stu8king/securityincidents · Datasets at Hugging Face

1,409

South Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kimsuky gained access into the networks of South Korea's Atomic Energy Research Institute.

2021-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by victim

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Korea, Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['Kimsuky/Velvet Chollima/STOLEN PENCIL/Thallium/Black Banshee/G0094', 'Reconnaissance General Bureau']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of", "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Kimsuky/Velvet Chollima/STOLEN PENCIL/Thallium/Black Banshee/G0094; Reconnaissance General Bureau

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.sisajournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=219152']

International power

System/ideology; Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.kaeri.re.kr/board/view?menuId=MENU00326&linkId=9181', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-koreas-nuclear-research-agency-hacked-using-vpn-flaw/', 'https://www.sisajournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=219152', 'https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/the-future-of-south-korea-us-cyber-cooperation/']

1,410

DragonForce AcadaME Israel

Malaysian hacktivist group DragonForce stole data of over 200.000 israeli students by hacking into the israeli company AcadeME which mediates jobs for israeli graduates. The hacking group conducted this data theft in support of the palestinian cause against the israeli occupation.

2021-06-21

2021-06-27

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['DragonForce']

['Malaysia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

DragonForce

Malaysia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://dragonforce.io/threads/opsbedil-2-0-university-recruitment-network-system-in-israel.3127/']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/details-of-over-200000-students-leaked-in-cyberattack-672179', 'https://dragonforce.io/threads/opsbedil-2-0-university-recruitment-network-system-in-israel.3127/']

1,411

Triple Threat: TA406

North korean state-sponsored hacking group TA406 or better known as Kimsuky targeted high-value targets in an espionage campaign mostly focused on credential harvesting. Besides that the north korean proxies used the stolen information to demand crypto money.

2021-01-01

2021-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Unknown', 'Korea, Republic of']

[[], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media', 'Science']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Other social groups', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Other social groups', '', '']]

['TA406/ Kimsuky/ Thallium/ Konni Group']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

TA406/ Kimsuky/ Thallium/ Konni Group

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/threat-reports/pfpt-us-tr-threat-insight-paper-triple-threat-N-Korea-aligned-TA406-steals-scams-spies.pdf']

International power

System/ideology; Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-cyberspies-target-govt-officials-with-custom-malware/', 'https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/threat-reports/pfpt-us-tr-threat-insight-paper-triple-threat-N-Korea-aligned-TA406-steals-scams-spies.pdf', 'https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/the-future-of-south-korea-us-cyber-cooperation/']

1,412

Iranian IT-company Supply-Chain Attack in Israel

Iranian nation-state hackers compromised a Israel-based IT company in order to use that access to compromise downstream customers in the defense, energy, and legal sectors in Israel.

2021-07-01

2021-08-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Energy', 'Defence industry', '']]

['DEV-0228']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['State']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

DEV-0228

Iran, Islamic Republic of

State

null

['https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/18/iranian-targeting-of-it-sector-on-the-rise/']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-iranian-state-hackers-increasingly-target-it-sector/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/18/iranian-targeting-of-it-sector-on-the-rise/']

1,413

Iranian IT-company Supply-Chain Attack in Bahrain

Iranian nation-state hackers compromised a Bahrain-based IT company that works with not further specified cleints of the Bahrain government who were their ultimate target. Besides that they compromised a not more precisely defined government-owned organiazation in the Middle East that works with the defense and transportation sector.

2021-09-01

2021-10-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Bahrain', 'Middle East (region)']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], []]

[['Unknown', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Unknown', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['DEV-0056']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['State']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

DEV-0056

Iran, Islamic Republic of

State

null

['https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/18/iranian-targeting-of-it-sector-on-the-rise/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/11/18/iranian-targeting-of-it-sector-on-the-rise/']

1,414

ColunmTK (Supply Chain)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 stole information from various airlines by compromising the IT service provider SITA in a supply chain attack.

2021-02-01

2021-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['India', 'Singapore', 'Malaysia', 'Finland']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation']]

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://blog.group-ib.com/colunmtk_apt41']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://twitter.com/MAS/status/1366447449976496131', 'https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/media-centre/news-alert/?id=kltm93p0', 'https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/sita-supply-chain-breach-hits/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_22d96108ea7a7a023a70a6e1ae2d307113653a31-1626767310-0-gqNtZGzNAfijcnBszQp6', 'https://yle.fi/news/3-11820715', 'https://www.airindia.in/images/pdf/Data-Breach-Notification.pdf', 'https://blog.group-ib.com/colunmtk_apt41']

1,416

ScarCruft Chinotto Surveillance

North korean state-sponsored hacking group ScarCruft hacked and stole sensitive data from journalists, north korean defector and human rights activists in South Korea.

2021-03-22

2021-09-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Korea, Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Social groups', 'Social groups', 'Media']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '']]

['APT37/Richochet Chollima/Red Eyes/InkySquid/ScarCruft/Reaper/Group123/TEMP.Reaper/Venus 121/G0067']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT37/Richochet Chollima/Red Eyes/InkySquid/ScarCruft/Reaper/Group123/TEMP.Reaper/Venus 121/G0067

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/']

International power

System/ideology; Territory; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apt37-targets-journalists-with-chinotto-multi-platform-malware/', 'https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/']

1,417

Colonial Pipeline Hack

Russian ransomware gang Darkside gained access into the information systems of the company Colonial Pipeline which operates the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline from the Gulf Coast to the New York metro area. The company had to stop the pipeline operations in order to contain the impact of the ransomware operation that targeted the billing and accounting systems. The ransomware gang demanded approximately 5$ million dollar ransom for getting back the stolen data, which the company payed. On the 14th of January 2022 the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the REvil ransomware gang after the US government demanded to do something against the ransomware attacks. A senior Biden administration official said that one of the Russian hacker arrested by the FSB was behind the Colonial Pipeline attack.

2021-05-06

2021-05-12

Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['Colonial Pipeline']]

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['Darkside']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)']

3

2021-05-10; 2021-05-10; 2021-05-10

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Cybereason; Joe Biden (President, USA)

null

United States; United States; United States

Darkside; Darkside; Darkside

Russia; Unknown; Russia

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Criminal(s); Criminal(s); Criminal(s)

['https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-compromise-of-colonial-pipeline-networks', 'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/10/colonial-pipeline-shutdown-us-darkside-message', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/inside-the-darkside-ransomware-attack-on-colonial-pipeline']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

1

2021-05-09 00:00:00

State Actors: Stabilizing measures

Statement by head of state/head of government

United States

Joe Biden (President, USA)

No

null

Valid Accounts

Data Exfiltration; Data Encrypted for Impact

null

true

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

6

Moderate - high political importance

6

Medium

12

Days (< 7 days)

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

null

4,400,000

dollar

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Due diligence

null

Not available

2

2022-05-09; 2022-01-14

Proclamation of public emergency (national level); Other legal measures on national level (e.g. law enforcement investigations, arrests)

null

United States; Russia

Joe Biden (President, USA); Federal Security Service (FSB)

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://cyberscoop.com/puesh-kumar-energy-cybersecurity/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/vulnerabilities-industrial-conference-s4x23/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/to-safeguard-critical-infrastructure-go-back-to-basics', 'https://therecord.media/encino-energy-cyberattack-alleged-data-leak-alphv/', 'https://twitter.com/alexfrudolph/status/1630355470559879169', 'https://twitter.com/alexfrudolph/status/1630355470559879169', 'https://cyberscoop.com/biden-national-cybersecurity-strategy-2023/', 'https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/03/02/biden-vows-to-wield-all-instruments-in-fighting-cyber-threats/', 'https://www.lawfareblog.com/biden-harris-administration-releases-new-national-cybersecurity-strategy', 'https://cyberscoop.com/tsa-cybersecurity-airlines/', 'https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intelligence/2023/03/ransomware-review-march-2023', 'https://www.techrepublic.com/article/business-email-compromises-double-overtake-ransomware/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/easterly-cisa-budget-china-biden/', 'https://securityaffairs.com/144466/security/cisa-jddc-energy-sector.html', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/supply-chain-attacks-and-critical.html', 'https://www.trellix.com/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/read-the-manual-locker-a-private-raas-provider.html?q=&newsPagePath=/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research', 'https://www.darkreading.com/operations/marlinspike-adds-charles-carmakal-to-its-advisory-board', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/126729/cyber-crime/fsb-dismantled-revil-ransomware-gang.html', 'https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/44968239-4f1b-4bb7-927c-775864a3ad07.shtml', 'https://www.wsj.com/articles/cyberattack-forces-closure-of-largest-u-s-refined-fuel-pipeline-11620479737', 'https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-compromise-of-colonial-pipeline-networks', 'https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/01/14/background-press-call-by-a-senior-administration-official-on-cybersecurity/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/10/colonial-pipeline-shutdown-us-darkside-message', 'https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Colonial-Pipeline-hack-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/inside-the-darkside-ransomware-attack-on-colonial-pipeline', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/09/colonial-pipeline-mandiant-house-hearing/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/ransomware-payments-cost-treasury/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/advanced-cyberattackers-disruptive-hits-new-technologies', 'https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot/what-will-it-take-to-secure-critical-infrastructure', 'https://twitter.com/BlackBerrySpark/status/1601411383127588865', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/nsa-energy-sector-cyberattacks/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/ransomware-australia-task-force/', 'https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/security-done-right-infosec-wins-of-2022', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-imperative/', 'https://socradar.io/dark-web-profile-royal-ransomware/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1612596007430410240', 'https://www.securonix.com/blog/securonix-2022-threat-report-part-3-detecting-ransomware/', 'https://therecord.media/energy-cybersecurity-university-leadership-act-passes-house/']

1,418

Indian APT Patchwork used Ragnatela Backdoor against Pakistani Ministry of Defense and targets from academia and science sector at the end of 2021

Indian APT Patchwork compromised the Pakistani Ministry of Defense and several Pakistani academic institutions specialized in molecular medicine and biological science at the end of 2021.

2021-11-01

2021-12-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Science']]

[['Government / ministries', '']]

['Patchwork/ Dropping Elephant']

['India']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Patchwork/ Dropping Elephant

India

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/01/patchwork-apt-caught-in-its-own-web/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/126524/apt/patchwork-apt-ragnatela-rat.html', 'https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/01/patchwork-apt-caught-in-its-own-web/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oops-cyberspies-infect-themselves-with-their-own-malware/']

1,420

Puerto Rico Senate

Puerto Rico’s Senate announced Wednesday that it was the target of a cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official online page, the latest in a string of similar incidents in recent years.

2022-01-01

2022-01-26

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Puerto Rico']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-puerto-ricos-senate-targeted-cyberattack-82495236', 'https://www.securityweek.com/official-says-puerto-ricos-senate-targeted-cyberattack']

1,421

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran disrupted two TV channel and two radio broadcasts of Iranian state broadcaster IRIB on 27 January 2022

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) disrupted two TV channel and two radio broadcasts - Channel One, Koran Channel, Radio Javan, Radio Payam - of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on 27 January 2022, according to the deputy head of technical affairs for IRIB Reza Alidadi. The disruption means a very short interruption of the event by showing the counterfeits of the two leaders of the PMOI, Maryam and Masoud Rajavi. However, on the same day, 27 January 2022, the hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow also claimed responsibility for the disruption.

2022-01-27

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

[['Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)']]

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Media']]

null

["People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI)/ Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO)"]

['Albania']

['Non-state-group']

['Terrorist(s)']

2

2022-01-27; 2022-01-27

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Receiver attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

Reza Alidadi (Deputy Head of Technical Affairs for IRIB, Iran); Predatory Sparrow

null

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Not available

People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI)/ Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO); Predatory Sparrow

Albania; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Terrorist(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/iran-state-tv-says-exiled-dissidents-briefly-hacked-broadcasts?leadSource=uverify%20wall', 'https://t.me/GonjeshkeDarande/146']

System / ideology

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Defacement

Not available

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2022/01/28/iranian-state-broadcaster-irib-hacked-by-opposition-group/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/iran-state-tv-hack-predatory-sparrow-indra/', 'https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/iran-state-tv-says-exiled-dissidents-briefly-hacked-broadcasts?leadSource=uverify%20wall', 'https://t.me/GonjeshkeDarande/146', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/evilplayout-attack-against-irans-state-broadcaster/']

1,422

Iran’s national TV stream hacked for the second time in a week

A hacktivist group known as Adalat Ali (Ali’s Justice) has hijacked the web stream of Iran’s state-owned television station, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in order to broadcast an anti-regime message earlier this week.

2022-02-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Media']]

null

['Adalat Ali']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Adalat Ali

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1488541026138697728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1488541026138697728%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherecord.media%2Firans-national-tv-stream-hacked-for-the-second-time-in-a-week%2F']

System / ideology

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://therecord.media/irans-national-tv-stream-hacked-for-the-second-time-in-a-week/', 'https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1488541026138697728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1488541026138697728%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherecord.media%2Firans-national-tv-stream-hacked-for-the-second-time-in-a-week%2F', 'https://www.wired.com/story/hacktivism-russia-ukraine-ddos/']

1,425

Ukraine border control hit with wiper cyberattack, slowing refugee crossing

A Ukraine border control station has been struck with a data wiper cyberattack that has slowed the process of allowing refugees to cross into Romania, a cybersecurity expert who spoke with Ukrainian agents at the border crossing told VentureBeat.

2022-02-26

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Disruption

null

['Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/26/europe-welcomes-refugees-ukraine-russia/', 'https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/27/ukraine-border-control-hit-with-wiper-cyberattack-slowing-refugee-crossing/']

1,426

The IT Army of Ukraine targeted Russian entities from the finance sector with DDoS attacks at the end of February 2022

The Ukrainian Cyber Police Force stated that their new "IT Army" of volunteer hacktivists has taken down key Russian websites and state online portals, such as "the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the FSB of the Russian Federation, the bank "Sberbank" and other government and critical information systems important for the Russian Federation and Belarus." They further state that they now are openly engaged in cyber-warfare against Russian and pro-Russian entities. The list of websites that they claim to have targeted are: sberbank.ru, vsrf.ru, scrf.gov.ru, kremlin.ru, radiobelarus.by, rec.gov.by, sb.by, belarus.by, belta.by, tvr.by.

2022-02-27

2022-02-28

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['SberBank'], ['Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (SKR)'], ['Federal Security Service (FSB; Russia)'], [None], [None]]

['Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Belarus', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Finance'], ['Intelligence agencies'], ['Intelligence agencies'], ['', ''], ['', '']]

['Ukrainian Cyber Police Force', 'IT Army of Ukraine']

['Ukraine', 'Ukraine']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2022-02-01; 2022-02-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

Cyber Police Force of Ukraine; Cyber Police Force of Ukraine

null

Ukraine; Ukraine

Ukrainian Cyber Police Force; IT Army of Ukraine

Ukraine; Ukraine

State; State

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-its-it-army-has-taken-down-key-russian-sites/', 'https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/28/moscow-exchange-and-sberbank-websites-knocked-offline-was-ukraines-cyber-army-responsible/?sh=2009a14177ca', 'https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/spilno-iz-kibervolonteramy-kiberpolicziya-prodovzhuye-atakuvaty-vebresursy-agresora-6445/']

System / ideology; National power

Not available

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-its-it-army-has-taken-down-key-russian-sites/', 'https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/28/moscow-exchange-and-sberbank-websites-knocked-offline-was-ukraines-cyber-army-responsible/?sh=2009a14177ca', 'https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/spilno-iz-kibervolonteramy-kiberpolicziya-prodovzhuye-atakuvaty-vebresursy-agresora-6445/', 'https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-launches-it-army-takes-aim-russian-cyberspace-2022-02-26/']

1,427

Anonymous-linked hacker group Spid3r targeted Belarusian state websites with DDoS attacks on

Anonymous-affiliated group Spid3r (@YourAnonSpider) claimed to have hacked Belarusian government websites, such as Belarusian ministries of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Ministry of Education via Twitter on May 29, 2022. Spid3r (@YourAnonSpider) also claimed a defacement of the Volozhinsky District Executive Committee website on May, 30, 2022.

2022-05-29

2022-05-30

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Volozhinsky District Executive Committee (Belarus)'], ['Ministry of Education (Belarus)'], ['Ministry of Justice (Belarus)'], ['Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarus)']]

['Belarus', 'Belarus', 'Belarus', 'Belarus']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries']]

['Spid3r (@YourAnonSpider)']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-29 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Spid3r

null

Spid3r (@YourAnonSpider)

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531013980226998277?s=20&t=kbDZH5sWN4AiCeseovNgvA', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531329187289636864?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Not available

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://www.avionews.it/item/1242738-ukrainian-conflict-alleged-russian-plans-hacked.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128703/hacking/anonymous-a-week-of-battles.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1499513585915019278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1499513585915019278%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F128703%2Fhacking%2Fanonymous-a-week-of-battles.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1499874976362635268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1499874976362635268%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F128703%2Fhacking%2Fanonymous-a-week-of-battles.html', 'https://www.itsecuritynews.info/anonymous-wages-a-cyber-war-against-russia-targets-oligarchs/', 'https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anonymous-claims-attacks-against/', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1520218402903760896', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1520895718415908864', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531013980226998277?s=20&t=kbDZH5sWN4AiCeseovNgvA', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531329187289636864?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,428

@ContiLeaks: Conti Ransomware source code leaked

A Ukrainian researcher leaked the database of ransomware groups Conti and Ryuk because of their support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the course of the leak, the Ukrainian researcher disclosed internal chat conversations and various versions of source code of the ransomware group's malware, which gives anyone access to the cryptor.exe, cryptor_dll.dll, and decryptor.exe executables.

2022-02-27

2022-03-01

Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Conti Ransomware Operation']]

null

[['Social groups']]

[['Criminal']]

['@ContiLeaks']

['Ukraine']

['Individual hacker(s)']

null

1

2022-02-27 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

@ContiLeaks

null

Ukraine

@ContiLeaks

Ukraine

Individual hacker(s)

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128563/data-breach/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/more-conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-on-twitter-out-of-revenge/']

System / ideology

System/ideology

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

null

0

null

No

null

Trusted Relationship

Data Exfiltration; Resource Hijacking

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128563/data-breach/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/more-conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-on-twitter-out-of-revenge/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/conti-karakurt-extortion-ransomware/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/hacktivism-russia-ukraine-ddos/']

1,429

Hacktivist group v0g3lSec defaced the Russian Space Research Institute website on March 3, 2022

On Thursday, March 3rd, hacktivists from a group going by the Twitter handle of “v0g3lSec” managed to deface the website of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI).

2022-03-03

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Science']]

null

['v0g3lSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

v0g3lSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1499380682174480386']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hack-russia-space-research-institute-site/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1499380682174480386']

1,431

Anonymous hacked Russian security cameras and shared the live feed online in March 2022

Anonymous and other hacker groups continue to target Russia, in a recent attack the collective has taken over more than 400 Russian cameras in support of Ukraine. The group shared the live feed of the cameras on the website behindenemylines.live and grouped them in various categories based on their location (Businesses, Outdoor, Indoor, Restaurants, Offices, Schools, and Security Offices).

2022-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft

[['Not available']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Civil service / administration', '']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-03-08 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/thewarriorpoetz/status/1501081481212579843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1501081481212579843%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F128847%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-vs-russia.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128847/hacktivism/anonymous-vs-russia.html']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/128847/hacktivism/anonymous-vs-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/thewarriorpoetz/status/1501081481212579843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1501081481212579843%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F128847%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-vs-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1512355603603095552', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1512405172454137856', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,432

Hackers Target German Branch of Russian Oil Giant Rosneft

The German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft has been hit by a cyberattack, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said on Monday, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility. The attack could have caused a massive disruption in mineral oil distribution; however, extensive harm was thwarted when the Rosneft Germany's IT systems were again operating after only a brief disruption. President of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Arne Schönbohm, clarified that Rosneft Germany was targeted by the hacktivists because it was a Russian affiliated company and part of critical infrastructure.

2022-02-01

2022-03-04

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking without Misuse

[['Rosneft']]

['Germany']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['Anonymous']

['Germany']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-03-11; 2022-03-11; 2022-03-11; 2022-03-11

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Statement in media report and political statement/technical report; Statement in media report and political statement/technical report

Receiver attributes attacker; Attacker confirms; Receiver attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous

null

Germany; Germany; Germany; Germany

Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous

Germany; Germany; Germany; Germany

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://anonleaks.nl/2022/anonymous/20-terabyte-anonymous-kapert-daten-von-rosneft-deutschland/', 'https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/arne-schoenbohm-bsi-chef-warnt-vor-hackerangriffen-in-deutschland-a-683a4dd0-5152-4a54-997c-42906aeee164#ref=rss']

System / ideology

Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

1

2022-06-23 00:00:00

State Actors: Preventive measures

Confidence and security-building Dialogues

Germany

Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

No

null

Not available

false

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Minor

2

Day (< 24h)

Not available

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.thelocal.de/20220314/hackers-target-german-branch-of-russian-oil-giant-rosneft/', 'https://www.thelocal.de/20220314/hackers-target-german-branch-of-russian-oil-giant-rosneft', 'https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/bundeskriminalamt-ermittelt-hackerangriff-auf-rosneft-deutschland-a-74e3a53a-e747-4500-8198-ea6780a7d79a?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph', 'https://anonleaks.nl/2022/anonymous/20-terabyte-anonymous-kapert-daten-von-rosneft-deutschland/', 'https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/arne-schoenbohm-bsi-chef-warnt-vor-hackerangriffen-in-deutschland-a-683a4dd0-5152-4a54-997c-42906aeee164#ref=rss']

1,433

Israel Says Government Sites Targeted by Hack

Israel's National Cyber Directorate said that the country suffered a cyber attack on Monday that briefly took down a number of government web sites.

2022-03-14

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/israel-says-government-sites-targeted-hack']

1,435

Anonymous targets Russian oil company Transneft in Hack-and-Leak Operation in March 2022

Anonymous stole roughly 79 gigabytes of emails allegedly from Russian state-controlled oil pipeline company Transneft and the data emerged on known leaks hosting website, DDoSecrets. The Intercept reports that the emails were from Omega Co, which is a R&D (research and development) subsidiary of Transneft, a Russian state-controlled oil pipeline company.

2022-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Transneft']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.securityweek.com/hacktivists-leak-data-allegedly-stolen-russian-energy-giant-transneft', 'https://hackercombat.com/hacktivists-leak-email-data-from-russian-pipeline-giant-transneft/', 'https://twitter.com/MikaelThalen/status/1504321727110651905', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531779902646718464?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/hacktivists-leak-data-allegedly-stolen-russian-energy-giant-transneft', 'https://hackercombat.com/hacktivists-leak-email-data-from-russian-pipeline-giant-transneft/', 'https://twitter.com/MikaelThalen/status/1504321727110651905', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531779902646718464?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,436

Anonymous targets Western Companies (Decathlon, Auchan, Leroy Merlin) with DDoS attacks in late March 2022

Anonymous declared Western companies as targets for cyber attacks on March 21st and 24th because specific companies remain in operation in Russia after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. By March 31st, Anonymous was claiming credit for multiple DDOS cyber attacks on European firms Decathlon, Leroy Merlin, and Auchan, along with disputed attacks against Nestlé. Security Discovery, a cybersecurity firm, affirmed that the database of Leroy Merlin was hacked and attributed the attack to Anonymous because they had left messages and references within the data. However, the attacks against Nestlé, which pertained to 10 GB of stolen data and 50K (or 10GB) of leaked data, were disputed by the company and Gizmodo attributed the data leak to failures made by the company.

2022-03-21

2022-04-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Nestlé'], ['Auchan'], ['Decathlon'], ['Leroy Merlin']]

['Switzerland', 'France', 'France', 'France']

[['EUROPE', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-03-24 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129447/hacking/anonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1506272971824025604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1506310451977764873%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129447%2Fhacking%2Fanonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1506296105088262146?s=20&t=zcQLq85tbfNQBsjG67LB9g', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1506776596157370369', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1509943048595197952']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Network Denial of Service

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

International organizations

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129447/hacking/anonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1506272971824025604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1506310451977764873%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129447%2Fhacking%2Fanonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1506296105088262146?s=20&t=zcQLq85tbfNQBsjG67LB9g', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1506776596157370369', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1509943048595197952', 'https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/which-companies-are-being-targeted-by-anonymous-see-their-responses.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,437

Anonymous targets the Central Bank of Russia in March 2022 with Hack-and-Leak-Operation

The Anonymous hacker collective (Black Rabbit World and RootkitHuN7er/@rootkit_sec) claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents and threatens to leak files through the #OpRussia operation. The Intercept reported on April 22, 2022 that 22.5GB of data was leaked and published via DDoSecrets. The reporting by The Intercept also attributes this attack to The Black Rabbit World which has a presence on Twitter. Tweets found online attribute hacking activity to RootkitHuN7er/@rootkit_sec and states that the group supports Ukraine.

2022-03-24

2022-04-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Central Bank (Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Other (e.g., embassies)', 'Finance']]

['Anonymous', 'Black Rabbit']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-03-24; 2022-03-24

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

Anonymous; Anonymous

null

Anonymous; Black Rabbit

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129447/hacking/anonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129490/hacking/central-bank-of-russia-data-leak-anonymous.html', 'https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1506779235565944841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1506779235565944841%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129490%2Fhacking%2Fcentral-bank-of-russia-data-leak-anonymous.html', 'https://twitter.com/youranontv/status/1506769001040551937?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129555/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-vgtrk-russian-radio-tv.html', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1533399029211619328?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Data Exfiltration

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Not available

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129447/hacking/anonymous-companies-active-russia.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129490/hacking/central-bank-of-russia-data-leak-anonymous.html', 'https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1506779235565944841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1506779235565944841%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129490%2Fhacking%2Fcentral-bank-of-russia-data-leak-anonymous.html', 'https://twitter.com/youranontv/status/1506769001040551937?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129555/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-vgtrk-russian-radio-tv.html', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1533399029211619328?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1507733860515254279?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,438

The hacktivist collective Anonymous targeted the Russian companies MashOil and FID Group with hack-and-leak operation in March 2022

The online hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for targeting two Russian companies stealing a trove of their data and leaking it online for the public to download. The Intercept reports that 110GB of data was leaked from Mashoil, a Moscow based company that designs, manufactures and maintains equipment that is used in the drilling, mining, and fracking industries. The other affected company is FID Group, a group of Belarusian and Russian enterprises. It specializes in manufacturing equipment for the oil and gas industry in both countries.

2022-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Belarus', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Energy', ''], ['Energy', '']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hack-russian-industrial-firms-data-leak/', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1508384556793090049?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://twitter.com/pucksreturn/status/1508518212471857153?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://t.co/XVbynI7xmC', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

7

No system interference/disruption

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hack-russian-industrial-firms-data-leak/', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1508384556793090049?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://twitter.com/pucksreturn/status/1508518212471857153?s=21&t=FCIDTEAZEBY1ZlIMLfDEaQ', 'https://t.co/XVbynI7xmC', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,439

China hacks Ukraine in Run-Up To Invasion - 2022

China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times. This started before the end of the Winter Olympics and peaked on February 23, a day before Russia invaded, according to a source from the Ukrainian Security Service. Later, other media referred to the statements of Western officials, who claimed that the Chinese government had also attacked Russia, Belarus and Poland in order to blame the respective opponents in a False-Flag-operation. Chinese officials blamed this attack on western countries, namely the US, Germany, and the Netherlands.

2022-02-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Disruption

[['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Belarus']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Military', 'Energy', ''], ['Military', 'Energy', ''], ['Military', 'Energy', '']]

null

['China']

['State']

null

2

2022-04-01; 2022-03-11

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Media-based attribution; Contested attribution

United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China

null

United Kingdom; China

null

China; United States

State; State

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/china-accused-of-hacking-ukraine-days-before-russian-invasion/', 'https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-cyberattack-ukraine-z9gfkbmgf', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60983346', 'https://www.oodaloop.com/technology/2022/04/04/china-accused-of-cyber-attacks-on-ukraine-before-russian-invasion/']

International power

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration; Network Denial of Service

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Widespread effects, e.g., affecting different regions of country or a country as a whole (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

4

Moderate - high political importance

6

Low

6

Not available

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

501-10000

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; International peace; Sovereignty

State actors; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Cyber espionage; Sovereignty

State actors;

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/china-accused-of-hacking-ukraine-days-before-russian-invasion/', 'https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-cyberattack-ukraine-z9gfkbmgf', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60983346', 'https://www.oodaloop.com/technology/2022/04/04/china-accused-of-cyber-attacks-on-ukraine-before-russian-invasion/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/01/china-accused-of-launching-cyber-attacks-on-ukraine-before-russian-invasion', 'https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-11/U-S-hackers-found-to-attack-Russia-through-computers-in-China-18jBJi5QW7S/index.html']

1,440

Anonymous targeted Russian Orthodox Church with hack-and-leak operation in March / April 2022

Anonymous #OpRussia claims to have hacked the Russian Orthodox Church ‘s charitable wing and leaked 15 GB of alleged stolen data. The data was leaked to DDoSecrets on April 1, 2022 and contained emails for the charity wing of the church.

2022-03-01

2022-04-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Russian Orthodox Church']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Religious']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129760/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-russian-orthodox-church.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1510003195266879488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510003195266879488%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129760%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-hacked-russian-orthodox-church.html', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Data Exfiltration

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129760/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-russian-orthodox-church.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1510003195266879488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510003195266879488%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129760%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-hacked-russian-orthodox-church.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1510003195266879488', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1510175920866443272', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,441

Anonymous targets Russian military personnel stationed in Bucha after massacre in April 2022 Military Unit Bucha Massacre

As part of #OpRussia, Anonymous claimed in Spring 2022 to leak personal details of the Russian military stationed in Bucha, where the Russian military carried out a massacre of civilians during its occupation, prior to 31 March 2022. The information first appeared in Ukrainian news outlet, Pravda, on March 1st, and the leak was declared reliable by the Centre for Defence Strategies, a Ukrainian security thinktank. The specific Russian military unit whose data was leaked was the 64th Motor Rifle Brigade, stationed in Bucha during the occupation.

2022-03-01

2022-04-04

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['64th Motor Rifle Brigade']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-04 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1511024536115982352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511024536115982352%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129844%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-targets-russian-military-state-television.html', 'https://www.newsweek.com/anonymous-leaks-personal-data-120k-russian-soldiers-fighting-ukraine-1694555', 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10684925/Hackers-Anonymous-release-personal-data-120-000-Russian-soldiers-fighting-Ukraine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

8

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

null

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129844/hacktivism/anonymous-targets-russian-military-state-television.html', 'https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1511024536115982352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511024536115982352%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129844%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-targets-russian-military-state-television.html', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1511024536115982336', 'https://www.newsweek.com/anonymous-leaks-personal-data-120k-russian-soldiers-fighting-ukraine-1694555', 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10684925/Hackers-Anonymous-release-personal-data-120-000-Russian-soldiers-fighting-Ukraine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,443

Anonymous targets Russian companies with hack-and-leak operation in April 2022

Anonymous targets Russian companies with hack-and-leak operation in April 2022. Among the targeted companies have been Tendertech (specializing in processing financial and banking documents on behalf of businesses and entrepreneurs), GUOV i GS – General Dept. of Troops and Civil Construction (construction company that works on projects in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense), Synesis Surveillance System and Neocom Geoservice (engineering firm specializing in exploring oil and gas fields and providing drilling support). Data from those firms have been leaked via DDoSecrets on April 19, 2022.

2022-04-01

2022-04-19

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[[None], ['Synesis Surveillance System'], ['Tendertech'], ['GUOV i GS – General Dept. of Troops and Civil Construction']]

['Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[[''], [''], [''], ['Defence industry']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1512162531430866948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1512162531430866948%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129991%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-it-army-of-ukraine-vs-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1517558587559759872']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

Not available

0

null

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/three-russian-firms-have-over-400-gb-worth-of-emails-leaked/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1512162531430866948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1512162531430866948%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F129991%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-it-army-of-ukraine-vs-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1517786282491064320', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1517558587559759872', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1517526699956707328', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1511070375945375744', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/anonymous-hacks-korolevskiy-a-russian-military-manufacturer/', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1515887953616252928', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1516120610337873920', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/12/30/russia-china-news-media-agreement/']

1,444

DDoS Attack on Finnish government during speech of Zelenskyy

On April 8, a denial-of-service attack took down the websites of the Finnish ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. The attack started at about noon, while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs).

2022-04-08

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

null

['Finland']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://um.fi/ajankohtaista/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/ulkoministerioon-kohdistunut-palvelunestohyokkays', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130032/hacking/ddos-took-down-finnish-govt-sites.html', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/finland-denial-of-service-zelenskyy/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://um.fi/ajankohtaista/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/ulkoministerioon-kohdistunut-palvelunestohyokkays', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130032/hacking/ddos-took-down-finnish-govt-sites.html', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/finland-denial-of-service-zelenskyy/']

1,445

Anonymous targeted Russias Ministry of Culture and municipal entities with hack-and-leak operation in April 2022

In April 2022, Anonymous claimed to hack and leak data from municipal entities in Blagoveshchensk and Tver Oblast, along with the Russia's Ministry of Culture (Министерство культуры Российской Федерации), resulting in hundreds of gigabytes of data being made public. The Intercept reported that 446GB of data (30,000 emails) from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation was leaked to DDoSecrets; 150 gigabytes of emails (230,000 emails) from the city administration of Blagoveshchensk; 116 gigabytes of emails (130,000 emails) from the governor’s office of Tver Oblast

2022-04-01

2022-04-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Ministry of Culture (Russia)'], ['Not available']]

['Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Civil service / administration']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-11 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/anonymous-leaked-700-gb-of-russian-government-data/', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130106/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-russia-ministry-of-culture.html', 'https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hits-russian-ministry-of-culture-leaks-446gb-of-data/']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

4

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Sovereignty

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/anonymous-leaked-700-gb-of-russian-government-data/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130106/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-russia-ministry-of-culture.html', 'https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hits-russian-ministry-of-culture-leaks-446gb-of-data/']

1,446

Anonymous targets Russian oil companies Gazprom Linde, Gazregion, and Technotec in April 2022 with hack-and-leak campaign

Anonymous continued with its cyber-operations against Russia in support of Ukraine under the moniker #OpRussia. This time they attacked companies working in the Russian energy sector, Gazprom Linde, Gazregion, and Technotec. According to The Intercept, data stolen in the cyber attack was released via DDoSecrets: 440 GB from Technotec emails; 728 GB from Gazprom Linde emails; and 222 GB of data from Gazregion. The Intercept further attributes attacks to Gazregion to three different hacking groups: NB65, @DepaixPorteur, and an anonymous hacker. The data from these three groups was submitted to DDoSecrets at about the same time and contained overlapping content to “provide as complete a picture as possible, and to provide an opportunity for comparison and cross-checking.”

2022-04-01

2022-04-14

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Technotec'], ['Gazregion'], ['Gazprom Linde Engineering']]

['Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy'], ['Energy'], ['Energy']]

['Anonymous', 'NB65', '@DepaixPorteur']

['Unknown', 'Not available', 'Not available']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)', 'Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-30; 2022-04-30; 2022-04-30; 2022-04-30; 2022-04-30; 2022-04-30

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms; Attacker confirms

Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous; Anonymous

null

Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown

Anonymous; Anonymous; NB65; NB65; @DepaixPorteur; @DepaixPorteur

Unknown; Not available; Unknown; Not available; Unknown; Not available

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130262/hacktivism/anonymous-targets-russian-entities.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1514501756243353601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514502022371975169%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F130262%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-targets-russian-entities.html', 'https://twitter.com/retr0h4x0r/status/1520167029210238976', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1516086586798186496', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Data Exfiltration

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Not available

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130262/hacktivism/anonymous-targets-russian-entities.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1514501756243353601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514502022371975169%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityaffairs.co%2Fwordpress%2F130262%2Fhacktivism%2Fanonymous-targets-russian-entities.html', 'https://twitter.com/retr0h4x0r/status/1520167029210238976', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/anonymous-collective-has-hacked-and-leaked-data-from-the-website-of-the-federal-state-unitary-enterprise/', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1516086586798186496', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/ThraxmanOneFist/status/1548863020012642309']

1,447

Defacement Campaign against Israeli Outlets Jerusalem Post and Maariv

The website of the Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of Maariv were defaced on the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on 3rd of January 2020.

2022-01-03

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Media']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/israeli-media-outlets-hacked-soleimani-killing-anniversary,%20https://www.firstpost.com/world/two-israeli-media-outlets-hacked-on-anniversary-of-irianian-general-qasem-soleimanis-killing-10255131.html']

1,448

Belarus-linked pro-Russian APT UNC1151/Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian state websites in January 2022 with DDoS & defacement attacks

The websites of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Defense, the State Emergency Service, and the Cabinet of Ministers got defaced and targeted with DDoS by the Belarus-linked, pro-Russian APT UNC1151/Ghostwriter on January 13 and 14, 2022, according to Ukrainian state officials. The attackers posted political messages on it, warning the Ukrainian population that they "should expect the worst".

2022-01-13

2022-01-14

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

[['Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)'], ['State Emergency Service (Ukraine)'], ['Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)'], ['Ministry of Education and Science (Ukraine)'], ['Cabinet of Ministers (Ukraine)']]

['Ukraine', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries']]

['UNC1151/ Ghostwriter']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2022-01-16 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Unknown

null

Ukraine

UNC1151/ Ghostwriter

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-ukraine-suspects-group-linked-belarus-intelligence-over-cyberattack-2022-01-15/']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

1

2022-01-14 00:00:00

State Actors: Preventive measures

Awareness raising

Ukraine

CERT-UA

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Not available

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

Not available

null

['https://www.security.ntt/blog/threat-analysis-of-the-russia-ukraine-conflict', 'https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1481890639029551106', 'https://twitter.com/OlegNikolenko_/status/1481880668195983362', 'https://cert.gov.ua/article/17899', 'https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-ukraine-suspects-group-linked-belarus-intelligence-over-cyberattack-2022-01-15/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-website-hack-russia-tensions/']

1,450

Palestinian Preventive Security Service (PSS) espionage

Palestinian Preventive Security Service (PSS) attacked people opposing the Fatah-led government, journalists, human rights activists, and military groups including the Syrian opposition and Iraqi military.

null

2021-04-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Palestine', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'Turkey', 'Lebanon', 'Libya']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['AFRICA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'NAF']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media']]

[['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Military', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '']]

['Preventive Security Service (PSS)']

['Palestine']

['State']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party

null

Preventive Security Service (PSS)

Palestine

State

null

['https://about.fb.com/news/2021/04/taking-action-against-hackers-in-palestine/']

System / ideology; National power; Subnational predominance; International power

Subnational predominance

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://about.fb.com/news/2021/04/taking-action-against-hackers-in-palestine/']

1,451

ProjectWEB

Data theft from several Japanese government entities in the course of the Japanese tech giant Fujitsu hack.

null

2021-05-24

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Transportation']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20791612-japanese-cabinet-cyber-security-center-warning-about-projectweb-leaks-part-1', 'https://threatpost.com/fujitsu-saas-hack-japan-scrambling/166517/', 'https://therecord.media/fujitsu-suspends-projectweb-platform-after-japanese-government-hacks/', 'https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2021/05/25.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japanese-government-agencies-suffer-data-breaches-after-fujitsu-hack/']

1,452

Data leak of Medical Records of Indonesian Patients

Reports have emerged about an alleged massive data leak of Indonesian hospital patients’ medical information being sold in an illegal internet forum. Hackers claimed to have breached the Indonesian Health Ministry centralized server to obtain the data.

null

2022-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Indonesia']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://en.tempo.co/read/1588509/rumors-on-acute-hepatitis-caused-by-covid-19-vaccine-baseless-epidemiologist', 'https://www.asia-pacific-solidarity.net/news/2022-01-07/health-ministry-responds-massive-data-leak-of-medical-records.html']

1,454

Lockbit Leak France

Cybercriminals claim to have breached systems belonging to France’s Ministry of Justice and they are threatening to make public the files stolen from the government organization.

null

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['France']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Science']]

[['Civil service / administration', '']]

['LockBit']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)']

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

LockBit

Unknown

Non-state-group

Criminal(s)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/french-ministry-justice-targeted-ransomware-attack', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/french-officials-investigating-lockbit-claim-of-ransomware-attack/', 'https://www.lemagit.fr/actualites/252512561/LockBit-20-menace-de-divulguer-des-donnees-de-la-Justice-francaise?mid=1#cid=408186']

1,455

MuddyWater Global Campaign

US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies today shared information on new malware deployed by the Iranian-backed MuddyWatter hacking group in attacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide.

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Asia (region)', 'Africa', 'Europe (region)', 'North America']

null

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Civil service / administration', 'Defence industry'], ['Civil service / administration', 'Defence industry'], ['Civil service / administration', 'Defence industry'], ['Civil service / administration', 'Defence industry']]

['MuddyWater/TEMP.Zagros/MERCURY/Static Kitten/Seedworm/G0069']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

MuddyWater/TEMP.Zagros/MERCURY/Static Kitten/Seedworm/G0069

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-055a']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-and-uk-expose-new-malware-used-by-muddywater-hackers/', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-055a', 'https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/centrale-nucleaire-en-ukraine-biden-macron-scholz-et-johnson-appellent-a-la-retenue-20220821']

1,468

Russian APT Gamaredon targeted Ukrainian organizations with infostealer in cyber operations

The Russian state-sponsored APT Gamaredon aka Shuckworm targeted unnamed Ukrainian organizations from July 15 until at least August 8, 2022. It used an infostealer in order to spy on its targets, according to attributing IT-company Symantec. The Russian state-sponsored APT Gamaredon aka Shuckworm targeted Ukrainian government organizations once again since August 2022 with a new infostealer, according to the technical report of Cisco Talos. The Russian state-sponsored APT Gamaredon attacks continued in September 2022 with various targets in Ukraine, including targeting Ukrainian government agencies which included defense and law enforcement agencies. The intention of the attacks by the bad actors appeared to be partly with the goal of data theft, and partly with the goal of increasing its offensive capabilities. IT specialists from Cisco Talos have analyzed the activity of the APT group and have observed that the hackers use phishing documents with malware, called Infostealer, which is embedded in computers to gain further access to the networks. The malware provides the hackers the ability to exfiltrate files and "deploy binary and script-based payloads to infected end devices." The APT threat actors are known to specifically and exclusively target Ukrainian targets. It is suspected that the threat actors first gain access to computers via Office documents.

2022-07-15

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Gamaredon Group/Shuckworm/BlueAlpha/ACTINIUM/Primitive Bear/Armageddon/DEV-0157, Group G0047 (FSB, 18th Center, Crimea)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2022-08-15; 2022-09-15

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Symantec; Cisco Talos Intelligence

null

United States; United States

Gamaredon Group/Shuckworm/BlueAlpha/ACTINIUM/Primitive Bear/Armageddon/DEV-0157, Group G0047 (FSB, 18th Center, Crimea); Gamaredon Group/Shuckworm/BlueAlpha/ACTINIUM/Primitive Bear/Armageddon/DEV-0157, Group G0047 (FSB, 18th Center, Crimea)

Russia; Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/russia-ukraine-shuckworm', 'https://cert.gov.ua/article/971405', 'https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/09/gamaredon-apt-targets-ukrainian-agencies.html']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Phishing

Data Exfiltration

Required

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Minor

5

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; Sovereignty

;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.techrepublic.com/article/russias-shuckworm-cyber-group-launching-ongoing-attacks-on-ukraine/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-target-ukraine-with-default-word-template-hijacker/', 'https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/russia-ukraine-shuckworm', 'https://cert.gov.ua/article/971405', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-use-new-info-stealer-malware-against-ukrainian-orgs/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/135780/apt/gamaredon-new-stealing-malware.html', 'https://therecord.media/notorious-russian-hacking-group-uses-a-new-tool-against-ukraine-orgs-researchers-say/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/russian-gamaredon-hackers-target.html', 'https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/09/gamaredon-apt-targets-ukrainian-agencies.html', 'https://www.computerworld.pl/news/Hakerzy-z-grupy-Gamaredon-APT-atakuja-ukrainskie-agencje-rzadowe,441401.html', 'https://www.securitylab.ru/news/533932.php', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/new-research-delves-into-world-of.html', 'https://securityaffairs.com/141752/malware/apt-gamaredon-attacks.html', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1621467787326590977', 'https://securityaffairs.com/141850/breaking-news/security-affairs-newsletter-round-405-by-pierluigi-paganini.html']

1,546

Emails involving Labour Party councillors in Croydon and journalist Steven Downes hacked in early 2021

Email correspondence involving several Labour Party councillors in Croydon and Steven Downes, a journalist reporting for the local newspaper Inside Croydon, was compromised through a hack of Downes account in early 2021, according to the Investigative Unit of Al Jazeera. Material from the hacked emails was subsequently used to expel David White, then secretary of Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, and Andrew Pelling, then councillor in Croydon.

2021-01-01

2021-03-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Steven Downes']]

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'NORTHEU']]

[['Media']]

null

['Unknown']

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Unknown

null

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology; National power

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Medium

12

Months

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1576387939722227712', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-Gpmfajp8', 'https://www.ajiunit.com/article/unprecedented-leak-exposes-inner-workings-of-uk-labour-party/']

1,500

Hacktivist group Guacamaya leaked 10 terabytes of data from military and police agencies of several central and south american countries on the 19th of September 2022.

Repressive Forces: Hacktivist group Guacamaya released 10 terabytes of data from military and police agencies of Chile, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru and Mexico the hacktivists are accusing of damaging the environment and repressing the natives on behalf of the former "invaders", namely the former colonisers and the "global North". The hacktivists leaked the data on the 19th of September 2022 on the website Enlace Hacktivista, a website that publishes material from hackers, where they claimed responsibility for the leak. The data leaked from the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense contains references to the health of president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, insights into differences between the Secretariat of National Defense and the Navy, information on the surveillance of U.S. ambassador Ken Salazar and transcripts on narco-criminal operations, the revealment that the local police kidnapped 43 students and handed them over to be killed by a drug gang in 2014, general information on the cooperation between military and drug cartels, references to involvement of Russian security companies in the training of defense groups in opposition to the drug cartels, information on the military monitoring of journalists and activists. The leaked data from the Colombian General Command of the Military Forces exposed identities and methods of Australian secret agents to fight international drug cartels like surveillance reports, phone taps and payroll records for Colombian law enforcement officers. The leaked data from the Chilean Army Joint Chief's of Staff revealed cybersecurity strategies, communication interceptions, military spending, exposed the identities of 162 members of different security agencies and information on the migratory crisis in North Chile.

2022-09-19

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft & Doxing

[['Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA; Mexico)'], ['National Civil Police (El Salvador)'], ['General Command of the Armed Forces (Colombia)'], ['El Salvador’s Armed Forces'], ['Peruvian Army'], ['Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)'], ['Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru (CCFFAA)']]

['Mexico', 'El Salvador', 'Colombia', 'El Salvador', 'Peru', 'Chile', 'Peru']

[[], ['CENTAM'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Police'], ['Military'], ['Military'], ['Military'], ['Military'], ['Military']]

['Guacamaya']

['Central America (region)']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-09-19 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Guacamaya

null

Central America (region)

Guacamaya

Central America (region)

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://enlacehacktivista.org/comunicado_guacamaya4.txt']

System / ideology

Not available

null

Not available

null

2

2022-09-30; 2022-09-23

State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Executive reactions

Statement by head of state/head of government; Resignation

Mexico; Chile

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (President; MEX); General Guillermo Paiva Hernández (Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff; CHL)

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Low

9

No system interference/disruption

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

7

1-10

5

null

0

euro

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Not available

null

['https://twitter.com/AnonOpsSE/status/1625958482204676096', 'https://elpais.com/https:/elpais.com/mexico/2023-03-10/lopez-obrador-dice-que-el-ejercito-no-espio-con-pegasus-a-periodistas-y-activistas-sino-que-se-hizo-investigacion.html', 'https://elpais.com/https:/elpais.com/mexico/2023-04-18/lopez-obrador-acusa-al-pentagono-de-espionaje.html', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/central-american-hacking-group-releases-emails/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-9/', 'https://www.defensa.cl/noticias/declaracion-publica/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/hack-puts-latin-american-security-agencies-edge', 'https://therecord.media/mexican-president-confirms-guacamaya-hack-targeting-regional-militaries/', 'https://twitter.com/cybersecboardrm/status/1576027241015873536', 'https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139595413/cyberangriff-in-mexiko-hacker-stehlen-militaerunterlagen', 'https://www.databreaches.net/mexico-confirms-hack-of-military-records-presidents-health-information/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136497/data-breach/guacamaya-hacked-latam-countries.html', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1576242644476653573', 'https://twitter.com/cybersecboardrm/status/1576079035846762496', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1576663635899785216', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Mexikanische-Armee-steht-nach-Hackerangriff-nackt-da-7282860.html', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/3rd-october-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://chiletoday.cl/massive-hack-reveals-sensitive-chilean-defense-documents/', 'https://twitter.com/CarlosLoret/status/1575846901986959367', 'https://twitter.com/lopezdoriga/status/1575825911454236672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575825911454236672%7Ctwgr%5E478c23dc7edb20feea572b862f0db3a505be95b7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww-therecord.recfut.com%2Fmexican-president-confirms-guacamaya-hack-targeting-regional-militaries%2F', 'https://latinus.us/2022/09/29/loret-capitulo-96/', 'https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/quienes-son-guacamaya-los-hacktivistas-detras-del-ataque-cibernetico-a-la-sedena/', 'https://therecord.media/mexican-president-confirms-guacamaya-hack-targeting-regional-militaries/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136497/hacking/guacamaya-hacked-latam-countries.html', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1576827459164831745', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Dienstag-Kim-Kardashin-zahlt-Strafe-Mexikanische-Armee-blossgestellt-7282925.html', 'https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Lateinamerika-Riesiges-Daten-Leak-durch-historische-Cyberattacke-7284158.html', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-09/intercepted-frequencies-satellite-photos-and-intelligence-reports-documents-from-the-us-mexico-war-against-fentanyl.html', 'https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-government-hack-reveals-military-sold-arms-received-escort-cartels-report', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-13/white-house-on-mexicos-defense-ministry-leaks-all-governments-are-vulnerable-to-being-hacked.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/national/enter-the-dragonfruit-drugs-gold-and-the-data-hack-revealing-the-fight-to-stop-cartel-20221004-p5bmzj.html', 'https://www.databreaches.net/australian-police-secret-agents-exposed-in-colombian-data-leak-by-guacamaya/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-police-secret-agents-exposed-in-colombian-data-leak/', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-13/white-house-on-mexicos-defense-ministry-leaks-all-governments-are-vulnerable-to-being-hacked.html', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1581949719261368321', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-18/mexicos-defense-ministry-leaks-highlight-blowback-effect-of-hacking.html', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/21/mexico-border-china-technology/', 'https://www.smh.com.au/national/secret-agents-targeting-drug-cartels-in-australia-exposed-in-data-hack-20221004-p5bmzg.html', 'https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-president-backs-defense-ministrys-refusal-account-massive-data-leak-2022-10-18/', 'https://enlacehacktivista.org/comunicado_guacamaya4.txt', 'https://enlacehacktivista.org/index.php?title=Fuerzas_Represivas', 'https://therecord.media/guacamaya-leaks-spark-debate-about-militarization-spyware-but-no-accountability/', 'https://twitter.com/cahlberg/status/1606143773167288321', 'https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/hacking-governments-and-government-hacking-latin-america-2022-year-review', 'https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/23/chile-s-top-general-resigns-over-intel-leak', 'https://therecord.media/mexican-president-confirms-guacamaya-hack-targeting-regional-militaries/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/guacamaya-hacktivist-group-latin-america-interview/']

1,501

Hackers linked to Iran's MOIS disrupted Albania's Total Information Managment System (TIMS) on 9 September 2022 and leaked internal information related to State Police

HomeLand Justice, a front the US government suspects to be coordinated by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), infiltrated the data storage and transmission systems of Albania's State Police on 9 September, according to a statement by Albania's Ministry of the Interior. The intrusion led to the temporary shutdown of the Total Information Management System (TIMS), which gathers information on the entries and exits of people and vehicles. Data obtained in the compromise was subsequently offered for sale. This operation follows the public attribution by Albania and NATO allies of an earlier cyber-operation, which had culminated in the disruption of Albanian government services on 15 July 2022, to Iranian state-sponsored hackers. On 19 September, HomeLand Justice disclosed email exchanges of former General Police Director Gledis Nano, including with foreign officials. The group on subsequent occasions published what appeared to be internal information from systems operated by the Albanian State Police. A cache divulged on 3 October, contained the personal details of individuals suspected of crimes by the Albanian authorities, including photos, names, date of birth, and ID numbers. The origins of the leak remain unclear. The State Police has refuted reports about MEMEX, its system to collect information on investigations, being the source and maintained that the database had not been compromised. A local Albanian media outlet, referring to unnamed officials involved in the investigation, reported that an Albanian citizen enabled access to the data. On 10 October, the group released details of 300 police officers, including their names, photos, and other personal information. The provenance of this information has not been publicly ascertained.

2022-09-09

2022-10-10

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft & Doxing

[['Albanian State Police'], ['Gledis Nano']]

['Albania', 'Albania']

[['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'WBALKANS'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'WBALKANS']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police'], ['Police']]

['Not available']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['State']

null

3

2022-09-10; 2022-09-11; 2022-09-21

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

Edi Rama (Prime Minister, ALB); National Security Council; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

null

Albania; United States; United States

Not available; Not available; HomeLand Justice/ Homeland Justice

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

State; State; State

null

['https://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/1568782751511486469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1568782751511486469%7Ctwgr%5E66097bdaeec8ebc8a08689dfbb86d745b609563c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Falbania-once-again-the-target-of-cyberattacks-after-cutting-diplomatic-ties-with-iran-and-expelling-diplomats%2Fa-63146285', 'https://twitter.com/ediramaal/status/1568523932029919232', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-264a']

System / ideology

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition); Iran (Opposition)

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Low

8

Day (< 24h)

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Direct (official members of state entities / agencies / units responsible)

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/gag-order-issued-to-stop-release-of-information-stolen-by-hackers/', 'https://www.dw.com/en/albania-once-again-the-target-of-cyberattacks-after-cutting-diplomatic-ties-with-iran-and-expelling-diplomats/a-63146285', 'https://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/1568782751511486469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1568782751511486469%7Ctwgr%5E66097bdaeec8ebc8a08689dfbb86d745b609563c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Falbania-once-again-the-target-of-cyberattacks-after-cutting-diplomatic-ties-with-iran-and-expelling-diplomats%2Fa-63146285', 'https://twitter.com/ediramaal/status/1568523932029919232', 'https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/10/politics/albania-cyberattack-iran/index.html', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-264a', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/albanian-national-security-council-convenes-over-iran-cyber-attacks/', 'https://lajme.rtsh.al/artikull/sulmet-kibernetike-mbledhja-e-keshillit-te-sigurimit-kombetar-institucionet-raportojne-mbi-masat-e-marra-', 'https://dosja.al/politike/mbledhja-me-begajn-per-et-kibernetike-ibrahimaj-zbardh-biseden-me-d-i248361', 'https://dosja.al/politike/presidenti-mbledh-keshillin-e-sigurise-kombetare-rel-opozita-e-kishte-k-i248443', 'https://mb-gov-al.translate.goog/reagim-i-ministrise-se-brendshme-rikthehet-sistemi-tims-pas-sulmit-kibernetik/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp', 'https://www.balkanweb.com/sulmi-kibernetik-me-hakerat-iraniane-bashkepunoi-edhe-nje-shqiptar/', 'https://balkaninsight.com/2022/10/03/iranian-hackers-leak-database-of-albanian-criminal-suspects/', 'http://en.ata.gov.al/2022/10/03/state-police-memex-system-data-are-not-hacked/', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/hackers-continue-to-leak-data-from-albanian-intelligence-services/']

1,502

Iranian state-sponsored hackers disrupted Albanian government websites and essential services on 15 July 2022

Iranian state-sponsored hackers shut down the websites of the Albanian Parliament and the Prime Minister’s office as well as access to the e-government platform e-Albania, according to a video statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Attackers encrypted and destroyed data enabling essential services and leaked government information, including elements from emails by the prime minister and the ministry of foreign affairs. Microsoft attributed the activity with high confidence to at least four Iranian politically motivated hacking groups. Technical reports by the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued supporting findings, followed by statements of the US National Security Council and the UK Foreign Office condemning the attacks and identifying links to state sponsors in Iran. Reactions of the Foreign Office were founded on conclusions by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that Iranian state-sponsored "almost certainly" bore responsibility for the attacks. In a statement by the National Atlantic Council, NATO recognized this attribution of responsibility to Iran by allies. The cyber attack took place ahead of a People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) summit originally planned for 23-24 July 2022 in Albania, which has been hosting core members of the group. The MEK forms part of the National Council of Resistance of Iran and is considered a terrorist group by Iran. The technical report of the FBI and CISA concluded that one of the Iranian threat actors gained access to the network of the Albanian government 14 months before initiating the disruptive effects on 15 July.

2021-05-01

2022-07-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['e-Albania'], ['Albanian Government']]

['Albania', 'Albania']

[['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'WBALKANS'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'WBALKANS']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration'], ['Government / ministries']]

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

6

2022-09-07; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-08; 2022-08-04; 2022-08-04; 2022-08-04; 2022-08-04; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-07; 2022-09-07; 2022-09-07; 2022-09-07; 2022-09-21; 2022-09-21

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms; Attribution by international organization; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

Edi Rama (Prime Minister, ALB); Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Mandiant; Mandiant; Mandiant; Mandiant; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); National Security Council; National Security Council; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

null

Albania; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; nan; United Kingdom; United States; United Kingdom; United States; United States; United States

None; OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049; OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049; DEV-0861; DEV-0861; DEV-0166 (Intruding Divisor); DEV-0166 (Intruding Divisor); DEV-0133 (Lyceum); DEV-0133 (Lyceum); DEV-0842; DEV-0842; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); None; None; None; None; None; None; None; None; None; HomeLand Justice; HomeLand Justice

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; State

; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s); ; ; ; ; ; ;

['https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/08/microsoft-investigates-iranian-attacks-against-the-albanian-government/', 'https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_207156.htm', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/likely-iranian-threat-actor-conducts-politically-motivated-disruptive-activity-against?1=', 'https://www.kryeministria.al/en/newsroom/videomesazh-i-kryeministrit-edi-rama/', 'https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/07/statement-by-nsc-spokesperson-adrienne-watson-on-irans-cyberattack-against-albania/', 'https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-condemns-iran-for-reckless-cyber-attack-against-albania', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-264a']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition); Iran (Opposition)

Unknown

null

5

2022-09-06; 2022-09-08; 2022-09-21; 2022-09-08; 2023-01-01

State Actors: Stabilizing measures; International organizations: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Preventive measures; EU: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Preventive measures

Statement by head of state/head of government; Statement by secretary-general or similar; Awareness raising; Declaration of HR; Capacity building in third countries

Albania; NATO (region); United States; EU (region); United States

Albanian Government; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Exfiltration; Data Destruction; Data Encrypted for Impact

null

true

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

6

Moderate - high political importance

6

Low

10

Days (< 7 days)

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Direct (official members of state entities / agencies / units responsible)

International telecommunication law; International peace; Sovereignty

; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

3

2022-09-07; 2022-09-09; 2022-12-02

Peaceful means: Retorsion (International Law); Peaceful means: Retorsion (International Law); Other legal measures on national level (e.g. law enforcement investigations, arrests)

Severance of diplomatic relations; Economic sanctions;

Albania; United States; Albania

Council of ministers; US Department of the Treasury; Tirana Prosecutor’s Office (ALB)

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://therecord.media/north-korea-hackers-funding-us-south-korea-advisory/', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-sends-cyber-team-to-aid-albanias-cyber-defenses-a-21523', 'https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3337717/committed-partners-in-cyberspace-following-cyberattack-us-conducts-first-defens/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberwarzonecom/status/1639063487702880256', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1639239711872122881', 'https://therecord.media/foreign-cyber-aid-state-department-congress', 'https://cyberscoop.com/fick-cyber-diplomats-embassies/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/08/microsoft-investigates-iranian-attacks-against-the-albanian-government/', 'https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_207156.htm', 'https://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=152748', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/likely-iranian-threat-actor-conducts-politically-motivated-disruptive-activity-against?1=', 'https://twitter.com/VZhora/status/1567601467284160512', 'https://www.kryeministria.al/en/newsroom/videomesazh-i-kryeministrit-edi-rama/', 'https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/08/readout-of-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivans-call-with-prime-minister-edi-rama-of-albania/', 'https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/07/statement-by-nsc-spokesperson-adrienne-watson-on-irans-cyberattack-against-albania/', 'https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-condemns-iran-for-reckless-cyber-attack-against-albania', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-iranian-hackers-lurked-in-albania-s-govt-network-for-14-months/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/natos-team-albania-help-iran-alleged-cyberattack', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-264a', 'https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-breached-albanian-government-one-year-disruptive-attacks', 'https://therecord.media/cisa-iranian-hackers-spent-14-months-in-albanian-govt-network-before-launching-ransomware/', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/09/08/cyber-attacks-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-expressing-solidarity-with-albania-and-concern-following-the-july-malicious-cyber-activities/', 'https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/albanian-staff-charged-negligence-cyberattack-94202825', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/five-albanian-state-it-staff-investigated-over-iran-hack/', 'https://socradar.io/dark-web-profile-apt42-iranian-cyber-espionage-group/', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/hackers-continue-to-leak-data-from-albanian-intelligence-services/', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1603049563711062016', 'https://cyberscoop.com/pro-iranian-abraham-ax-saudi-israel-moses-staff/', 'https://twitter.com/780thC/status/1618571785276100609', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-264a', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/iran-backed-actor-behind-cyberattack-charlie-hebdo-microsoft-says']

1,503

Anonymous takes down Iranian government websites beginning on 20th September 2022

Op Iran: Anonymous takes down websites of the Iranian government, central bank and state-owned media as a sign of protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, who died on the 16th of September 2022 in the custody of the Iranian moral police, beginning on the 20th September 2022, according to the tweets of Anonymous and Anonymous-affiliated accounts.

2022-09-20

2022-09-22

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Central Bank (Iran)'], ['Government Spokesman Office (Iran)'], ['Office of the Supreme Leader (Iran)'], ['President of the Islamic Republic of Iran'], ['Fars News Agency'], ['Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)'], ['Forensic Research Center (Iran)'], [None]]

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Media'], ['Media'], ['Science'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Other (e.g., embassies)', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], [''], [''], [''], ['Civil service / administration']]

['Anonymous']

['Not available']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-09-20 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

null

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572337224536174593', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572521377839874049/photo/1', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572582347593363457', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572713941448417280']

System / ideology

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Endpoint Denial of Service

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

0

Moderate - high political importance

0

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://therecord.media/anonymous-takes-down-iranian-government-websites-amid-protests-following-death-of-mahsa-amini/', 'https://therecord.media/iran-shutters-mobile-networks-instagram-whatsapp-amid-protests/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572337224536174593', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572521377839874049/photo/1', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572582347593363457', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572713941448417280', 'https://therecord.media/anonymous-takes-down-iranian-government-websites-amid-protests-following-death-of-mahsa-amini/', 'https://www.hackread.com/opiran-anonymous-iran-state-sites-cctv-camera-hack/', 'https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/iran-les-hackers-d-anonymous-prennent-part-a-la-protestation-20220928', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberwarzonecom/status/1577086623392493568', 'https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-central-bank-cyberattack-thwarted/32212160.html', 'https://therecord.media/irans-support-of-russia-draws-attention-of-pro-ukraine-hackers/', 'https://twitter.com/cahlberg/status/1612790331874877446']

1,504

U.S. federal court system was breached in early 2020

The Judiciary's Case Managment / Electronic Case Files Managment System (CM/ECF) was breached in early 2020 by three hostile foreign actors, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairmain Jerrold Nadler. The administrative office of the U.S. courts published a press release on the 6th of January 2021, announcing to protect sensitive court documents because of the actual SolarWinds hack at that time, mentioning that they are investigating an apparent compromise of the U.S. federal court managment system.

2020-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO)']]

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Judiciary']]

null

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.cyberscoop.com/senator-federal-courts-cyberattack/']

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

false

Not available

none

0

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Human rights; Sovereignty

Civic / political rights;

Not available

0

null

Cyber espionage

null

Not available

null

['https://www.cyberscoop.com/senator-federal-courts-cyberattack/', 'https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4966', 'https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/justice-department-data-breach-federal-court-system-00048485', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/federal-court-system-breach/', 'https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22123051-wyden-letter-about-data-breach-of-us-courts', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20210106200355/https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2021/01/06/judiciary-addresses-cybersecurity-breach-extra-safeguards-protect-sensitive-court']

1,508

Anonymous targeted the Russian Ministry of Defense in a hack-and-leak operation in April 2022

The hacker group Anonymous claims to have hacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense and leaked the data of over 300,000 people who are most likely to be mobilized for the Ukraine war in September 2022 as part of its #OpRussia.

2022-09-01

2022-09-23

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Ministry of Defence (Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Not available']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

null

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1573290421270507520']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

8

Not available

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Cyber espionage

Non-state actors

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136127/hacktivism/anonymous-russian-ministry-of-defense.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1573290421270507520', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,511

CaddyWiper: Russian state-sponsored hacker group attacked a ukrainian bank and other targets on the 14th of March 2022

CaddyWiper: Russian state-sponsored hacker group Sandworm (GRU Unit 74455) (aka Telebots, Voodoo Bear, and Iron Viking) is attributed to an attack on a Ukrainian bank and other Ukrainian targets, including targets within the energy industry, beginning on March 14 2022. The IT-security company, ESET, made the assessment with high confidence. The ESET researchers worked closely with CERT-UA when ICS-capable malware, including an infamous Industroyer malware (previously used in a 2016 Sandworm APT attack that cut Ukrainian power), and regular disk wipers for Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems was used in an attack against Ukrainian energy providers. Following the most recent malware attack, CERT-UA renamed the malware Industroyer2. CaddyWiper was found on March 14, 2022, to have been used in an attack against a Ukrainian Bank and again on April 8, 2022, against a Ukrainian energy provider in which a temporary disruption occurred and power was cut from nine substations (according to a non-public document from CERT-UA). In addition to Industroyer2 and CaddyWiper, Sandworm deployed various destructive malware families including ORCSHRED, SOLOSHRED, and AWFULSHRED. The initial compromise of the IT system is not known nor how the attackers transitioned from the IT network to the Industrial Control System (ICS) network. Cooperations with Microsoft and ESET allow the Ukrainian cybersecurity professionals to continue to investigate and respond to the Industroyer2 attacks.

2022-03-14

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Ukraine', 'Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['Unknown'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[[''], ['Energy']]

['Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-04-12 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

ESET

null

Slovakia

Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/12/industroyer2-industroyer-reloaded/', 'https://twitter.com/ESETresearch/status/1503436420886712321', 'https://blog.morphisec.com/caddywiper-analysis-new-malware-attacking-ukraine', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2022/03/15/caddywiper-neue-datenloeschende-malware-in-der-ukraine-entdeckt/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/researchers-identify-3-hacktivist.html', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/12/industroyer2-industroyer-reloaded/', 'https://www.csoonline.com/article/3656954/ukraine-energy-facility-hit-by-two-waves-of-cyberattacks-by-russia-s-sandworm-group.html#tk.rss_criticalinfrastructure']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Valid Accounts

Disk Wipe; Inhibit System Recovery

Not available

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Low

7

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

11-50

0

1-10

1

null

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Not available

0

null

Due diligence

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-wiper-malware/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/02/24/year-wiper-attacks-ukraine/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1629280661474508801', 'https://twitter.com/780thC/status/1629087842516320256', 'https://securityaffairs.com/143570/cyber-warfare-2/russian-hybrid-warfare-ukraine.html', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/03/30/eset-research-podcast-year-fighting-rockets-soldiers-wipers-ukraine/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-russia-cyber-zhora-industroyer2-sandworm/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/12/industroyer2-industroyer-reloaded/', 'https://twitter.com/ESETresearch/status/1503436420886712321', 'https://blog.morphisec.com/caddywiper-analysis-new-malware-attacking-ukraine', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2022/03/15/caddywiper-neue-datenloeschende-malware-in-der-ukraine-entdeckt/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/researchers-identify-3-hacktivist.html', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/12/industroyer2-industroyer-reloaded/', 'https://www.csoonline.com/article/3656954/ukraine-energy-facility-hit-by-two-waves-of-cyberattacks-by-russia-s-sandworm-group.html#tk.rss_criticalinfrastructure', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/05/20/sandworm-ukraine-new-version-arguepatch-malware-loader/', 'https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/12/1049586/russian-hackers-tried-to-bring-down-ukraines-power-grid-to-help-the-invasion/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/12/27/2022-review-10-biggest-cyberattacks/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-2022/', 'https://securitymea.com/2022/12/29/10-biggest-cyberattacks-of-the-year/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/sandworm-wiper-ukraine-russia-military-intel/', 'https://therecord.media/sandworm-swiftslicer-malware-ukraine-russia-eset/', 'https://twitter.com/RecordedFuture/status/1619109632882135040', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/ukraine-hit-with-new-golang-based.html']

1,512

CyberBerkut broke into the Ukrainian Election Commission's network in May 2014 before the presidential election and posted files online

The pro-Russian hacktivist group CyberBerkut announced that it had broken into the Ukrainian Election Commission's network in May 2014 ahead of the presidential election and posted files online, such as system logs and mailbox contents of Election Commission members. The group reasoned that the hack was intended to reject the election as illegal. A short time later, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on Facebook that his website had been hacked, after an announcement was made there that the electronic voting system had failed and votes would have to be counted by hand. This was due to DDoS attacks, allegedly by CyberBerkut that lasted from about 1 to 3 a.m. on May 26.

2014-05-22

2014-05-26

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Ukrainian Central Election Commission']]

['Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Election infrastructure / related systems']]

['CyberBerkut']

['Ukraine']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2014-05-23 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

CyberBerkut

null

Ukraine

CyberBerkut

Ukraine

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['http://www.cyber-berkut.ru/en/index_02.php']

System / ideology

Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration; Data Destruction

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

8

Day (< 24h)

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Human rights; International peace; Sovereignty

Civic / political rights; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2014-05-26/how-hackers-exposed-ukraine-s-vulnerability', 'http://www.cyber-berkut.ru/en/index_02.php', 'https://ria.ru/20140525/1009211710.html', 'https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2014/0617/Ukraine-election-narrowly-avoided-wanton-destruction-from-hackers', 'https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-wiper-malware/']

1,513

Chinese state-sponsored hacker group TA413 targets Tibetan organizations in the first half of 2022

Chinese state-sponsored hacker group TA413 targets Tibetan organizations for surveillance and intelligence-gathering purposes in the first half of 2022, according to the technical report of Recorded Future. The hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Sophos firewall and deployed a new backdoor called LOWZERO.

2022-01-01

2022-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

[['Social groups']]

[['Religious']]

['TA413']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2022-09-22 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Recorded Future

null

United States

TA413

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-state-sponsored-group-ta413-adopts-new-capabilities-in-pursuit-of-tibetan-targets']

System / ideology; Autonomy

System/ideology; Autonomy; Resources

China (Tibet); China (Tibet); China (Tibet)

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

One

Exploit Public-Facing Application; Phishing

Not available

Required

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

10

Months

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; Human rights; Self-determination

; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/zero-days-exploited-2022', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136252/apt/ta413-targets-tibet-backdoor.html', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/09/chinese-espionage-hackers-target.html', 'https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-state-sponsored-group-ta413-adopts-new-capabilities-in-pursuit-of-tibetan-targets', 'https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20220325-sfos-rce', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/131843/apt/china-apt-exploits-follina-flaw.html', 'https://twitter.com/M_Miho_JPN/status/1576073406692237312']

1,514

Viasat Hack: Russian Military Intelligence disrupted Ukrainian satellite broadband services - February 2022

Russia disrupted the satellite broadband services of US communication company Viasat in Ukraine in support of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, according to the US State Department, the government of the United Kingdom, and the Council of the European Union. In addition to Ukraine, the disruption of satellite services of Viasat also affected other countries in Europe, including Germany (e.g., German wind turbines). While the Viasat network was "stabilized" by 15 March, an incident report was issued by Viasat on 30 March and stated that the company and its customers were still affected by the attack. The US authorities (CISA and FBI) issued a warning on 17 March to US critical infrastructure companies of satellite communications (SATCOM) risks and "possible threats." By 10 May the malicious attack was attributed to the Russian Federation. Sentinel Labs identified that the data wiping malware supposedly used in the Viasat attack was AcidRain, the cybersecurity researchers also attributed the malware to being developed by Russian intelligence agencies. The virus was uploaded to VirusTotal via Italy under the file name "Ukrop." The malware affected 5,600 wind turbines in Germany that utilized Viasat modems.

2022-02-24

2022-03-15

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Poland', 'Hungary', 'Greece', 'Italy', 'Germany', 'France', 'Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'BALKANS'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications']]

null

['Russia']

['State']

null

8

2022-07-19; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by EU institution/agency; Attribution by EU institution/agency; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); Antony J. Blinken (Secretary of State, USA); Liz Truss (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom); United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); Government of Canada; Marise Payne (Minister for Foreign Affairs; Minister for Women, AUS); Nanaia Cybelle Mahuta (Foreign Minister, NZL)

null

EU (region); EU (region); United States; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Canada; Australia; New Zealand

null

Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia

State; State; State; State; State; State; State; State

null

['https://www.gov.uk/government/news/russia-behind-cyber-attack-with-europe-wide-impact-an-hour-before-ukraine-invasion', 'https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/russia-behind-cyber-attack-with-europe-wide-impact-hour-before-ukraine-invasion', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/05/10/russian-cyber-operations-against-ukraine-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union/', 'https://www.state.gov/attribution-of-russias-malicious-cyber-activity-against-ukraine/', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/19/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-malicious-cyber-activities-conducted-by-hackers-and-hacker-groups-in-the-context-of-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine/']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

7

2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-07-19; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10; 2022-05-10

State Actors: Preventive measures; State Actors: Preventive measures; EU: Stabilizing measures; EU: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Stabilizing measures

Capacity building in third countries; Capacity building in third countries; Declaration of HR; Declaration of HR; Statement by minister of foreign affairs; Statement by minister of foreign affairs; Statement by minister of foreign affairs

United States; EU (region); EU (region); United Kingdom; Canada; Australia; New Zealand

U.S. Department of State; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); Liz Truss (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, GBR); Government of Canada; Marise Payne (Minister for Foreign Affairs; Minister for Women, AUS); Nanaia Cybelle Mahuta (Foreign Minister, NZL)

No

null

Supply Chain Compromise

Disk Wipe

null

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

9

Weeks (< 4 weeks)

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Direct (official members of state entities / agencies / units responsible)

International telecommunication law; Due diligence; Sovereignty

; ;

Not available

1

2022-05-10 00:00:00

Peaceful means: Retorsion (International Law)

Economic sanctions

New Zealand

Nanaia Cybelle Mahuta (Foreign Minister, NZL)

International peace; Due diligence

;

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/the-next-cyber-phase-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-will-echo-in-asia/', 'https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2023-02-14/por-que-rusia-no-ha-logrado-ganar-la-guerra-cibernetica-en-ucrania.html', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-14/why-russia-has-failed-to-win-the-cyberwar-in-ukraine.html', 'https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-14/why-russia-has-failed-to-win-the-cyberwar-in-ukraine.html', 'https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-wiper-malware/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/wiper-malware-surges-ahead-spiking-53-in-3-months', 'https://cyberscoop.com/ukraine-russia-cyberwar-anniversary/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/02/24/year-wiper-attacks-ukraine/', 'https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/02/26/zelfs-rusland-houdt-grote-cyberaanvallen-maar-eventjes-vol-a4158110', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1629122902099361795', 'https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/03/02/biden-vows-to-wield-all-instruments-in-fighting-cyber-threats/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-outages-infrastructure-attacks/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/solarium-commission-space-systems-critical-infrastructure/', 'https://therecord.media/designate-space-critical-infrastructure-cyberspace-solarium-commission', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-fbi-warn-us-critical-orgs-of-threats-to-satcom-networks/', 'https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/viasat-satellitennetzwerk-offenbar-gezielt-in-osteuropa-gehackt-a-afd98117-5c32-4946-ab8a-619f1e7af024?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph', 'https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-us-spy-agency-probes-sabotage-satellite-internet-during-russian-2022-03-11/', 'https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-detains-hacker/index.html', 'https://news.viasat.com/blog/corporate/ka-sat-network-cyber-attack-overview', 'https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-actions-disrupt-advanced-persistent-threat-28-botnet-infected', 'https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/acidrain-a-modem-wiper-rains-down-on-europe/', 'https://www.gov.uk/government/news/russia-behind-cyber-attack-with-europe-wide-impact-an-hour-before-ukraine-invasion', 'https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/russia-behind-cyber-attack-with-europe-wide-impact-hour-before-ukraine-invasion', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/05/10/russian-cyber-operations-against-ukraine-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union/', 'https://www.state.gov/attribution-of-russias-malicious-cyber-activity-against-ukraine/', 'https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252518023/US-EU-attribute-Viasat-hack-to-Russia', 'https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-hackers-who-crippled-viasat-modems-ukraine-are-still-active-company-2022-03-30/', 'https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/new-acidrain-malware-hit-viasats-modems-downing-ukraines-internet/', 'https://securityboulevard.com/2022/04/a-significant-spike-in-cyberattacks-from-russia-could-be-expected-in-april/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/nakasone-persistent-engagement-hunt-forward-nine-teams-ukraine/', 'https://www.golem.de/news/windraeder-cyberangriff-auf-deutsche-windtechnik-ag-2204-164655.html', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/19/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-malicious-cyber-activities-conducted-by-hackers-and-hacker-groups-in-the-context-of-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine/', 'https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/05/statement-on-russias-malicious-cyber-activity-affecting-europe-and-ukraine.html', 'https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/attribution-russia-malicious-cyber-activity-against-european-networks', 'https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-sanctions-target-disinformation-and-malicious-cyber-actors', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/advanced-cyberattackers-disruptive-hits-new-technologies', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/dhs-mayorkas-cybersecurity/', 'https://twitter.com/CyberScoopNews/status/1603803185986125831', 'https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-people-on-the-internet-2022/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/12/27/2022-review-10-biggest-cyberattacks/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-2022/', 'https://securitymea.com/2022/12/29/10-biggest-cyberattacks-of-the-year/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot/space-race-defenses-satellite-cyberattacks']

1,520

Anonymous disrupted Russian TV networks broadcast in February and March 2022

Anonymous hacked several Russian TV and streaming networks (Rostelecom, All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, VGTRK, Wink, Ivi, Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24, St. Petersburg TV Channel) and created broadcast signal intrusions by showing pro-Ukrainian content, including footage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and patriotic Ukrainian music.

2022-02-27

2022-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['VGTRK'], ['Ivi'], ['Moscow 24'], ['Russia 24'], ['Rostelecom'], ['Channel One'], ['Wink']]

['Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Telecommunications']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-02-27; 2022-02-27

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Media-based attribution; Attacker confirms

Anonymous; Anonymous

null

Unknown; Unknown

Anonymous; Anonymous

Unknown; Unknown

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129555/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-vgtrk-russian-radio-tv.html', 'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anonymous-wink-ivi-russia-24-channel-1-moscow-24-b2029915.html']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

null

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

7

Day (< 24h)

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anonymous-wink-ivi-russia-24-channel-1-moscow-24-b2029915.html', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60784526', 'https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/nb65-hackers-russia-ukraine', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-contis-leaked-ransomware-to-attack-russian-companies/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/27/anonymous-the-hacker-collective-that-has-declared-cyberwar-on-russia', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/129555/hacktivism/anonymous-hacked-vgtrk-russian-radio-tv.html', 'https://ddosecrets.substack.com/p/release-vgtrk-7862-gb?s=r', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1513228484834906112', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531290170393251844?s=20&t=cpIeg7vXC1n32GgdYJ5dRg', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1531324715066970113?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1534501056151003136?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-radio-station-hacked-ukrainian-anthem-and-anti-war-song-kommersant-fm/', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1534513094969507840?s=20&t=MgEq_efbLJJYbTt1Y6SKFA', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/MilaDiamond/status/1551366232024109056', 'https://www.hackread.com/ev-charging-stations-dos-attacks/', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1515411501049434112', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1500613013510008836?', 'https://twitter.com/joetidy/status/1505450799241039875?s=20&t=x9Rdi6JKHLqimhe61dsMsg']

1,533

Anonymous-linked group NB65 targeted Russian firms with hack-and-leak operation in March / April 2022

Anonymous-linked hacking group Network Battalion (aka NB65) claimed to have hacked-and-leaked data by Russian law firm Capital Legal Services (65GB of data leaked and submitted by wh1t3sh4d0w) and Mosekspertiza (483GB of data) in March / April 2022. The data was leaked via Twitter on April 1, 2022. Moscow Metro; SSK Gazregion LLC; Russian bank PSCB (Petersburg Social Commercial Bank/JSC Bank PSCB); Continent Express, a travel organization (399 GB); Elektrocentromontazh, the power organization; ALET, a customs broker; Qiwi. This activity also included data leaks.

2022-03-01

2022-04-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Mosekspertiza'], ['Capital Legal Services (Russia)']]

['Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['NB65']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-04-01 00:00:00

Attribution given, type unclear

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

NB65

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1509934686444867586?s=20&t=ECZnWFN9zLTS7IZ4FD-ctw', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1509938786444189708?s=20&t=TuNPN5ln0j_92nTB50lJ7A']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

1-10

2

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1512918186462691328', 'https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/130262/hacktivism/anonymous-targets-russian-entities.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1509938786444189708?s=20&t=TuNPN5ln0j_92nTB50lJ7A', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1509934686444867586?s=20&t=ECZnWFN9zLTS7IZ4FD-ctw', 'https://twitter.com/xxNB65/status/1510484074070224896', 'https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/nb65-hackers-russia-ukraine', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-contis-leaked-ransomware-to-attack-russian-companies/', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1516010705748647936', 'https://twitter.com/youranontv/status/1519316487965749249', 'https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1520082146995494912', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1522149035888586756', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1516086586798186496', 'https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1515060469136044032', 'https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1510175920866443272', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,538

Chinese APT Group BRONZE STARLIGHT using ransomware to mask IP theft since mid-2021

Since mid-2021, the state-sponsored Chinese APT Group BRONZE STARLIGHT has engaged in a campaign of deploying ransomware in an effort to conceal the theft of steal strategic intellectual property. Targeted organizations, including semiconductor companies, largely operate in sectors that align with China's industrial priorities. In what appears to be a bid to avoid attention, the group has limited targeting to a few select organizations at a time and frequently moved on to new ransomware families. The group seeks to leverage unmitigated vulnerabilities, such as Log4j 2, that enable it to establish access and escalate privileges during early phases of an intrusion.

2021-06-01

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

null

['Europe (region)', 'India', 'Japan', 'Brazil', 'Kazakhstan', 'United States', 'Not available', 'United States']

[[], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], [], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Unknown', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media']]

[[''], ['Defence industry'], [''], ['Health'], ['Finance'], ['Finance', ''], ['', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Finance', '', '']]

['BRONZE STARLIGHT / DEV-0401']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

3

2022-06-23; 2022-10-03; 2022-01-10

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Secureworks; Sygnia; Microsoft

null

United States; South Africa; United States

BRONZE STARLIGHT / DEV-0401; Emperor Dragonfly/ DEV-0401/ BRONZE STARLIGHT; None

China; China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-starlight-ransomware-operations-use-hui-loader', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/11/guidance-for-preventing-detecting-and-hunting-for-cve-2021-44228-log4j-2-exploitation/#Night%20Sky', 'https://blog.sygnia.co/revealing-emperor-dragonfly-a-chinese-ransomware-group', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/05/09/ransomware-as-a-service-understanding-the-cybercrime-gig-economy-and-how-to-protect-yourself/#DEV-0401']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Exfiltration; Data Encrypted for Impact

null

true

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

5

Moderate - high political importance

5

Minor

1

Not available

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage

null

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.recordedfuture.com/semiconductor-companies-targeted-by-ransomware', 'https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-starlight-ransomware-operations-use-hui-loader', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/11/guidance-for-preventing-detecting-and-hunting-for-cve-2021-44228-log4j-2-exploitation/#Night%20Sky', 'https://twitter.com/unix_root/status/1576954728121974785', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cheerscrypt-ransomware-linked-to-a-chinese-hacking-group/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136611/malware/apt10-cheerscrypt-ransomware.html', 'https://blog.sygnia.co/revealing-emperor-dragonfly-a-chinese-ransomware-group', 'https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/e/new-linux-based-ransomware-cheerscrypt-targets-exsi-devices.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cheers-linux-ransomware-targets-vmware-esxi-servers/', 'https://twitter.com/MsftSecIntel/status/1480730559739359233', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/05/09/ransomware-as-a-service-understanding-the-cybercrime-gig-economy-and-how-to-protect-yourself/#DEV-0401']

1,539

Witchetty targeted governments and a stock market exchange in the Middle East and Africa between February and September 2022

The espionage group Witchetty (LookingFrog) targeted governments and a stock exchange in the Middle East and Africa between February and September 2022. They also exploited the ProxyShell and ProxyLogon vulnerabilities and used new tools such as a backdoor Trojan. The goal is a permanent presence in the targets' networks.

2022-02-27

2022-09-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Middle East (region)', 'Africa']

null

[['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Finance']]

null

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Symantec

null

United States

null

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/witchetty-steganography-espionage']

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Exfiltration

Required

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Medium

12

Months

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Cyber espionage; Diplomatic / consular law; Sovereignty

; ;

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/witchetty-steganography-espionage', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/espionage-steganographic-backdoor-against-govs-stock-exchange', 'https://thecyberwire.com/stories/c74b6d30ddac4d769bba3a6276145805/witchetty-espionage-group-uses-updated-toolkit', 'https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/hacking/windows-logo-enthaelt-backdoor-malware-tarnt-sich-als-bild-257020.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136477/apt/witchetty-apt-steganography.html', 'https://www.hackread.com/chinese-hackers-hide-windows-logo-malware/', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1575972607681527809', 'https://twitter.com/switch_d/status/1576329148905185286', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1576163136893112320', 'https://twitter.com/HackRead/status/1576290468656078848', 'https://twitter.com/JAMESWT_MHT/status/1576633774481510401', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Backdoor-in-Windows-Logo-versteckt-7282730.html', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1576860040836788224', 'https://twitter.com/HackRead/status/1576829408135901186']

1,542

State-sponsored hacker group hijacked Microsoft Exhange Servers and stole information of 10 global organizations since August 2022

A state-sponsored hacker group hijacked Microsoft Exhange Servers and stole information from 10 global organizations, including one critical infrastructure operator, since August 2022, according to a report made by Microsoft with medium confidence. The hacker group used two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040; CVE-2022-41082), named ProxyNotShell to deploy the Chinese Chopper webshell.

2022-08-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Global (region)']

null

[['Unknown', 'Critical infrastructure']]

null

['Unknown']

['Not available']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2022-09-30; 2022-09-28

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Microsoft; GTSC

null

United States; Vietnam

Unknown; Unknown

Not available; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://gteltsc.vn/blog/warning-new-attack-campaign-utilized-a-new-0day-rce-vulnerability-on-microsoft-exchange-server-12715.html', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/30/analyzing-attacks-using-the-exchange-vulnerabilities-cve-2022-41040-and-cve-2022-41082/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

multiple

Exploit Public-Facing Application; Valid Accounts

Data Exfiltration

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Not available

3

Minor

2

Not available

1-10

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Sovereignty; International organizations

;

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.lawfareblog.com/biden-harris-administration-releases-new-national-cybersecurity-strategy', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberwarzonecom/status/1575635646450106368', 'https://socradar.io/threat-actors-exploit-unpatched-microsoft-exchange-zero-days/', 'https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1575627994403840000', 'https://www.hackread.com/microsoft-confirms-0-days-exchange-servers/', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Warten-auf-Sicherheitsupdates-Zero-Day-Attacken-auf-Microsoft-Exchange-Server-7280460.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-new-exchange-zero-days-are-used-in-attacks/', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/possible-chinese-hackers-exploit-microsoft-exchange-0-days-a-20182', 'https://twitter.com/cybersecboardrm/status/1576604169791733763', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-microsoft-exchange-proxynotshell-exploits-for-sale-on-github/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-new-exchange-zero-days-are-used-in-attacks/', 'https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/09/29/customer-guidance-for-reported-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-exchange-server/', 'https://gteltsc.vn/blog/warning-new-attack-campaign-utilized-a-new-0day-rce-vulnerability-on-microsoft-exchange-server-12715.html', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/30/analyzing-attacks-using-the-exchange-vulnerabilities-cve-2022-41040-and-cve-2022-41082/', 'https://twitter.com/_r_netsec/status/1576979919665770496', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Exchange-Server-Zero-Day-Bisheriger-Workaround-unzureichend-7283072.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-links-exploitation-exchange-zero-days-state-sponsored-hacker-group', 'https://www.securityweek.com/mitigation-proxynotshell-exchange-vulnerabilities-easily-bypassed', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/proxynotshell-new-proxy-hell.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136596/hacking/microsoft-exchange-0day-mitigations-bypass.html', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Exchange-0-Day-Microsoft-korrigiert-Workaround-7284241.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-updates-mitigation-for-proxynotshell-exchange-zero-days/', 'https://therecord.media/microsoft-updates-guidance-for-proxynotshell-bugs-after-researchers-get-around-mitigations/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/mitigation-for-exchange-zero-days.html', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/microsoft-issues-improved-mitigations.html', 'https://www.cybersecasia.net/news/two-recent-zero-day-vulnerabilities-affecting-microsoft-exchange-not-exploited-yet', 'https://www.securityweek.com/patch-tuesday-microsoft-scrambles-thwart-new-zero-day-attacks', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-proxynotshell-exchange-zero-days-exploited-in-attacks/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-november-2022-patch-tuesday-fixes-6-exploited-zero-days-68-flaws/']

1,543

Russian hacker group National Republican Army (NRA) attacked Russian software developer Unisoftware with ransomware and stole information

Russian hacker group National Republican Army (NRA) attacked Russian software developer Unisoftware with ransomware and stole information to protest against the Russian government and its war against Ukraine. According to statements by the group published in the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post, its actions pursue the overthrow of the government. The Kyiv Post authenticated the stolen data and verified several of Unisoftware's government clients. The identity of these organizations remains unknown. The Federal Tax Service, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank are believed to be among the company's clients.

2022-01-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft; Ransomware

[[None], ['Unisoftware']]

['Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['']]

null

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-10-02 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

National Republican Army (NRA)

null

Russia

null

Russia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.kyivpost.com/world/russian-citizens-wage-cyberwar-from-within.html']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration; Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Not available

0

Low

6

No system interference/disruption

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Not available

null

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1576737272648683520', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberknow20/status/1576549145942233088', 'https://www.kyivpost.com/world/russian-citizens-wage-cyberwar-from-within.html', 'https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1576526846736601088']

1,544

Hackers compromised the databases and disrupted some services of Mimoso do Sul city hall in Brazil on 29 September 2022

Hackers compromised the databases and disrupted some services of Mimoso do Sul city hall in Brazil on 29 September 2022, according to a social media post of the local administration.

2022-09-29

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Mimoso do Sul City Hall']]

['Brazil']

[['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Unknown']

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Unknown

null

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

Not available

null

Not available

Data Encrypted for Impact; Service Stop

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Minor

3

Not available

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/ransomwaremap/status/1576458666555084800', 'https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGNolYuTJZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=8acaa568-02d4-4925-a1f6-f7eca019f0c9', 'https://www.agazeta.com.br/es/cotidiano/prefeitura-de-mimoso-do-sul-tem-sistema-invadido-em-ataque-cibernetico-0922']

1,407

UK Ministry of Defence training academy

A retired military officer has disclosed a cyberattack that struck the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) academy and had a "significant" impact on the organization.

2021-03-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

null

['Unknown']

['State']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

State

null

['https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14412578/mod-defence-academy-cyber-attack-foreign-power/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://news.sky.com/story/cyber-attack-on-uks-defence-academy-had-significant-impact-officer-in-charge-at-the-time-reveals-12507570', 'https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14412578/mod-defence-academy-cyber-attack-foreign-power/']

1,553

North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Lazarus gained access to the corporate network of an aerospace company in the Netherlands in October 2021

North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Lazarus gained access to the corporate network of an aerospace company in the Netherlands for data exfiltration purposes in autumn 2021, attributed by IT-security company ESET with high confidence. The hacker group used the Dell firmware exploit (CVE-2021-21551) to deploy various malware. In a related case, the attempt to gain access to the computer of a Belgian political journalist was stopped.

2021-10-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available']]

['Netherlands']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Space']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-09-28 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

ESET

null

Slovakia

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/09/30/amazon-themed-campaigns-lazarus-netherlands-belgium/', 'https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference/vb2022/VB2022-Kalnai-Havranek.pdf']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Phishing

Not available

null

false

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Minor

4

Not available

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

2

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://securitymea.com/2023/02/09/eset-threat-reports-on-russian-invasions-impact-on-digital-threats/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/02/23/winordll64-backdoor-vast-lazarus-arsenal/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1639428701137035264', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/09/30/amazon-themed-campaigns-lazarus-netherlands-belgium/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lazarus-hackers-abuse-dell-driver-bug-using-new-fudmodule-rootkit/', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/3rd-october-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://twitter.com/cybersecboardrm/status/1576976076860973056', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/hackers-exploiting-dell-driver.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136623/apt/lazarus-exploit-dell-firmware-driver.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/north-korean-hackers-exploit-dell-driver-vulnerability-disable-windows-security', 'https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference/vb2022/VB2022-Kalnai-Havranek.pdf', 'https://socradar.io/apt-group-lazarus-exploits-high-severity-flaw-in-dell-driver/']

1,554

The Russia-affiliated Conti Group carried out a ransomware attack against several Costa Rican government institutions in April 2022

The Russia-affiliated Conti/Wizard Spider group gained access toand stole data from 27 governmental entities, municipalities and state-run utilities in Costa Rica during 11-18 April 2022. IT security company AdvIntel questioned whether ransom demands of $10 million and subsequently $20 million dollars cited in news reports should be taken seriously, speculating that Conti rather conducted this final attack as a publicity before disbanding and reorganizing. In response to the ransomware attacks, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a national emergency on 8 May 2022. Additionally, the US State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the identification of Conti group members. Due to the groups pro-Russian stance, it took in the course of war in Ukraine, the Conti group dismantled into multiple splinter groups that were part of the Conti Ransomware group. The core group of Conti operators responsible for the attack against the Costa Rican government subsequently reconstituted under the name Quantum. Almost a year after the attack, in March 2023, the US government announced that it plans on providing $25 million to the government of Costa Rica in cybersecurity assistance to help recover from the incident and to strengthen its digital infrastructure.

2022-04-11

2022-04-18

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica']

[['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM'], ['CENTAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Unknown'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Health'], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Energy'], [''], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], [''], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Telecommunications'], ['Government / ministries']]

['Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102', 'Not available']

['Not available', 'Not available']

['Non-state-group', 'Individual hacker(s)']

['Criminal(s)', '']

2

2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-05-20; 2022-04-19

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; AdvIntel; Conti Group

null

United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; Russia

Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102; Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102; Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102; Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102; Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Wizard Spider/Trickbot/Conti/ITG23/G0102

Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Not available; Russia

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Individual hacker(s); Individual hacker(s); Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Individual hacker(s); Individual hacker(s); Non-state-group

Criminal(s); ; Criminal(s); ; Criminal(s); ; Criminal(s); ; Criminal(s)

['https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/check-out-these-new-details-on-the-costa-rica-government-attack-by-conti-ransomware/', 'https://www.state.gov/reward-offers-for-information-to-bring-conti-ransomware-variant-co-conspirators-to-justice/', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61323402', 'https://www.centralamerica.com/news/costa-rica-cyber-attack-currently-underway/', 'https://www.advintel.io/post/discontinued-the-end-of-conti-s-brand-marks-new-chapter-for-cybercrime-landscape']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

2

2022-05-08; 2023-03-30

State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Preventive measures

Statement by head of state/head of government; Capacity building in third countries

Costa Rica; United States

Rodrigo Chaves (President of Costa Rica); U.S. Department of State

No

null

Valid Accounts

Data Exfiltration; Defacement

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

5

Moderate - high political importance

5

Low

10

Days (< 7 days)

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

11-50

0

1-10

1

Not available

0

dollar

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

1

2022-05-08 00:00:00

Proclamation of public emergency (national level)

null

Costa Rica

Rodrigo Chaves (President, Costa Rica)

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://therecord.media/north-korea-hackers-funding-us-south-korea-advisory/', 'https://twitter.com/SentinelOne/status/1627742884827959296', 'https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/check-out-these-new-details-on-the-costa-rica-government-attack-by-conti-ransomware/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-conti-ransomware-hacked-and-encrypted-the-costa-rican-government/', 'https://www.advintel.io/post/anatomy-of-attack-truth-behind-the-costa-rica-government-ransomware-5-day-intrusion', 'http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_articulo.aspx?param1=NRA&nValor1=1&nValor2=96886&nValor3=130028&nValor4=-1&nValor5=2&nValor6=08/05/2022&strTipM=FA', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/costa-rica-declares-national-emergency-after-conti-ransomware-attacks/', 'https://therecord.media/ransomware-tracker-the-latest-figures/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/karakurt-extortion-cisa-advisory-conti-ransomware/', 'https://www.state.gov/reward-offers-for-information-to-bring-conti-ransomware-variant-co-conspirators-to-justice/', 'https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/costa-rica-gobierno_chaves-decreta-emergencia-de-ciberseguridad-y-elimina-el-uso-de-mascarilla/47577168', 'https://twitter.com/CCSSdeCostaRica/status/1516465311872172032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1516465311872172032%7Ctwgr%5E7a28d45cc8c3f935187136be031b9f32af083fc2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bleepingcomputer.com%2Fnews%2Fsecurity%2Fcosta-rica-declares-national-emergency-after-conti-ransomware-attacks%2F', 'http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_articulo.aspx?param1=NRA&nValor1=1&nValor2=96886&nValor3=130028&nValor5=2&strTipM=FA', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61323402', 'https://www.micitt.go.cr/2022/05/06/estados-unidos-ofrece-recompensa-por-informacion-que-lleve-a-co-conspiradores-de-conti-ransomware-ante-la-justicia/', 'https://www.ameliarueda.com/nota/costa-rica-en-emergencia-nacional-por-ciberataques-noticias-costa-rica', 'https://www.centralamerica.com/news/costa-rica-cyber-attack-currently-underway/', 'https://www.advintel.io/post/discontinued-the-end-of-conti-s-brand-marks-new-chapter-for-cybercrime-landscape', 'https://observador.cr/ministro-elian-villegas-reconoce-hackeo-en-sistemas-de-hacienda-y-asegura-que-no-pagara-por-rescate/', 'https://restofworld.org/2022/cyberattack-costa-rica-citizens-hurting/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-people-on-the-internet-2022/', 'https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/hacking-governments-and-government-hacking-latin-america-2022-year-review', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/12/27/2022-review-10-biggest-cyberattacks/', 'https://securitymea.com/2022/12/29/10-biggest-cyberattacks-of-the-year/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-leak-200-million-user-email-addresses/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-24/', 'https://twitter.com/SentinelOne/status/1631004375563862036', 'https://cyberscoop.com/white-house-announces-25-million-in-cybersecurity-aid-to-costa-rica/', 'https://therecord.media/biden-administration-commits-25-million-costa-rica-ransomware-recovery', 'https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-costa-rica-albania-ransomware-aid/', 'https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2023/03/state-department-give-costa-rica-25m-cybersecurity/384603/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/us-commits-25-million-to-costa-rica-for-conti-ransomware-recovery/', 'https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-cobalt-strike-hacking-tool/', 'https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/04/06/stopping-cybercriminals-from-abusing-security-tools/', 'https://therecord.media/foreign-cyber-aid-state-department-congress', 'https://cyberscoop.com/fick-cyber-diplomats-embassies/']

1,391

BlueNoroff hackers steal crypto using fake MetaMask extension

The North Korean threat actor group known as 'BlueNoroff' has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with malicious documents and fake MetaMask browser extensions

2021-11-01

2000-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Russia', 'China', 'India', 'United Kingdom', 'Ukraine', 'Poland', 'Czech Republic', 'United Arab Emirates', 'Germany']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'NORTHEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Bluenoroff/APT38/Stardust Chollima/G0082 < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Bluenoroff/APT38/Stardust Chollima/G0082 < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://securelist.com/the-bluenoroff-cryptocurrency-hunt-is-still-on/105488/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluenoroff-hackers-steal-crypto-using-fake-metamask-extension/', 'https://securelist.com/the-bluenoroff-cryptocurrency-hunt-is-still-on/105488/']

1,558

Multiple unnamed APTs obtained sensitive information from US defense company since January 2021

Multiple APT groups gained long-term access to a US defense company as early as January 2021 and mainted access through January 2022, based on a joint advisory issued by CISA, the FBI, and the NSA. Utilizing a series of recently disclosed vulnerabilities to take advantage of unpatched systems, the attackers installed China Chopper webshells on Exchange servers to steal sensitive data through a custom exfiltration tool.

2021-01-01

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

null

['Not available']

['State']

null

1

2022-10-04 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Recorded Future

null

United States

null

State

null

['https://therecord.media/cisa-multiple-government-hacking-groups-had-long-term-access-to-defense-company/']

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available; Valid Accounts

Data Exfiltration

Required

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

2

Low

6

No system interference/disruption

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.cyberscoop.com/feds-release-advisory-apts/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-hackers-stole-data-from-us-defense-org-using-new-malware/', 'https://therecord.media/cisa-multiple-government-hacking-groups-had-long-term-access-to-defense-company/', 'https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-277a', 'https://twitter.com/CyberScoopNews/status/1577428097602920449', 'https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2022/10/05/us-says-hackers-attacked-defense-organization-stole-sensitive-info/', 'https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1577422022254071809', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/fbi-cisa-and-nsa-reveal-how-hackers.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/us-government-details-tools-used-apts-defense-organization-attack', 'https://twitter.com/Dinosn/status/1577540118956724225', 'https://twitter.com/cybereason/status/1577665461105442818', 'https://twitter.com/cahlberg/status/1577505324608942080']

1,562

Middle East-based DeftTorero targeted a variety of sectors in the region with new tactics, techniques and procedures starting in 2019

Kaspersky reports that the threat actor DeftTorero (Lebanese Cedar/Volatile Cedar) from the Middle East became known in attacks as early as 2015. With no further activity detected until 2021, the IT company found a change in tactics, techniques and procedures and investigated them for the period from 2019 to 2021. The main targets were corporates and the education, government, military, media and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East.

2019-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Turkey', 'Egypt', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Lebanon', 'Kuwait', 'Jordan', 'United Arab Emirates']

[['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['MENA', 'MEA', 'AFRICA', 'NAF'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science']]

[['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', ''], ['Military', 'Telecommunications', '', '', '']]

['DeftTorero/ Volatile Cedar/ Lebanese Cedar']

['Middle East (region)']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2022-10-03 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Kaspersky

null

Russia

DeftTorero/ Volatile Cedar/ Lebanese Cedar

Middle East (region)

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securitymea.com/2022/10/05/kaspersky-uncovers-new-tactics-used-by-middle-eastern-apt-group-defttorero/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application; Valid Accounts

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Very high political importance (e.g., critical infrastructure, military) - intensity multiplied by 1.5

2

Minor

2

Not available

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://securitymea.com/2022/10/05/kaspersky-uncovers-new-tactics-used-by-middle-eastern-apt-group-defttorero/', 'https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1577477170590613504', 'https://securelist.com/sinkholing-volatile-cedar-dga-infrastructure/69421/', 'https://securelist.com/defttorero-tactics-techniques-and-procedures/107610/', 'https://www.itweb.co.za/content/VgZey7JllVDqdjX9']

1,563

Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) services were disrupted

Colombia's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) experienced disruptions, knocking offline the agency's website as well as the service to process import licenses for medicines.

2022-10-03

2022-10-05

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

[['National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA; Colombia)']]

['Colombia']

[['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Unknown']

['Not available']

null

1

null

Unknown

null

[]

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

Unknown

null

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Low

10

Days (< 7 days)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Human rights; International peace; Sovereignty

Economic, social and cultural rights; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://therecord.media/colombia-national-food-and-drug-surveillance-institute-hit-with-cyberattack/', 'https://twitter.com/invimacolombia/status/1577455552954712064', 'https://mobile.twitter.com/linapc/status/1577118540200493056']

1,566

The City of Tucson in Arizona was hacked and personal information of 123,500 individuals was stolen in 2022

Hackers stole personal information, including social security numbers, driver's licenses, state identification and passport numbers from the network of the City of Tucson in Arizona during the period of 17-31 May 2022, according to the city.

2022-05-17

2022-05-31

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft

[['City of Tucson ']]

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

null

1

null

None; Unknown

null

None; Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Valid Accounts

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

0

Low

7

No system interference/disruption

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/personal-information-123k-individuals-exposed-city-tucson-data-breach', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136735/data-breach/city-of-tucson-data-breach.html', 'https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/d860ebbf-49e8-4e8f-ad8c-d7359c836c9b.shtml', 'https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/d860ebbf-49e8-4e8f-ad8c-d7359c836c9b/9591839b-dc88-4261-9e60-f6c4cd709ace/document.html']

1,567

Pro-Russian group Killnet disrupts government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi on 5 October 2022

Russian hacktivist group Killnet disrupts the government websites of Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi on 5 October 2022, according to the hackers.

2022-10-05

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Disruption

[['Official Government Portal of Colorado'], ['Official Government Portal of Mississippi'], ['Official Government Portal of Kentucky']]

['United States', 'United States', 'United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration'], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Civil service / administration']]

['Killnet']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-10-05 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Killnet

null

Russia

Killnet

Russia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/russian-hackers-state-government-websites/index.html']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Network Denial of Service

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

null

0

euro

None/Negligent

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/russian-speaking-hackers-knock-us-state-government-websites-offline/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/russian-hackers-shut-down-state-government-sites', 'https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/russian-hackers-state-government-websites/index.html']

1,569

VSOP stole and leaked information from Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2022

VSOP stole information from the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and leaked files of the Guatemalan consulate in New York in September 2022. The compromise resulted in the temporary unavailability of ministry services. Disclosed details included appointment data, passport information and reports on detainees and deportees, the latter dating back as far as 2014.

2022-09-01

2022-10-05

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption

[['Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala)']]

['Guatemala']

[['CENTAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['VSOP']

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

VSOP

null

VSOP

null

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-11/']

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Exfiltration; Service Stop

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Low

8

Weeks (< 4 weeks)

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty; Law of treaties (pacta sunt servanda)

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-11/', 'https://prensa.gob.gt/comunicado/comunicado-oficial-0', 'https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-16/']

1,573

Pro-Russian group Killnet disrupts over a dozen US airport websites on 10 October 2022

Russian hacktivist group KillNet causes short-lived disruptions to over a dozen US airport websites on 10 October 2022. A target list published by KillNet on the group's Telegram channel included 49 domains related to airports in more than half of the countries' states. The DDOS attacks were significant enough to overwhelm the servers hosting sites where travelers booked flights and updates on flights were also impacted. Some of the inaccessible airport websited were: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). The DDOS attacks were confirmed by an official at Department of Homeland Security; however, an official from CISA refused to comment on the attribution of the attacks. Following the attacks, the FBI stated on November 4, 2022: "Coinciding with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FBI is aware of Pro-Russian hacktivist groups employing DDoS attacks to target critical infrastructure companies with limited success." The FBI further stated that DDoS attacks have a minor impact on services provided to users because these attacks "target public-facing infrastructure like websites instead of the actual services." More specifically, the FBI related that DDoS attacks are "opportunistic in nature" and have more of a "psychological impact."

2022-10-10

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)'], ['Des Moines International Airport (DSM)'], ['Denver International Airport (DEN)'], ['LaGuardia Airport (LGA)'], ['St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)'], ['Indianapolis International Airport (IND)'], ['Orlando International Airport (MCO)'], ['Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)'], [None], ['Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)'], ['Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)']]

['United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation']]

null

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2022-10-10; 2022-10-11

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms; Attribution by third-party

Killnet; Frank J. Cilluffo (Academics, USA)

null

Russia; United States

null

Russia; Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state-group

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/10/hackers-airport-websites-russia/8236879001/', 'https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/cyberattacks-reported-us-airports/story?id=91287965', 'https://t.me/killnet_reservs/3007']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Network Denial of Service

Not available

false

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

6

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

11-50

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Due diligence; Sovereignty

;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/RecordedFuture/status/1623519318150463489', 'https://blog.cloudflare.com/uptick-in-healthcare-organizations-experiencing-targeted-ddos-attacks/', 'https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/02/killnet-group-targets-us-and-european-hospitals-with-ddos-attacks', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1627734553778442240', 'https://therecord.media/killnet-ddos-hospitals-healthcare-russia', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/pro-islam-anonymous-sudan-hacktivists-front-russia-killnet-operation', 'https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/10/hackers-airport-websites-russia/8236879001/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/10/cyberattacks-disrupt-us-airport-websites', 'https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airport-websites-hacked-pro-russia-ddos-attack/', 'https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/let-the-hunger-games-begin-pro-russian-hackers-strike-us-airport-websites-20221011-p5borl.html', 'https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-10/los-angeles-airport-website-hacked-pro-russia-hacking-group-targets-airports-united-states', 'https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-travel-websites-knocked-offline-russian-hacker-group-calls-attack-rcna51482', 'https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-atlanta-680cf93f7eb0300127448c35299ad66e', 'https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/airport-websites-offline-investigated-91295146', 'https://www.voanews.com/a/some-airport-websites-go-offline-cause-being-investigated-/6783953.html', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-airport-websites-targeted-by-russian-killnet-group-a-20239', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/us-airports-cyberattack-crosshairs-pro-russian-group-killnet', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-airports-sites-taken-down-in-ddos-attacks-by-pro-russian-hackers/', 'https://www.jpost.com/international/article-719356', 'https://www.securityweek.com/us-airport-websites-hit-suspected-pro-russian-cyberattacks', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/136894/hacktivism/killnet-targets-us-airports.html', 'https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/10/us/airport-websites-russia-hackers/index.html', 'https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/cyberattacks-reported-us-airports/story?id=91287965', 'https://t.me/killnet_reservs/3007', 'https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/killnet-the-hactivist-group-that-started-a-global-cyber-war/', 'https://therecord.media/coverage-of-killnet-ddos-attacks-plays-into-attackers-hands-experts-say/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/us-airports-in-cyberattack-crosshairs-for-pro-russian-group-killnet/', 'https://twitter.com/LawyerLiz/status/1579858370399698946', 'https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/12/trevor-noah-kanye-west', 'https://www.voanews.com/a/experts-cyberattacks-on-us-airport-websites-highlight-ongoing-threats-/6790243.html', 'https://lookingglasscyber.com/blog/threat-intelligence-insights/lookingglass-cyber-monitor-october-14-2022/', 'https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/major-us-airport-websites-taken-offline-pro-russia-hacking-group-takes-credit', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-hacktivist-ddos-attacks-had-minor-impact-on-critical-orgs/', 'https://socradar.io/dark-web-profile-killnet-russian-hacktivist-group/', 'https://therecord.media/ddos-denmark-us-russia-killnet/']

1,574

Iranian activist hackers Edaalate Ali disrupt Iranian state TV broacast featuring the Supreme Leader on 8 October 2022

Iranian activist hackers Edaalate Ali disrupted the TV news broadcast of Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) on 8 October 2022, interfering with a report about a meeting of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The 15-second-long intervention displayed anti-regime and pro-protest messages.

2022-10-08

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)']]

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Media']]

null

['Edaalate Ali']

['Not available']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-10-08 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Edaalate Ali

null

Edaalate Ali

null

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/iran-state-tv-hacked-with-image-of-supreme-leader-in-crosshairs/', 'https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/iran-hackerangriff-staats-tv-100.html']

System / ideology

System/ideology; National power

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition)

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Manipulation

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Very high political importance (e.g., critical infrastructure, military) - intensity multiplied by 1.5

2

Low

6

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

null

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2022-10-09/ty-article/irans-leadership-holds-crisis-meeting-as-protests-rage-nationwide/00000183-bc39-dc53-a987-fc3df0280000', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/iran-state-tv-hacked-with-image-of-supreme-leader-in-crosshairs/', 'https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-news-hacked-supreme-leader-khamenei-protests-rcna51323', 'https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-oil-workers-unrest/32073170.html', 'https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/iran-hackerangriff-staats-tv-100.html', 'https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-10-11/ty-article/.premium/irans-vision-at-home-and-in-mideast-falters-but-ties-with-russia-blossom/00000183-c68f-d1ea-a5c3-cedf15060000', 'https://www.hackread.com/iran-state-run-tv-hacked-edalate-ali-hackers/']

1,580

Lebanon-based hacking group POLONIUM has targeted Israeli organizations in possible coordination with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence since September 2021

Lebanon-based hacking group POLONIUM has targeted a range of Israeli organizations in the IT, manufacutring, and defense sectors since at least September 2021 with the presumed aim of stealing confidential data. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) assessed with high confidence that the group operates from Lebanon and concluded with moderate confidence that reported activity was coordinated with actors associated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Considering operational overlaps on networks compromised by Mercury/MuddyWater, an activity group linked to the MOIS, MSTIC investigates the possibility of a "hand-off" model under which MOIS elements provide POLONIUM with access to infiltrated networks.

2021-09-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available']]

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Unknown', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['', 'Government / ministries', 'Finance', '', '', 'Other (e.g., embassies)', 'Transportation', 'Health', 'Defence industry']]

['POLONIUM', 'Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)']

['Lebanon', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'State']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)', '']

1

2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02; 2022-06-02

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft

null

United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States

POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; POLONIUM; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran); Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)

Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; State; State

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case);

['https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/06/02/exposing-polonium-activity-and-infrastructure-targeting-israeli-organizations/']

International power

System/ideology; International power

Iran – Israel; Iran – Israel

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application; Supply Chain Compromise

Not available

null

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

11-50

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; International peace; Due diligence

; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-polonium-uses-creepy-malware-against-israel/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/06/02/exposing-polonium-activity-and-infrastructure-targeting-israeli-organizations/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/10/11/polonium-targets-israel-creepy-malware/', 'https://twitter.com/chuksjonia/status/1579784402884001792', 'https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1579768943614386178', 'https://therecord.media/report-lebanon-based-hacking-group-attacked-israeli-targets-with-custom-backdoors/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/researchers-uncover-custom-backdoors.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137030/apt/polonium-custom-backdoors.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/seven-creepy-backdoors-used-lebanese-cyberspy-group-israel-attacks', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/videos/eset-research-poloniums-creepy-toolset-week-security-tony-anscombe/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1639428701137035264']

1,581

Ukrainian IT Army defaced the website of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on 7 October 2022

Ukrainian IT Army defaced a series of websites related to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russian-led military alliance framework, on the occasion of Russian President Wladimir Putin's birthday on 7 October 2022, according to the Ukrainian IT Army. In a message posted to the website, the group ostensibly congratulated Putin, alluding to his responsibility for alleged war crimes. The websites were subsequently taken offline. The CSTO website was previously hacked in September 2022 but was not attributed to any cyber group.

2022-10-07

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['IT Army of Ukraine']

['Ukraine']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

IT Army of Ukraine

null

Ukraine

IT Army of Ukraine

Ukraine

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://t.me/itarmyofukraine2022/763']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Defacement

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty; International organizations

Prohibition of intervention; ; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/world/europe/putin-birthday-russia-ukraine.html', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/world/europe/russia-strikes-ukraine.html', 'https://ain.ua/2022/10/07/it-armiya-zlamala-sajt-odkp-i-pryvitala-putina-z-dnem-narodzhennya/', 'https://t.me/itarmyofukraine2022/763', 'https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272759179/russian-led-military-bloc-claims-website-was-hacked?utm_source=feeds.bignewsnetwork.com&utm_medium=referral']

1,589

State-sponsored Chinese hacker group Budworm gained access to networks of targets in the US, Middle East and Southeast Asia since April 2022

State-sponsored Chinese hacker group Budworm gained access to networks of a Middle Eastern government, a multinational electronics manufacturer, a US state legislature, and a hospital in Southeast Asia from April 2022 to October 2022, according to IT company Symantec.

2022-04-01

2022-10-13

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Not available', 'Middle East (region)', 'United States', 'Southeast Asia (region)']

[[], [], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], []]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[[''], ['Government / ministries'], ['Legislative'], ['Health']]

['Budworm']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-10-13 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Symantec

null

United States

Budworm

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/budworm-espionage-us-state']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Supply Chain Compromise

Not available

null

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

7

Months

Not available

1-10

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; International peace; Sovereignty

Non-state actors; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137075/apt/budworm-apt-targets-us.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-cyberspies-targeting-us-state-legislature', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/budworm-hackers-resurface-with-new.html', 'https://therecord.media/u-s-state-legislature-middle-eastern-govt-targeted-by-espionage-group-through-log4j/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/china-hacking-budworm-apt27-nsa-threat/', 'https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/budworm-espionage-us-state', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/disinformation-attacks-threaten-us-midterm-elections', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1639428701137035264']

1,590

The Bulgarian post was disrupted in April 2022

The Bulgarian Post was hit by a cyber attack of unknown origin, but Bulgarian cybersecurity experts suspect Russian involvement behind the attack. These hackers utilized Delphi software, of which its users are "99 %" in Russia, and disrupted postal service in order to cause tension.

2022-04-04

2022-04-16

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Bulgarian Post']]

['Bulgaria']

[['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Not available']

['Russia']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2022-05-04 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker

Vasil Velichkov (IT expert and government advisor, Bulgaria)

null

Bulgaria

null

Russia

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://3e-news.net/en/a/view/33112/poor-cyber-defense-and-delayed-reaction-to-hacking-have-led-to-massive-damage-to-bulgarian-posts']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

1

2022-05-04 00:00:00

State Actors: Stabilizing measures

Statement by other ministers/members of parliament

Bulgaria

Kalina Konstantinowa (Deputy Prime Minister for Effective Governance, Bulgaria)

No

null

Not available

Data Destruction; Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Low

7

Day (< 24h)

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/cyber_etc/status/1516070213439135744', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/russian-style-hackers-ruin-bulgarian-post-office/', 'https://3e-news.net/en/a/view/33112/poor-cyber-defense-and-delayed-reaction-to-hacking-have-led-to-massive-damage-to-bulgarian-posts', 'https://www.bgpost.bg/en/news/3375']

1,594

Anonymous -linked group v0g3lSec defaces a Russian drug dealing website on the dark web in May 2022

Anonymous collective v0g3lSec takes over a Russian website on the dark web related to drug dealing in May 2022. Using the Squad 303 tool, the collective defaces the website.

2022-05-03

2022-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Not available']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Criminal']]

['v0g3lSec']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-03 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

v0g3lSec ‏

null

Unknown

v0g3lSec

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['http://web.archive.org/web/20220503132909/https://twitter.com/v0g3lSec/status/1521481842121129987']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

Not available

null

Not available

Defacement

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

null

Low

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/anonymous-collective-v0g3lsec-has-seized-the-drug-dealing-dark-net-website-of-russia-and-defaced-it-with-squad303-tool/', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/v0g3lsec-has-hacked-into-another-russian-black-market-website-on-the-dark-web/', 'http://web.archive.org/web/20220503132909/https://twitter.com/v0g3lSec/status/1521481842121129987', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,599

Pro-Russian group Killnet targets German authorities and ministries with DDoS attacks in early May

At the beginning of May, the Russian hacker group Killnet attacked servers of several German authorities and ministries via DDoS attacks, making them temporarily inaccessible. The hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack via telegram. The attacks allegedly affected, among others, the Ministry of Defense, the Bundestag, the Federal Police, the Bundeskriminalamt, several state police agencies, airports, and the SPD website of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Authorities suspect retaliatory attacks over German arms deliveries to Ukraine behind the attacks. The Federal Office for Information Security assesses the attacks as technically unsophisticated. The ministry of the interior stated that all attacks have been successfully defended and no data was stolen, but according to Der Spiegel, some of the targeted websites have been temporarily unavailable. The German government confirmed the attacks.

2022-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Disruption

null

['Germany', 'Germany', 'Germany', 'Germany', 'Germany', 'Germany', 'Germany']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police'], ['Transportation'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Political parties'], ['Police'], ['Government / ministries']]

null

1

NaT; 2022-05-01

None; Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

None; Attacker confirms

None; Killnet

null

None; Russia

null

None; Russia

None; Non-state-group

None; Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.wiwo.de/politik/ausland/cyberangriff-russische-hacker-greifen-webseiten-deutscher-behoerden-an/28314926.html', 'https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russian-hackers-target-german-govt-websites-in-series-of-cyberattacks-report-articleshow.html', 'https://www.dw.com/de/wie-der-krieg-in-der-ukraine-mit-cybercrime-zusammenh%C3%A4ngt/a-61739052', 'https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/digitales/hacker-angriff-deutschland-ukraine-krieg-russland-100.html']

Other

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Endpoint Denial of Service

Not available

false

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

6

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Medium

0

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.wiwo.de/politik/ausland/cyberangriff-russische-hacker-greifen-webseiten-deutscher-behoerden-an/28314926.html', 'https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russian-hackers-target-german-govt-websites-in-series-of-cyberattacks-report-articleshow.html', 'https://www.dw.com/de/wie-der-krieg-in-der-ukraine-mit-cybercrime-zusammenh%C3%A4ngt/a-61739052', 'https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/digitales/hacker-angriff-deutschland-ukraine-krieg-russland-100.html', 'https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/18/germanys-cyber-security-agency-chief-sacked-alleged-close-ties/', 'https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-sees-russia-coordinating-with-hackers-in-cyberattacks-tied-to-ukraine-war-11663930801?mod=djemalertNEWS']

1,603

Pro-Russian group KillNet disrupted various Bulgarian websites on 15 October 2022

Russian hacktivist group KillNet disrupted various Bulgarian websites, including of government, airports, media and a telecommunication company, on 15 October 2022, according to statements by the hackers

2022-10-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

[['Ministry of Justice (Bulgaria)'], ['Constitutional Court (Bulgaria)'], ['Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria)'], ['Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)'], ['Presidency (Bulgaria)'], ['Not available']]

['Bulgaria', 'Bulgaria', 'Bulgaria', 'Bulgaria', 'Bulgaria', 'Bulgaria']

[['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Media', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Judiciary'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Telecommunications', '', 'Transportation']]

['Killnet']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

3

2022-10-16; 2022-10-15; 2022-10-15; 2022-10-15; 2022-10-15

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Killnet; Ivan Geshev (Chief Public Prosecutor, BGR); Prosecutor's Office; Borislav Sarafov; National Investigative Service

null

Russia; Bulgaria; Bulgaria; Bulgaria; Bulgaria

Killnet; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown

Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia

Non-state-group; Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

Hacktivist(s); ; ; ;

['https://www-dnevnik-bg.translate.goog/bulgaria/2022/10/15/4403495_geshev_hakerskata_ataka_idva_ot_ruskiia_grad/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://www-dnevnik-bg.translate.goog/bulgaria/2022/10/15/4403469_hakerska_ataka_zatrudni_vlizaneto_v_saita_na/?ref=home_NaiNovoto&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://t.me/killnet_reservs/3137']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Network Denial of Service

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

4

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Due diligence; Sovereignty

;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-cyberattack-russia/32084869.html', 'https://www.databreaches.net/bulgarian-government-hit-by-cyberattack-blamed-on-russian-hacking-group/', 'https://www.novinite.com/articles/217097/Russians+might+be+behind+Hacker+Attacks+against+Bulgaria', 'https://www-dnevnik-bg.translate.goog/bulgaria/2022/10/15/4403495_geshev_hakerskata_ataka_idva_ot_ruskiia_grad/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://www-dnevnik-bg.translate.goog/bulgaria/2022/10/15/4403469_hakerska_ataka_zatrudni_vlizaneto_v_saita_na/?ref=home_NaiNovoto&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://www-svobodnaevropa-bg.translate.goog/a/32084652.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-cyberattack-russia/32084869.html', 'https://t.me/killnet_reservs/3137', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/bulgaria-targeted-by-russian-hacker-attack/', 'https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/nuclear-phase-out-strains-german-coalition-2/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137230/hacking/bulgaria-hit-cyber-attack-russia.html', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1582089024252305408', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1581951029179883520', 'https://therecord.media/cyberattack-disrupts-bulgarian-government-websites-over-betrayal-to-russia/', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/24th-october-threat-intelligence-report/']

1,605

Unknown APT groups used a 0-day in Zimbra software to gain access to government, telecommunication and IT entities throughout Central Asia in early September 2022

Unknown APT groups used a 0-day in Zimbra software, namely CEV-2022-41352, to gain access to government, telecommunication and IT entities in early September 2022 as part of the first attack wave, according to a technical report by Kaspersky. The taregeting showed mixed patters of selective and opportunistic attacks with a strong geographic focus on Central Asia.

2022-09-07

null

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Not available']]

['Central Asia (region)']

null

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications', '']]

['Unknown']

['Not available']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

2

2022-10-13; 2022-10-13

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Kaspersky; Volexity

null

Russia; United States

Unknown; Unknown

null

Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securelist.com/ongoing-exploitation-of-cve-2022-41352-zimbra-0-day/107703/', 'https://twitter.com/Volexity/status/1580591431197945857']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

One

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Data Manipulation

null

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

1

Not available

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/zimbra-patches-under-attack-code-execution-bug', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/zimbra-releases-patch-for-actively.html', 'https://forums.zimbra.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=71153&sid=ec590d3c33b28980e53752569defe800', 'https://securelist.com/ongoing-exploitation-of-cve-2022-41352-zimbra-0-day/107703/', 'https://twitter.com/Volexity/status/1580591431197945857', 'https://blog.zimbra.com/2022/10/new-zimbra-patches-9-0-0-patch-27-8-8-15-patch-34/', 'https://socradar.io/unpatched-rce-vulnerability-in-zimbra-actively-exploited/', 'https://twitter.com/unix_root/status/1581981098493595648']

1,606

An unnamed Chinese APT gained access to the systems of a US software company through the use of shack2 and China Chopper web shells in 2022

An unnamed and possibly state-sponsored Chinese APT gained access to the network of a US software company in 2022, using the shack2 and China Chopper web shells, according to the findings that the cybersecurity firm IronNet published with moderate confidence. No data theft was reported. IronNet detected the incident in August 2022.

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Not available']]

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Not available']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2022-10-18 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

IronNet

null

United States

null

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.ironnet.com/blog/the-security-risk-of-m-a']

International power

System/ideology; International power

China – USA; China – USA

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

External Remote Services; Valid Accounts

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

6

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

null

0

euro

None/Negligent

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.ironnet.com/blog/the-security-risk-of-m-a']

1,607

Chinese state-sponsored Winnti Group targets Hong Kong government organizations in espionage effort starting in 2021

The Chinese state-sponsored hackers APT Winnti Group attacked several of Hong Kong's government institutions using the Spyder Loader malware in an effort to gather intelligence for over a year starting in 2021. This activity is linked to Operation CuckooBees, an alleged espionage effort by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to steal information from critical infrastructure companies dating back to 2019.

2021-01-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Hong Kong']

[['ASIA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-10-18 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Symantec

null

United States

null

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://therecord.media/hong-kong-govt-orgs-targeted-for-over-a-year-with-spyder-loader-malware-report/']

System / ideology; Autonomy; Secession

System/ideology; Autonomy; Secession

China (Hong Kong); China (Hong Kong); China (Hong Kong)

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

7

Months

Not available

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; Law of treaties (pacta sunt servanda)

;

Not available

0

null

Cyber espionage

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/chinese-spyder-loader-malware-spotted.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-compromised-hong-kong-govt-agency-network-for-a-year/', 'https://therecord.media/hong-kong-govt-orgs-targeted-for-over-a-year-with-spyder-loader-malware-report/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137300/apt/apt41-spyder-loader.html', 'https://twitter.com/unix_root/status/1582349777592758273', 'https://twitter.com/Dinosn/status/1582357654391128065', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1582332169225371649', 'https://twitter.com/780thC/status/1582324378880028673', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-linked-cyber-espionage-team-homes-in-on-hong-kong-government-orgs', 'https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-winnti-group-seen-targeting-governments-sri-lanka-hong-kong', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/24th-october-threat-intelligence-report/']

1,609

Anonymous-linked group CaucasNet claims a hack of patrol robots of the Russian company SMP Robotics in May 2022

The Anonymous-linked group CaucasNet claims to have hacked the administration panel of the patrol robots "Tral Patrol 4.0" of the Russian company SMP Robotics worldwide and broadcasted the Ukrainian national anthem and a Georgian song on the robots on May 9, 2022. Targets included robots at Sheremetyevo International Airport.

2022-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['SMP Robotics']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['CaucasNet']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-04 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

CaucasNet

null

Unknown

CaucasNet

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/caucasnet/status/1521643929178939392']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Defacement; Resource Hijacking

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

6

Days (< 7 days)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/caucasnet/status/1524177545465372673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1524177545465372673%7Ctwgr%5E2caead7fdff69fa732bc4bfa398899c2066e99e6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Fdebug%2Fhackers-surveillance-robots-russia%2F', 'https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hackers-surveillance-robots-russia/', 'https://twitter.com/caucasnet/status/1521643929178939392', 'https://vosveteit.zoznam.sk/hackeri-z-anonymous-rozoberaju-rusko-pribuda-jeden-kyberneticky-utok-za-druhym/', 'https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1524056118259036162?s=20&t=1tD6JNcAL4R2MjNPMiP6Hw', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg']

1,613

Unknown hackers stole information of Australian private health insurance provider Medibank in October 2022

Unknown hackers stole personal information of customers of Australian private health insurance provider Medibank in October 2022. A week before the company became aware of the data theft, Medibank had arrested a ransomware attack in the staging phase. Stolen data came from the systems of the ahm insurance and the international studen insurance services, and comprised customer names, addresses, dates of birth, medicare numbers, policy numbers, and phone numbers. In some cases, details also included claims data, recording the location of where a customer received medical services and codes revealing their diagnoses and procedures. In November the hackers started leaking the stolen data on the dark web containing screencaps from chats or negotiations between Medibank and the ransomware group. On the 1st December 2022, Medibank confirmed, that the hackers leaked another dump of stolen data containing health claim information. In February 2023, the company stated that the "criminal accessed our systems using a stolen Medibank username and password used by a third party IT service provider" and that "following the triage of a security alert on 11 October we closed down the criminal’s attack path and can reconfirm no further activity by the criminal since 12 October 2022 has been detected inside our systems."

2022-10-01

2022-11-01

Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Medibank Private Ltd.']]

['Australia']

[['OC']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Health']]

['Unknown']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)']

1

2022-11-11 00:00:00

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Reece Kershaw (Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Australia)

null

Australia

Unknown

Russia

Non-state-group

Criminal(s)

['https://www.medibank.com.au/health-insurance/info/cyber-security/', 'https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/statement-afp-commissioner-reece-kershaw-medibank-private-data-breach']

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

2

2022-12-08; 2022-11-04

State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Legislative reactions

Statement by other ministers/members of parliament; Legislative initiative

Australia; Australia

Clare O'Neil (Cyber Security Minister, AUS); Parliament of Australia

No

null

Phishing

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Medium

11

No system interference/disruption

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

> 10 Mio - 100 Mio

24,000,000

dollar

None/Negligent

Human rights

Civic / political rights

Not available

1

2022-11-12 00:00:00

Other legal measures on national level (e.g. law enforcement investigations, arrests)

null

Australia

Australian Government

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/UK_Daniel_Card/status/1630097281516032000', 'https://socradar.io/what-we-learned-from-medibank-ransomware-incident/', 'https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/digitec/cyberangriff-auf-australische-krankenkasse-hacker-in-russland-18453252.html', 'https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2022/11/30/hackers-cripple-prestigious-indian-hospitals-internet-systems', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/ransomware-australia-task-force/', 'https://www.smh.com.au/national/happy-cyber-security-day-medibank-hackers-release-massive-trove-of-data-online-20221201-p5c2q5.html', 'https://twitter.com/unix_root/status/1598340896910557184', 'https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/case-closed-medibank-hackers-release-massive-data-file-20221201-p5c2pu.html', 'https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2022/12/01/hackers-dump-more-customer-data-from-australian-insurer-medibank', 'https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2022/12/01/cybercriminalite-au-vanuatu-le-retour-au-stylo-n-est-plus-une-chimere-de-nostalgique_6152491_3234.html', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/5th-december-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://therecord.media/multiple-government-departments-in-new-zealand-affected-by-ransomware-attack-on-it-provider/', 'https://socradar.io/major-cyber-attacks-in-review-november-2022/', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/in-some-countries-you-have-a-right-to-be-forgotten-online-so-can-you-ask-a-company-to-ditch-your-data-in-australia-20221206-p5c43l.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/accounting-illusion-downer-delivers-the-latest-corporate-head-scratcher-20221208-p5c4t1.html', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/australian-aims-to-be-worlds-most-cyber-secure-country-a-20677', 'https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/ClareONeil/Pages/national-press-club-address.aspx', 'https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/15/russian-medibank-hackers-could-be-first-targets-of-australian-sanctions-against-cyber-attackers', 'https://twitter.com/jasonnurse/status/1604812727289012227', 'https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/data-security/news/medibank-data-leak/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/12/27/2022-review-10-biggest-cyberattacks/', 'https://socradar.io/introducing-radar-pages-major-cyber-attacks/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/01/medibank-hackers-announce-case-closed-and-dump-huge-data-file-on-dark-web', 'https://securitymea.com/2022/12/29/10-biggest-cyberattacks-of-the-year/', 'https://socradar.io/top-10-data-leaks-in-2022/', 'https://therecord.media/international-counter-ransomware-task-force-kicks-off/', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/australian-insurer-back-online-after-cyberattack-a-20274', 'https://therecord.media/shares-in-australias-medibank-drop-despite-foiling-ransomware-attack/', 'https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/19/health-insurer-medibank-enters-trading-halt-after-purported-cyber-attack', 'https://www.smh.com.au/national/customer-data-may-have-been-exposed-in-medibank-cyber-incident-20221019-p5br74.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/medibank-hackers-threaten-to-release-stolen-health-data-in-ransom-demand-20221019-p5br2s.html', 'https://www.heise.de/news/Krankenversicherer-gehackt-Angreifer-wollen-1000-betroffene-Promis-kontaktieren-7313388.html', 'https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-20/medibank-cyber-attack-hack-stolen-data/101557122', 'https://www.medibank.com.au/health-insurance/info/cyber-security/', 'https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-cybersecurity-arms-race-is-running-hot-and-the-hackers-are-winning-20221020-p5brl0.html', 'https://www.foxnews.com/world/cybercriminal-holding-customers-data-australian-health-insurer-ransom', 'https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/20/medibank-says-sample-of-stolen-customer-data-includes-details-of-medical-procedures', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/what-we-know-about-medibank-hack-and-what-should-customers-do-20221020-p5brgi.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/four-million-australians-could-be-exposed-in-medibank-hack-20221021-p5brmx.html', 'https://apnews.com/article/technology-health-australia-hacking-business-cfa90df38c870633a24384c01487a92e', 'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-australian-canberra-trade-parliament-b2206642.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/australian-health-insurer-medibank-admits-customer-data-stolen-ransomware-attack', 'https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/after-telco-hack-australia-faces-wave-data-breaches-3016611', 'https://therecord.media/medibank-says-criminals-have-shared-proof-they-stole-customer-data/', 'https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/ClareONeil/Pages/statement-on-medibank-cyber-incident.aspx', 'https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/newsroom/post/medibank-cyber-incident-response', 'https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/medibank-cyberattack-could-be-costly-on-multiple-fronts-20221021-p5brth.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/how-medibank-joined-optus-in-hack-hell-20221021-p5brt3.html', 'https://www.smh.com.au/technology/energyaustralia-struck-by-cyber-attack-attacking-weakness-in-password-rules-20221022-p5bryn.html', 'https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/australia-flags-corporate-penalties-privacy-breaches-91902034', 'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-australia-canberra-parliament-b2208256.html', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/24th-october-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/australia-flags-new-corporate-penalties-privacy-breaches', 'https://www.databreaches.net/medibank-updates-incident-report-customer-data-also-affected/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/medibank-confirms-broader-cyberattack-impact-after-hackers-threaten-target-celebs', 'https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/pay-hackers-cybersecurity-it-australia-government-firm-3023661', 'https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/10/medibank-customers-personal-data-compromised-by-cyber-attack', 'https://www.databreaches.net/au-medibanks-latest-update-reveals-more-woes-my-home-hospital-patient-info-accessed/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/australian-clinical-labs-says-data-of-223000-people-hacked/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/australian-health-insurer-medibank.html', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/fallout-from-medibank-hack-grows-a-20361', 'https://therecord.media/cyberspace-has-become-a-battleground-warns-australian-cyber-security-centre/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-leak-australian-health-records-dark-web', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/medibank-warns-customers-their-data-was-leaked-by-ransomware-gang/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-release-australian-health-insurers-customer-data/', 'https://twitter.com/ciaranmartinoxf/status/1590596497137360896', 'https://twitter.com/HackRead/status/1590511910763474944', 'https://twitter.com/ColetteWeston/status/1590607741139054592', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1590663811576451072', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/australia-blames-russian-hackers-for-medibank-hack-a-20452', 'https://therecord.media/australian-federal-police-say-cybercriminals-in-russia-behind-medibank-hack/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/au-government-announces-new-task-force-to-target-hackers/', 'https://twitter.com/ciaranmartinoxf/status/1591535531976196096', 'https://twitter.com/troyhunt/status/1591532230211698688', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberknow20/status/1591526482450567178', 'https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/11/11/cyberattaque-l-australie-accuse-des-pirates-russes-de-vol-de-donnees-medicales_6149437_3210.html', 'https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/statement-afp-commissioner-reece-kershaw-medibank-private-data-breach', 'https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/hackers-leak-more-medibank-customer-data-on-dark-web/news-story/70433a3c5a0b6b2329733912d4470030', 'https://www.pm.gov.au/media/doorstop-cenotaph-sydney', 'https://twitter.com/UK_Daniel_Card/status/1592244332761079809', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/14th-november-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/australia-declares-war-against-cybercriminals', 'https://twitter.com/jasonnurse/status/1592511718328258561', 'https://www.databreaches.net/medibank-defends-decision-to-not-pay-hackers-ransom-for-stolen-data-as-it-contacts-480000-customers/', 'https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/tougher-penalties-serious-data-breaches-22-10-2022', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/australia-hack-back-plan-against-cyberattackers-familiar-concerns', 'https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/joint-standing-operation-against-cyber-criminal-syndicates-12-11-2022', 'https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillsdgs%2F8863742%22', 'https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=BillId:r6940%20Recstruct:billhome', 'https://twitter.com/medibank/status/1585052710730362880', 'https://socradar.io/growing-cybercrime-outsourcing-model-initial-access-brokers/', 'https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/newsroom/post/2023-half-year-results-a-solid-result-with-business-momentum-returning?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/breaking-mold-pen-testing-solutions.html', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/australia-is-scouring-the-earth-for-cybercriminals-the-us-should-too', 'https://socradar.io/whats-next-for-cybercrime-ecosystem-after-genesis-market-takedown/']

1,615

National Republican Army (NRA) steals data from Russian government contractors and disrupts government websites

In October 2022, the Kyiv Post disclosed that the Russian hacktivist group National Republican Army (NRA) hacked and stole data from several Russian technology companies based on information received from the group, including sample data allegedly obtained during the operation. Targets included Technoserv, which provides services to protect the Russian government. The group cites the goal of overthrowing Putin as the reason for the attack. Among the documents, according to the NRA, are records that also indicate a relationship between Technoserv and Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). In an apparant message to Technoserv system administrators, the group claimed to have extracted over 1.2 TB of data, the equivalent of one million files, ranging from AutoCAD designs, contracts with clients and partners, personal information of employees, including passport details. NRA threatened to publicly release the data.

2022-01-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available'], ['Technoserv'], [None]]

['Russia', 'Russia', 'Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[[''], [''], ['Government / ministries']]

['National Republican Army (NRA)']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-10-18 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms

National Republican Army (NRA)

null

Russia

National Republican Army (NRA)

Russia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.kyivpost.com/russias-war/russians-against-putin-nra-claims-massive-hack-of-russian-government-contractors-computers.html']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

Russia (opposition); Russia (opposition)

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration; Defacement

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

7

Not available

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/hacking/cyberangriff-nra-hackt-wichtige-russische-unternehmen-258025.html', 'https://www.kyivpost.com/russias-war/russians-against-putin-nra-claims-massive-hack-of-russian-government-contractors-computers.html']

1,626

Iranian hacker group Emennet Pasargad stole and leaked information of a US-based organization to target an Iranian opposition group in early 2022

Iranian hacker group Emennet Pasargad stole and leaked information of a US-based organization to target the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) in early 2022, according to a notification of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

null

Data theft & Doxing; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available']]

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Unknown']]

null

['Emennet Pasargad']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

null

United States

Emennet Pasargad

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/221020.pdf']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition); Iran (Opposition)

Unknown

null

1

2022-10-20 00:00:00

State Actors: Preventive measures

Awareness raising

United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

No

null

External Remote Services

Data Exfiltration; Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

7

Not available

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/iranian-cyber-group-emennet-pasargad-conducting-hack-and-leak-operations-using-false-flag-personas/', 'https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/221020.pdf', 'https://therecord.media/fbi-warns-of-hack-and-leak-operations-from-group-based-in-iran/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/fbi-iranian-threat-group-likely-to-target-us-midterms', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-iran-warning-hacktivists-election-israel/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-iranian-cyber-firms-hack-and-leak-operations', 'https://twitter.com/780thC/status/1584489425144143872']

1,627

Iranian-based APT-C-50 continued Domestic Kitten campaign to spy on Iranian citizens starting in June 2021

Iranian-based APT-C-50 continued its Domestic Kitten campaign to spy on Iranian citizens using new mobile FurBall malware starting in June 2021, according to a technical report by the IT security company ESET. Hidden within an app, the surveillance software is distributed via a website designed to imitate a legitimate platform for resources translated from English to Farsi. In a possible attempt to maintain a low profile and avoid premature detection, the app's default permissions are limited to extract contact lists that could enable subsequent spearphishing attacks. Earlier versions of the app contained expansive surveillance functionalities that, if activiated by the attacker, could siphon text messages, device location, information on installed apps, notifications of other apps (including incoming messages) from infected devices and included the capability to capture and exfiltrate photos and videos. The Domestic Kitten campaign started in 2016, as reported by multiple IT companies, targeting predominantly anti-Iranian-government groups.

2021-06-21

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available']]

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['APT-C-50']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

ESET

null

Slovakia

APT-C-50

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/10/20/domestic-kitten-campaign-spying-iranian-citizens-furball-malware/']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition)

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Drive-By Compromise

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Medium

12

Months

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

Not available

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Human rights; International telecommunication law

Civic / political rights;

Not available

0

null

Human rights

Civic / political rights

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/hackers-using-new-version-of-furball.html', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-updates-furball-android-spyware-to-evade-detection/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/10/20/domestic-kitten-campaign-spying-iranian-citizens-furball-malware/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/furball-spyware-being-used-against-iranian-citizens', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/videos/apt-c-50-updates-furball-android-malware-week-security-tony-anscombe/', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/24th-october-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://securitymea.com/2022/10/27/furball-spyware-goes-after-iranian-citizens-eset-research/']

1,628

Anonymous hacking group Black Reward stole and leaked information of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) in October 2022

The hacker group Black Reward gained access to the email servers of a subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and threatened the government on 21 October with the release of stolen confidential data. The targeted entity, the Nuclear Energy Production and Development Co., operates Iran's so far only nuclear power plant in Busher. The group set a 24-hour ultimatum for the government to release all political prisoners. When this demand was not met, the group moved to leak information it said it had obtained from the subsidiary's email system. The 50 gigabytes of published information included, inter alia, administrative and operational plans of the Bushehr nuclear facility, passports and visas of Iranian as well as Russian employees, and contracts and agreements on nuclear development plans, according to a Tweet of the hacking group. It remains unclear whether the compromised systems handled classified information. The attack is one in a series of operations carried out in connection with the protests against the death of Mahsa Amini.

2022-01-01

2022-10-22

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking without Misuse

[['Atomic Energy Production and Development Co. (Iran)']]

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

2

2022-10-21; 2022-10-23

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attacker confirms; Receiver attributes attacker

Black Reward; Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)

null

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

null

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Not available

Non-state-group; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Hacktivist(s);

['https://www.foxnews.com/world/hackers-breach-irans-atomic-energy-agency-protests-persist', 'https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2022-10-23/ty-article/hackers-target-irans-atomic-energy-organization-release-nuclear-data/00000184-0493-d644-a39c-d5f7c19c0000', 'https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/10/23/world/iran-nuclear-energy-hack/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137513/hacking/hackers-stole-sensitive-data-from-irans-atomic-energy-agency.html', 'https://mobile.twitter.com/black_reward/status/1583539226049536000']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

Iran (opposition); Iran (opposition)

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

10

Day (< 24h)

Major data breach/exfiltration (critical/sensitive information) & data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Cyber espionage

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://apnews.com/article/iran-technology-dubai-middle-east-business-944d99079fca61439d64054db6bde941', 'https://www.foxnews.com/world/hackers-breach-irans-atomic-energy-agency-protests-persist', 'https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2022-10-23/ty-article/hackers-target-irans-atomic-energy-organization-release-nuclear-data/00000184-0493-d644-a39c-d5f7c19c0000', 'https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/10/23/world/iran-nuclear-energy-hack/', 'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ap-xi-jinping-bering-strait-rishi-sunak-russia-b2208760.html', 'https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000140234915/hacker-unterstuetzen-proteste-irans-atombehoerde-meldet-cyberangriff', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137513/hacking/hackers-stole-sensitive-data-from-irans-atomic-energy-agency.html', 'https://mobile.twitter.com/black_reward/status/1583539226049536000', 'https://aeoi.org.ir/?news/48466/318330/337446/%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B0-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9-%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%87', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/24th-october-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/iran-nuclear-emails-hack-leak-black-reward/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iran-s-atomic-energy-agency-confirms-hack-after-stolen-data-leaked-online/', 'https://therecord.media/iran-says-specific-foreign-country-behind-hacktivist-leak-of-atomic-energy-emails/', 'https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-nuclear-agency-hacked-e-mail/32096955.html', 'https://twitter.com/HackRead/status/1584617205588578309', 'https://twitter.com/SentinelOne/status/1586019403820212224', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1587058112736989186']

1,629

APT SideWinder Positioned Backdoor on the website of Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) in September 2022

The APT group SideWinder placed a backdoor on the official website of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) of Pakistan, possibly by compromising NEPRA's web server, Zscaler discovered in September 2022. Attackers used the website as staging ground to deploy malware modules via files disguised as official cybersecurity advisories against further espionage targets in Pakistan. Despite SideWinder's high activity rate - a Kaspersky security researcher in May 2022 identified it as among the most prolific groups - indicators that previously suggested an association with Indian actors have not been substantiated.

null

2022-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

[['National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA; Pakistan)']]

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Sidewinder APT/ Rattlesnake/ T-APT4']

['India']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Zscaler

null

United States

Sidewinder APT/ Rattlesnake/ T-APT4

India

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/sidewinder-apt-using-new-warhawk.html', 'https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/warhawk-new-backdoor-arsenal-sidewinder-apt-group-0', 'https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/12/sidewinder_apt_attack_spree/', 'https://blog.group-ib.com/sidewinder-antibot']

International power

Territory; Resources; International power

India – Pakistan; India – Pakistan; India – Pakistan

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Exploit Public-Facing Application; Phishing

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

Minor

3

Not available

1-10

0

1-10

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; International peace; Sovereignty

; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Cyber espionage

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/sidewinder-apt-using-new-warhawk.html', 'https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/warhawk-new-backdoor-arsenal-sidewinder-apt-group-0', 'https://i.blackhat.com/Asia-22/Thursday-Materials/AS-22-Shabab-SideWinderUncoilsToStrike.pdf', 'https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/12/sidewinder_apt_attack_spree/', 'https://twitter.com/Dinosn/status/1584451594233729024', 'https://twitter.com/cybersecboardrm/status/1584557116194365442', 'https://blog.group-ib.com/sidewinder-antibot']

1,631

Anonymous targeted the Russian Ministry of Defense in a hack-and-leak operation including mobilization data in September 2022

Anonymous hacked and leaked data of 305,925 people who are likely to be mobilized in the first of three waves of mobilization. Anonymous claims that this hacking Russia's Ministry of Defense and leaking data about Russia mobilized soldiers is for the purpose of defending the sovereign territory of Ukraine against the Russian invasion, as part of #OperationRussia

2022-09-01

2022-09-23

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Ministry of Defence (Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/security/anonymous-collective-hacked-and-leaked-data-of-305925-people-who-are-likely-to-be-mobilized-in-the-first-of-three-waves-of-mobilization/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1573290421270507520']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

Not available

null

Not available; Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/security/anonymous-collective-hacked-and-leaked-data-of-305925-people-who-are-likely-to-be-mobilized-in-the-first-of-three-waves-of-mobilization/', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonNewsESP/status/1507880038741458950?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonDoxx/status/1581970139041652741?s=20&t=TKiTdpmCLm5C1-nJK_XSZg', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1573290421270507520']

1,555

Russian hackers attacked Gloucester City Council's website using malware in December 2021

In December 2021, Russian hackers attacked Gloucester City Council's website using malware embedded in an email. Several online services could no longer be accessed. The cost of completely rebuilding the website was already £787,000 in October 2022 and could still exceed the amount of £1 million.

2021-12-20

2021-12-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Gloucester City Council']]

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

null

['Russia']

['Not available']

null

1

2022-01-18 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Media-based attribution

null

United Kingdom

null

Russia

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-60045060']

International power

System/ideology; International power

EU, USA et. al – Russia; EU, USA et. al – Russia

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

1

2022-09-29 00:00:00

State Actors: Executive reactions

null

United Kingdom

null

No

null

Phishing

Service Stop

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Not available

0

Medium

11

Months

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

null

0

null

0

euro

Not available

International peace; Due diligence; Sovereignty

Prohibition of intervention; ;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-63087153', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-63129084', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-60045060', 'https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/gloucesters-cyber-attack-financial-fallout-7659790']

1,640

Anonymous hacked and leaked 77,500 emails from the Russian Port and Railway Projects Service of JSC UMMC in May 2022

In May 2022, Anonymous announced that it had hacked and leaked 77,500 emails totaling 106 GB from the Russian Port and Railway Projects Service of JSC UMMC as part of #OpRussia. It operates the two largest ports in Russia specializing in coal shipment. By working with JSC Russian Railways, the two ports have been able to maximize their cargo turnover. Countries supplied include Japan, Germany, South Korea and Turkey.

2022-05-01

2022-05-10

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Port and Railway Projects Service of JSC UMMC (Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-10 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1524067375057936386?s=20&t=oEE6ju6a-b3iAvxsoKRfZQ']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

8

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1524067375057936386?s=20&t=oEE6ju6a-b3iAvxsoKRfZQ', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/anonymous-collective-has-leaked-around-106-gb-worth-of-data-from-the-port-and-railway-projects-service-of-jsc-ummc/', 'https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Port_and_Railway_Projects_Service_of_JSC_UMMC', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/131264/hacktivism/anonymous-oprussia-updates.html']

1,641

Anonymous targeted the Polar Department of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography with a hack-and-leak operation in May 2022

In May 2022, Anonymous claims to have hacked and leaked the Polar Department of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. More than 450GB of emails were allegedly published in the process. The leak sources are B00daMooda and DepaixPorteur.

2022-05-01

2022-05-11

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Polar Department of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Science']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/DepaixPorteur/status/1524378643681611777']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

8

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/DepaixPorteur/status/1524378643681611777', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/security/anonymous-collective-leaked-466-gb-of-emails-from-the-polar-branch-of-the-russian-federal-research-institute-of-fisheries-and-oceanography/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/131264/hacktivism/anonymous-oprussia-updates.html', 'https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Polar_Branch_of_the_Russian_Federal_Research_Institute_of_Fisheries_and_Oceanography']

1,642

Anonymous targeted the Achinsk city government with hack-and-leak operation in May 2022

In May 2022, Anonymous announced that the collective has hacked and leaked more than 7000 emails amounting to 8.5 GB from the Achinsk city government, as part of #OpRussia.

2022-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

[['Achinsk city government (Russia)']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-12 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Unknown

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1524737564304936960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

8

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/131264/hacktivism/anonymous-oprussia-updates.html', 'https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1524737564304936960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/security/anonymous-breached-achinsk-city-government-email-database-with-7000-emails-leaked/', 'https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Achinsk_City_Government']

1,643

Suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT10 targeted Japanese media and government organizations with LODEINFO backdoor beginning in March 2022

Suspected chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT10 was observed abusing antivirus software to install a new version of LODEINFO malware on devices used by Japanese media groups, diplomatic agencies, government and public sector organizations and think tanks from March to September 2022, detected by IT-security company Kaspersky. APT 10 has targeted Japanese organizations since 2019 in a cyberespionage campaign, according to Kaspersky.

2022-03-01

2022-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Not available']]

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Unknown', 'State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['', 'Government / ministries', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', '', 'Other (e.g., embassies)']]

['APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau)']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2022-06-15; 2022-06-15; 2021-11-27

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC); Macnica Inc.; Kaspersky

null

Japan; Japan; Russia

APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau); APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau); APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau)

China; China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/chinese-hackers-using-new-stealthy.html', 'https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/security/cyberespionage_report_2021_6.pdf', 'https://hitcon.org/2021/en/agenda/6d88317b-4d90-4249-ba87-d81c80a21382/APT10%20HUNTER%20RISE%20ver3.0%20Repel%20new%20malware%20LODEINFO%20DOWNJPIT%20and%20LilimRAT.pdf']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Phishing

Not available

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Minor

1

No system interference/disruption

Not available

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Cyber espionage; International peace; Sovereignty

; Prohibition of intervention;

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-abuses-antivirus-software-to-launch-lodeinfo-malware/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-backed-apt10-spy-game-custom-fileless-backdoor', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/chinese-hackers-using-new-stealthy.html', 'https://securelist.com/apt10-tracking-down-lodeinfo-2022-part-i/107742/', 'https://securelist.com/apt10-tracking-down-lodeinfo-2022-part-ii/107745/', 'https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/security/cyberespionage_report_2021_6.pdf', 'https://hitcon.org/2021/en/agenda/6d88317b-4d90-4249-ba87-d81c80a21382/APT10%20HUNTER%20RISE%20ver3.0%20Repel%20new%20malware%20LODEINFO%20DOWNJPIT%20and%20LilimRAT.pdf']

1,644

Pro-Russian group Killnet attacks several Italian institutional and government websites using DDoS attacks in May 2022

The pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet has been attacking Italian institutional and government websites using DDoS attacks since 11 May 2022. According to the Italian Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), this involved the use of the Slow HTTP technique, in which numerous requests are made at very low transmission speeds. Killnet claimed the attacks and announced further attacks on Telegram.

2022-05-11

2022-05-12

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS; Italy)'], ['Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca'], ['Ministero della Difesa'], ["Automobile Club d'Italia"], ['Senato della Repubblica'], ['Infomedix International'], ['Kompass']]

['Italy', 'Italy', 'Italy', 'Italy', 'Italy', 'Italy', 'Italy']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['Science'], ['Science'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Other'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['Media'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[[''], [''], ['Government / ministries'], [''], ['Government / ministries'], [''], ['']]

['Killnet']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Killnet

null

Russia

Killnet

Russia

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://t.me/Legion_Russia/232']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

1

2022-05-11 00:00:00

State Actors: Stabilizing measures

Statement by other ministers/members of parliament

Italy

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati (President of the Senate; ITA)

No

null

Not available

Endpoint Denial of Service

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

5

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

7

null

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://securityaffairs.com/142006/hacktivism/killnet-proxy-ips-addresses.html', 'https://therecord.media/north-korea-hackers-funding-us-south-korea-advisory/', 'https://therecord.media/killnet-ddos-hospitals-healthcare-russia', 'https://t.me/killnet_reservs/1250', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/italian-cert-hacktivists-hit-govt-sites-in-slow-http-ddos-attacks/', 'https://www.csirt.gov.it/contenuti/attacchi-ddos-ai-danni-di-soggetti-nazionali-ed-internazionali-avvenuti-a-partire-dall11-maggio-2022-analisi-e-mitigazione-bl01-220513-csirt-ita', 'https://t.me/Legion_Russia/232', 'https://www.corriere.it/cronache/22_maggio_11/attacco-hacker-russi-siti-italia-anche-senato-difesa-presi-mira-612c2c38-d149-11ec-b465-8b7c23727ee0.shtml', 'https://therecord.media/italy-killnet-hacking-military-parliament-national-health-institute/', 'https://twitter.com/Min_Casellati/status/1524469977763434497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1524469977763434497%7Ctwgr%5E5723eaea66ecc76d3ed2bfda811d956f6801b64e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherecord.media%2Fitaly-killnet-hacking-military-parliament-national-health-institute%2F', 'https://therecord.media/ddos-denmark-us-russia-killnet/']

1,646

Anonymous defaces Russian psychological and consulting website in May 2022

In May 2022, in the context of the war in Ukraine, the Anonymous collective defaced the Russian psychology and consulting website Metodkabi using cross-site scripting (XSS). The message "Stop the War" appeared on the website.

2022-05-14

2022-05-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

[['Metodkabi']]

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Anonymous']

['Not available']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2022-05-14 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

Anonymous

null

Anonymous

null

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1525431109437341696']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Defacement

Not available

true

Not available

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Low

6

Day (< 24h)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

null

0

euro

None/Negligent

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

['https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1525431109437341696', 'https://www.thetechoutlook.com/news/technology/security/anonymous-collective-hacks-the-russian-psychology-and-consulting-website-cross-site-scripting/', 'https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Link/status/1526240927500709888']

1,659

Russian state-sponsored hacking group IRIDIUM used new Prestige ransomware to attack transport and logistics companies in Ukraine and Poland beginning in March 2022

Russian state-sponsored hacking group IRIDIUM, which overlaps with the GRU-run group Sandworm, is likely responsible for using the new Prestige ransomware to attack transport and logistics companies in Ukraine and Poland to disrupt Ukrainian military activities beginning in March 2022, according to additional information shared by Microsoft following a technical report on October 14, 2022. Microsoft had previously tracked the activity cluster as DEV-0960.

2022-03-01

2022-10-11

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Ukraine', 'Poland']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation'], ['Transportation']]

['Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Microsoft

null

United States

Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Minor

1

Not available

0

1-10

2

Not available

0

euro

Indirect (knowingly sanctioning / ordering / ideological / material support by official members of state entities/agencies/units for officially non-state-actors)

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-wiper-malware/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/02/24/year-wiper-attacks-ukraine/', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/ukraine-tracks-increased-russian-focus-on-cyberespionage-a-21423', 'https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/03/15/russia-ukraine-cyberwarfare-threat-intelligence-center/', 'https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-hackers-ukraine-cyberattacks-microsoft/32319995.html', 'https://www.jpost.com/international/article-734447', 'https://cyberscoop.com/russian-hackers-ukraine-cyberattacks/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyber_O51NT/status/1639428701137035264', 'https://therecord.media/poland-warns-of-pro-kremlin-cyberattacks-aimed-at-destabilization/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/03/30/eset-research-podcast-year-fighting-rockets-soldiers-wipers-ukraine/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-military-hackers-linked-to-ransomware-attacks-in-ukraine/', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/russian-military-hacking-crew/', 'https://therecord.media/microsoft-attributes-prestige-ransomware-attacks-on-ukraine-and-poland-to-russian-group/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/138362/apt/prestige-ransomware-linked-iridium.html', 'https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-links-prestige-ransomware-attacks-russian-state-sponsored-hackers', 'https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/microsoft-blames-russian-hackers-for.html', 'https://twitter.com/Dennis_Kipker/status/1592115380797214720', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/14th-november-threat-intelligence-report/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-warns-of-russian-cyberattacks-throughout-the-winter/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-2022/', 'https://twitter.com/M_Miho_JPN/status/1609010093793906689', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/ukraine-hit-with-new-golang-based.html', 'https://securitymea.com/2023/02/01/russian-apt-groups-continue-attacks-with-wipers-and-ransomware/']

1,664

More than 30 Thai activists were victims of the Pegasus spyware between October 2020 and November 2021

An investigation by iLaw, Digital Reach and Citizen Lab discovered that at least 30 Thai pro-democracy protesters and activists were victims of Pegasus spyware between October 2020 and November 2021. The investigation was conducted in response to a mass warning from Apple about spyware attacks by state-sponsored actors in November 2021. The attacks took place during the period of pro-democracy protests in Thailand and primarily targeted individuals associated with them. The organizations suspect Thai government operator as the initiators, but cannot attribute the attacks to any particular actor. In February 2023, activists announced that they sue the government for this activity.

2020-10-21

2021-11-12

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul'], ['Elia Fofi'], ['Sarinee Achavanuntakul'], ['Chatrapee Artsomboon'], ['Prajak Kongkirati'], ['Puangthong Pawakapan'], ['Katekanok Wongsapakdee'], ['Nuttaa Mahattana'], ['Benja Apan'], ['Wichapat Srigasipun'], ['Jatupat Boonpattararaksa'], ['Rattapoom Lertpaijit'], ['Jutatip Sirikhan'], ['Dechathorn “Hockey” Bamrungmuang'], ['Chonlatit Chottsawas'], ['Piyarat Chongthep'], ['Inthira Charoenpura'], [None], ['Poramin Rassameesawas'], ['Bussarin Paenaeh'], ['Yingcheep Atchanont'], ['Niraphorn Onnkhaow'], ['Pornpen Khongkachonkiet'], ['Nutchanon Pairoj'], ['Pansiree Jirathakoone'], ['Arnon Nampa']]

['Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand', 'Thailand']

[['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA']]

[['Social groups'], ['Other'], ['Science'], ['Social groups'], ['Science'], ['Science'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Other'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups'], ['Social groups']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], [''], [''], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], [''], [''], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], [''], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)'], ['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)']]

['Not available']

['Thailand']

['State']

null

1

2022-07-17; 2022-07-17; 2022-07-17; 2022-07-17; 2022-07-17; 2022-07-17

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

CitizenLab; CitizenLab; iLaw; iLaw; Digital Reach; Digital Reach

null

Canada; United Kingdom; Canada; United Kingdom; Canada; United Kingdom

null

Thailand; Thailand; Thailand; Thailand; Thailand; Thailand

State; State; State; State; State; State

null

['https://citizenlab.ca/2022/07/geckospy-pegasus-spyware-used-against-thailands-pro-democracy-movement/']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

Thailand (opposition); Thailand (opposition)

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Low

6

No system interference/disruption

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

11-50

30

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Human rights

Civic / political rights

Not available

1

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Other legal measures on national level (e.g. law enforcement investigations, arrests)

null

Thailand

Activists from Thailand

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://twitter.com/DuguinStephane/status/1625534088496009217', 'https://citizenlab.ca/2022/07/geckospy-pegasus-spyware-used-against-thailands-pro-democracy-movement/', 'https://freedom.ilaw.or.th/en/report-parasite-that-smiles', 'https://www.reuters.com/technology/pegasus-phone-spyware-used-target-30-thai-activists-cyber-watchdogs-say-2022-07-18/', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/17/pegasus-nso-thailand-apple/']

1,665

Pro-Russian hacktivist group disrupted multiple organizations in Ukraine with "Somnia" ransomware on 11 November 2022

The pro-Russian hacktivist group named "From Russia with Love" or "Z-Team" infected multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called "Sonia", encrypting the systems on 11 November 2022 and causing operational problems. The group has previously disclosed creating the Somnia ransomware on their Telegram channel. CERT-UA has attributed the attack to the hacktivist group and describes Somnia as a data-wiper malware as it does not provide the possibility of data decryption.

2022-11-01

2022-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['Not available']]

['Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['Unknown']]

null

['From Russia with Love (FRwL)/Z-Team/UAC-0118']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)']

2

2022-11-11; 2022-11-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attacker confirms

CERT-UA; From Russia with Love (FRwL)/Z-Team/UAC-0118

null

Ukraine; Russia

From Russia with Love (FRwL)/Z-Team/UAC-0118; From Russia with Love (FRwL)/Z-Team/UAC-0118

Russia; Russia

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Criminal(s); Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-russian-hacktivists-use-new-somnia-ransomware/', 'https://cert.gov.ua/article/2724253']

System / ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

System/ideology; Territory; Resources; International power

Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine; Russia – Ukraine

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 5

0

null

No

null

External Remote Services

Data Exfiltration

Not available

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Minor

2

Not available

Minor data breach/exfiltration (no critical/sensitive information), but no data corruption (deletion/altering) or leaking of data

Not available

0

Not available

0

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Not available

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

No response justified (missing state attribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-wiper-malware/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-russian-hacktivists-use-new-somnia-ransomware/', 'https://twitter.com/securityaffairs/status/1592290595309076480', 'https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1592202195138908160', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/138496/hacking/somnia-ransomware-attacks-ukraine.html', 'https://twitter.com/M_Miho_JPN/status/1592502459821592579', 'https://twitter.com/JAMESWT_MHT/status/1592418378001813504', 'https://cert.gov.ua/article/2724253', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-november-18th-2022-rising-operations/', 'https://twitter.com/Cyberknow20/status/1606396705548619776']

1,669

Unknown actors stole data from various Spanish state agencies using the communication network Punto Neutro Judicial of the judiciary starting in October 2022

The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) in Spain suffered a cyberattack on its Punto Neutro Judicial (PNJ) platform that connects judicial bodies with other government agencies in October 2022. El Diario reported on 11 November that attackers were able to hit the Treasury Information Services and exfiltrated information from half a million Spanish taxpayers. They also accessed networks of the General Police Directorate and obtained the IDs and addresses of 50,000 police officers. Initial findings from an investigation by the National Court revealed that the attackers had sought to identify the files of specific individuals with a public profile.

2001-01-01

2022-10-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Directorate-General of the Police (DGP; Spain)'], ['Spanish Tax Administration Agency (AEAT)'], ['Public Employment Service (PES; Spain)'], ['National Institute of Social Security (INSS; Spain)']]

['Spain', 'Spain', 'Spain', 'Spain']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police'], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Civil service / administration']]

['Not available']

null

1

null

[]

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Exfiltration

Not available

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

Minor

5

Not available

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

1-10

4

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Cyber espionage; Human rights

; Civic / political rights

Not available

1

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Other legal measures on national level (e.g. law enforcement investigations, arrests)

null

Spain

Juzgado Central de Instrucción de la Audiencia Nacional (ESP)

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-16/', 'https://www.eleconomista.es/telecomunicaciones/noticias/12026256/11/22/Ciberataque-al-corazon-del-sistema-judicial-millones-de-datos-personales-en-riesgo.html', 'https://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Sala-de-Prensa/Archivo-de-notas-de-prensa/El-Punto-Neutro-Judicial--afectado-por-un-ciberataque-a-las-redes-de-las-Administraciones-Publicas-espanolas', 'https://www-eldiario-es.translate.goog/politica/hackeo-traves-judicial-roba-hacienda-datos-medio-millon-contribuyentes_1_9699143.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de', 'https://elpais.com/espana/2022-11-08/la-red-informatica-que-conecta-los-juzgados-con-instituciones-estatales-sufre-un-ciberataque.html', 'https://elpais.com/espana/2022-11-10/la-audiencia-nacional-investiga-el-ciberataque-a-una-red-de-telecomunicaciones-del-poder-judicial.html']

1,670

Unknown actors gained access into the server of the Mexican Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) in October 2022

The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) made the announcement via Twitter on October 24, that it got hacked. The hack subsequently disrupted the Mexican transportation system because the ministry has stopped issuing new permits, license plates and driver’s licenses for commercial truck operators until Dec. 31, but it did not damage the agency’s systems, nor were citizen’s data compromised.

2022-10-01

2022-10-24

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT; Mexico)']]

['Mexico']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Not available']

null

1

null

[]

Unknown

Not available

null

Not available

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

3

Not available

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

1-10

1

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

Not available

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.databreaches.net/cyberattack-disrupts-mexicos-transportation-system/', 'https://www.databreaches.net/bits-n-pieces-trozos-y-piezas-16/', 'https://www.gob.mx/sct/prensa/informa-sict-que-software-malicioso-no-dano-sistemas-internos-ni-vulnero-datos-personales?idiom=es', 'https://twitter.com/SCT_mx/status/1584664267126558720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1584664267126558720%7Ctwgr%5E01cb322c82e5ae2ed879fe07507a72b244f00b61%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.milenio.com%2Fnegocios%2Fsict-registra-ciberataque-activa-protocolo-vulnerabilidades']

1,676

Lazarus APT Attacks European and Latin American Organizations using DTrack backdoor in 2022

North Korean APT Lazarus attacked multiple entities across Europe and Latin America, including government-related institutes, IT service providers, telecommunications companies, manufacturing, etc. with the DTrack backdoor. According to Kaspersky, Lazarus uses this backdoor since 2019.

2022-01-01

null

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

[['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Saudi Arabia', 'Brazil', 'Germany', 'Switzerland', 'Turkey', 'Mexico', 'United States', 'India', 'Italy']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], [], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Science']]

[['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', ''], ['Civil service / administration', 'Telecommunications', '', '']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

Kaspersky

null

Russia

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/138622/apt/dtrack-backdoor-targets-europe-latin-america.html']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

false

Not available

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

Minor

3

No system interference/disruption

Not available

1-10

0

null

0

Not available

0

euro

Direct (official members of state entities / agencies / units responsible)

Sovereignty

null

Not available

0

null

Not available

null

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

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