Sustainability Business Division of Schneider Electric Responds to Cybersecurity Incident

On January 17th, 2024, a ransomware incident affected Schneider Electric Sustainability Business division. The attack has impacted Resource Advisor and other division specific systems. Schneider Electric Global Incident Response team has been immediately mobilized to respond to the attack, contain Read More …

Ukrainian activists launch devastating cyber attack on Russian Space Hydrometeorology Center

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, known as “planeta” (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data. Planeta is a state research center that uses space satellite data and ground sources such Read More …

Hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges

The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s part, a researcher said. The Read More …

Kansas City Area Transit Authority hit by ransom cyber-attack, affecting communications

The Kansas City Area Transit Authority announced this week that is was hit by a ransom cyber-attack. The incident was reported on Tuesday, Jan. 23. KCATA said all service is operating, including fixed-route buss, Freedom and Freedom-On-Demand paratransit service. KCATA Read More …

Billion-dollar financial giant EquiLend hit by cyberattack

EquiLend, a global financial technology, data and analytics firm, suffered a cyberattack – possibly ransomware – that forced parts of its digital infrastructure offline. In a press release, EquiLend said that on January 22, 2024, its technicians identified a “technical Read More …

HP Enterprise was hacked by the same Russian state-sponsored group that targeted Microsoft

HP Enterprise was infiltrated by a hacking group linked to Russian intelligence last year, the business IT company has revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The threat actor is believed to be Midnight Blizzard, also known as Cozy Read More …

Russian hackers attack Ukraine MoD resources

Cyber attacks by Russian government-funded groups on the resources run by the Ministry of Defense using phishing, distribution of remote code execution malware, and blocking of access to web resources have been recorded. “Last day, attacks on Ukraine’s government and Read More …

Veolia North America hit by ransomware attack

A department in Veolia North America, a transnational company offering water, energy and waste recycling management services, suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in the theft of some personal data, and forced the company to take parts of its infrastructure Read More …

UK: Cybercriminals claim to have stolen data from Southern Water

Cybercriminals claim they have stolen data from a water company’s IT systems. Southern Water, which has hundreds of thousands of customers in Kent, says it has detected suspicious activity and launched an investigation led by cybersecurity experts. But it says Read More …

AerCap confirms cybersecurity attack

Irish aircraft leasing giant AerCap is investigating a cybersecurity attack on its systems, but says that it suffered no financial loss as result of the hack. Claims surfaced online at the weekend that an organisation had hacked the Dublin-headquartered multinational’s Read More …