made malicious code and use their own versions in attacks in the wild.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the extradition due to suicide risk for the impression he could suffer in the U.S. “Taking account of all of the information available to him, he considered Mr Assange’s risk of suicide to be very high should extradition become imminent.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The decision is the result of assessments made by the Swedish military and security service. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services to curb them. The Dutch government announced that it will not tolerate cyberattacks that pose a risk to its national security and will employ intelligence or military services to counter them.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The French agency noticed that the threat actors used different techniques to avoid detection, including the compromise of low-risk equipment monitored and located at the edge of the target networks. The Government experts pointed out that in some cases the group did not deployed any backdoor in the compromised systems.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures. In July, the French information security agency ANSSI announced that Huawei Technologies Ltd.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS). The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

NATO Chief calls for a new strategic to mitigate the risks related to the threats to the rising technologies, new forms of terrorism, and the role of China. “We see a much more assertive Russia than we did in 2010, with illegal annexation of Crimea destabilising eastern Ukraine, the military build-up. ” Stoltenberg added.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

When DOE identified vulnerable software, immediate action was taken to mitigate the risk, and all software identified as being vulnerable to this attack was disconnected from the DOE network.” The agency is responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

– You see, this is a risk, if this camera was located on some critical infrastructure object, there may be a question of what the employees of that side, the owners of that server see and how they use that information for military purposes.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The United States is highlighting the risks for national security in case of adoption of Huawei equipment and is inviting internet providers and telco operators in allied countries to ban Huawei. US officials are concerned for the use of Chinese telecom equipment in countries with US military bases, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 25, 2025

Who among us hasn't lost a thumb drive or added a journalist to a consumer-grade encrypted app group chat devoted to White House war planning and military operations? Still, some accidental data breaches pose a bigger risk than others.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

The researchers uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by the COLDRIVER (aka Calisto ) APT against a NATO Centre of Excellence and Eastern European militaries. Google experts pointed out that this is the first time that the cyber spies target NATO and the military of multiple Eastern European countries. labs occurred as U.N.

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JULY 5, 2020

FCC considers Huawei and ZTE as national security threats Cisco addresses flaws in Small Business Routers and Switches Critical Apache Guacamole flaws expose organizations at risk of hack Maze Ransomware operators hacked Highways Authority Of India (Nhai) Netgear is releasing fixes for ten issues affecting 79 products Alleged cyber attacks caused fire (..)

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MARCH 15, 2024

” Steadfast Defender 2024 is NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War aimed at testing the alliance’s readiness and ability to defend itself across multiple domains. The exercise is held from January 22nd to May 31st, 2024. The jamming is “wildly irresponsible,” a defence source told The Sun.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to X-Force Threat Intelligence, the same software skimmer was injected into at least three website belonging to Harley-Davidson Military, Nappy Land National Childcare Supplier, and Soccer4All. A good website firewall can help to minimize the risk of infection in the first place.” ” concluded Sucuri.

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JULY 1, 2020

The FCC confirms its efforts to protect the national communications networks from security risks posed by the use of Chinese equipment. In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The FCC’s move definitively bans U.S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. ” concludes Anomaly.

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MAY 24, 2019

Assange was arrested in London on a US warrant charging him over his alleged role in a massive leak of military and diplomatic documents in 2010. He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. “ A federal grand jury returned an 18-count superseding indictment today charging Julian P.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Ardit Ferizi , aka Th3Dir3ctorY, is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel. Ferizi explained in a motion written from the prison that his asthma and obesity placed him at greater risk for COVID-19.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The term “ dual-use ” refers to technology that can be used for both peaceful and military aims. The new rules oblige European companies to apply for government licenses to export surveillance solutions demonstrating that the sale doesn’t pose a risk to human rights. ” states the Asspciated Press.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

military and various government contractors, then with a U.S. But we did know what we had built here at ExpressVPN: a company where every system and process is hardened and designed to minimize risks of all kinds , both external and internal. The surveillance it represents is completely antithetical to our mission.”

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AUGUST 6, 2023

It’s Testing U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a campaign to increase awareness of these risks to U.S.

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JULY 20, 2022

MiCODUS is used today by 420,000 customers in multiple industries, including government, military, law enforcement agencies, and Fortune 1000 companies. However, such functionality can introduce serious security risks. Data such as supply routes, troop movements, and recurring patrols could be revealed by exploiting these flaws-.

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