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

A phishing campaign is currently targeting Poland, with attackers posing as "binzes.gov.pl.", a public service for entrepreneurs.  The email typically contains:  "The notification will be available on your authorised account until 09-17-2022 and if you do not read it within the specified period, appropriate consequences will be triggered (...)".  A copy of the notification mentioned in the fake email is included in the email attachment but it is a fake document which is actually a malicious web script. When it is opened, the computer is infected.  Read more about it : here

Hackers apparently also tapped into sensitive data of residents during the attack on the Suhl city administration in March. Account numbers, dates of birth and telephone numbers of Suhl residents have surfaced on the so-called Darknet. In response, the left-wing parliamentary group in the state parliament is calling for a cyber aid service for digital emergencies affecting critical infrastructure. Read more about it : here

The pro-Russian hacktivist group released a statement on its Telegram channel announcing that it is once again focusing its activities and attacks on the IT infrastructure of Latvian Railways as well as the website of the company "LDZ Ritose Satstava Serviss" which also works with the railroads. Read more about it : here

Calvados. L’UNA victime d’une cyberattaque et d’une demande de rançon L’Union nationale d’aide du Calvados, entreprise sociale de services à la personne et à domicile, a subi une importante cyberattaque dont elle s’est rendu compte le 15 août 2022. Les logiciels de l’association se sont avérés inexploitables. Un retour à la normale est attendu pour la semaine prochaine. Mais les salariés ont pu suivre leur planning de visites à domicile. Read more about it : here