On Thursday 20 October 2022, the German University of Ansbach was the target of an attack by cyber attackers. The attackers have not yet been identified and have not claimed responsibility for the attack.  The targeted server could be isolated from the rest of the network, which prevented the attackers from doing significant damage. For security reasons, all access has been blocked for staff and students and it is not possible to connect to any of the university's computers. Virtual seminars are also expected to be partially cancelled. In view of the measures taken by the university, it is possible that this attempted attack is similar to a ransomware attack.  Read more about it : here

ccording to a share from the media outlet "BetterCyber", on 9 October, the ransomware group "HiveLeak" claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the Portuguese municipality of Louros. The attack reportedly took place on 22 September and the stolen data was revealed between 9 and 10 October. The town of Louros has a small population and appears to be small in size, with an economy based primarily on tourism. It is likely that this ransomware attack will have a significant impact if the ransom demanded is high. Furthermore, despite the nature of the stolen data, the sample provided in the leak page includes contact, financial and administrative information, which may expose residents to further cyber threats if their data is revealed.  Read more about it : here

The RagnarLocker ransomware group has finally disclosed the personal information of around 9,000 customers of TAPAir, the Portuguese airline, including customers' names, dates of birth, addresses, nationalities, genders, emails, loyalty IDs and phone numbers. No information has been released about any ransom negotiations.  Read more about it : here

Le petit pays des Balkans ciblé par des cyberattaques. Des institutions gouvernementales du Monténégro ont été visées samedi 27 août et depuis la veille par une importante attaque informatique. Certains responsables y voient la main de la Russie, même si le Premier ministre, Dritan Abazovic, reste prudent sur l'origine de cet acte. Il s'agit de la deuxième cyberattaque en une semaine, après une première vague ayant frappé des institutions du pays, dans la foulée d'une motion de censure qui a renversé son gouvernement le 19 août. Read more about it : here

According to a tweet and a photo shared by Valérie Marchive, editor-in-chief of "MAG IT", the ENSIACET school was hit by a cyber attack on Tuesday 13 September, disabling access to the Internet and business applications. On the notice board set up by the school, the school itself indicates that the attack is on a large scale.  No further information is available to define the type of attack or its origin.  Read more about it : here

The pro-Russian hacktivist group Phoenix said on its Telegram channel that after seeing an increase in attacks by pro-Ukrainian cyber groups against the daily lives of Russian citizens, they will now target hospitals and social organisations.  Read more about it : here

Italy's state-owned energy services firm GSE said on Monday its gas purchases were guaranteed despite a hacking attack on its IT systems that happened overnight. The company added its website and portals were temporarily suspended to secure data. GSE has been buying gas to boost Italy's stockpiles and help fill the country's gas storage system to at least 90% of capacity by year-end. Read more about it : here

Both Atos and Eloas suffered cyber attacks over the weekend of 9-11 September.   Eloas reportedly announced that it had suffered an "intrusion". On Sunday 11 September, the company said that the incident had been resolved and that all its services were operational again. However, according to MagIT, some of its sources, users of a virtual private server, said they had problems with the computer systems and had not heard from the Eolas teams since Saturday morning at 11am. Orange services have not made any further announcements on this subject.  The company Atos has had part of its outsourcing platform affected by a cyber attack. According to MagIT, this is what the Agence du Numérique en Santé (Digital Health Agency) indicated on its website on the morning of Friday 9 September before the announcement was deleted after a few hours. The publication stated that "victim of a cyber attack on its systems, the publisher Atos has taken security measures by temporarily interrupting certain web services".  Read more about it : here

Hacktivists or the Ukrainian state, with possible support from "Langley" (CIA), cyber-attacked Moscow University during a master's degree in hybrid warfare.  The university's security teams claimed that it was apparent that part of the attack originated in Washington and part in Kiev. According to these claims, some US authorities wanted to disrupt the university's hybrid warfare programme.  Read more about it : here

According to Valery Marchive, managing editor of "MAG-IT", an attack on the Belgian-based Casa Shop on August 8 was claimed by the cybercriminal group AvosLocker. The amount of the ransom or the nature of the data has not been communicated, however it seems that no customer data has been stolen.  Read more about it : here