Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure, Cyberattack, News
March 27, 2024
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Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on ALPHV BlackCat-linked Cyber Actors Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure

On February 15, the U.S. Department of State offered a $10 million reward for “information leading to the identification or location of any individual(s) who hold a key leadership position in the Transnational Organized Crime group behind the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware variant.  In addition, a reward offer of up to $5,000,000 is offered for information leading to the […]

Critical Infrastructure, News
March 19, 2024
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White House and EPA warn of hackers breaching water systems

Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan warned governors today that hackers are “striking” critical infrastructure across the country’s water sector. In a joint letter sent on Tuesday, they asked for the governors’ support to ensure that water systems in their states are adequately defended against […]

Critical Infrastructure, News
January 31, 2024
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FBI director to warn that Chinese hackers are preparing to ‘wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure

Christopher Wray - Director of FBI

CNN reports: FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday is expected to warn that Chinese hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm” to the US.  “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides the time has come […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure
January 03, 2024
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‘If you told me to list 10 things that would go wrong, this would not be on the list’: Tiny water authority in Pennsylvania hit by Iranian cyberattack

Fortune reports: The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one it is building. Then it — along with […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure
December 31, 2023
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Cyber-hackers target UK nuclear waste company RWM

The Guardian reports: Cyber-hackers have targeted the company behind a £50bn project to build a vast underground nuclear waste store in Britain, its developer has said. Radioactive Waste Management, the company behind the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) project, has said that hackers unsuccessfully attempted to breach the business using LinkedIn. RWM is the government-owned entity behind […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure, News
December 22, 2023
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U.S. water utilities were hacked after leaving their default passwords set to ‘1111,’ cybersecurity officials say

FastCompany reports: Providers of critical infrastructure in the United States are doing a sloppy job of defending against cyber intrusions, the National Security Council tells Fast Company, pointing to recent Iran-linked attacks on U.S. water utilities that exploited basic security lapses. The security council tells Fast Company it’s also aware of recent intrusions by hackers linked to China’s military at […]

News, Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach News
December 05, 2023
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Britain says no evidence of Sellafield nuclear site hacking

Reuters reports:  Britain has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a successful cyber attack by state actors, the government said on Monday following a report by the Guardian newspaper. The Guardian reported that Sellafield, which carries out nuclear fuel reprocessing, nuclear waste storage and […]

Legal News, Commentaries and Analyses, Critical Infrastructure
December 05, 2023
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Update on Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP writes: As we near the end of another year, it is time to look ahead to developments in the information security and privacy landscape. One area of particular importance is the development of regulations implementing the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. CIRCIA, which was signed into […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure
December 02, 2023
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Federal investigators confirm multiple US water utilities hit by hackers

CNN reports: Following a recent cyberattack at a Pennsylvania water utility, federal officials have confirmed that multiple additional water utilities in the US running the same industrial equipment have been breached by hackers, two people briefed on the matter told CNN. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency briefed Senate and House staffers on the […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure, Europe, News
November 14, 2023
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Denmark’s Critical Infrastructure Hit With Largest Cyberattack on Record

This time it was Denmark. Who might be next? Bank InfoSecurity reports: Hackers potentially linked to the Russian GRU Main Intelligence Directorate carried out a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks targeting Danish critical infrastructure in the nation’s largest cyber incident on record, according to a new report. SektorCERT, a nonprofit cybersecurity center for critical sectors […]