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Un fournisseur de logiciels des communes néerlandaises d'Eijsden-Margraten, de Gulpen-Wittem, de Kerkrade, de Meerssen et de Vaals a été touché par une cyber-attaque fin juillet. La cyber-attaque ciblait un système administratif du domaine social. Ce sont les communes elles-mêmes qui signalent l'incident par la voie d'un communiqué conjoint. A cause de l'attaque, des fichiers ont été cryptés et ne sont plus accessibles. Il semble s'agir d'une contamination à un rançongiciel ('ransomware'). 'Le système en question a été examiné dans le détail par une agence spécialisée dans la cybersécurité. L'examen a démontré qu'il n'y avait pas d'indication de vol de données', indiquent les communes. Read more about it : here

Portugal TAP company was the target of a cyberattack on Thursday night. The airline says flight security is guaranteed (despite the thre day strike affecting the country), but it has not been possible to conclude wheter there was improper access to customer data, the airline announced on Friday, cited by news agency Lusa. Read more about it : here

According to the CyberKnow media, the pro-Russian hacktivist group "Russian Cyber Army" has announced that it is targeting a Finnish imaging satellite belonging to the ICEYE company. ICEYE has an agreement with a Ukrainian foundation owned by Sergei Prytula to provide them with imagery, probably for military purposes, according to the hacktivist group. The nature of the attacks is not specified.  Read more about it : here

Près de Pont-Audemer, une maison de retraite victime d'une cyberattaque L'Ehpad des Franches Terres à Beuzeville, près de Pont-Audemer, a été victime d'une cyberattaque mercredi 24 août 2022. Plusieurs ordinateurs ont été bloqués par le virus. Read more about it : here

The cybercriminal group RagnarLocker claims to have attacked the National Natural Gas System Operator (DESFA), a Greek company responsible for managing, operating, developing and running the country's natural gas system.  RagnarLocker allegedly took the company's data, posted proof of its theft online and threatened to expose the data on the web if the victim did not contact him.  Read more about it : here

Five municipalities in South Limburg were recently hit by a cyber attack. In the process, the administration of the social domain was locked down. As a result, data about social security benefits, youth care, the Social Support Act and energy allowances were no longer accessible. Meanwhile, the problem has been solved. According to the municipalities, no data have been stolen. Read more about it : here

According to the Bettercyber media, the pro-Russian hacktivist group KILLNET, claims to have launched a DDoS attack campaign against Moldova and in particular the tax revenue website. The site is currently inaccessible.  Read more about it : here

Cyber attack against Maldegem: data of thousands of PSWC recipients published Cyber criminals managed to break into the computer system of the Public Welfare Centre of Maldegem (province of East Flanders) in July and stole the personal data of thousands of citizens. This was announced by the municipality on its website on Friday. The hackers asked the authorities to pay a ransom in bitcoins. But this was refused by the municipality, which also warns its residents to be careful if they receive dubious emails or phone calls.   Read more about it : here

Dans un communiqué de presse publié ce jour, le groupe Hensoldt indique que sa filiale française Nexeya est confrontée à une cyberattaque de grande ampleur et à fort impact. Dans son communiqué, le groupe indique que, « selon les connaissances actuelles, les deux centres de calcul de Nexeya en France sont concernés », que des données ont « probablement » été volées et que les systèmes de l’environnement ont « chiffrés dans une large mesure ». Sans surprise, les activités de Nexeya sont affectées par cette cyberattaque.    Read more about it : here  

According to research by BR and WDR , the Federal Public Prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant against a Russian hacker who was said to have been involved in operations against the networks of energy suppliers. According to this, Pawel A. belongs to a hacker group known as "Berserk Bear", which is said to be behind the Russian secret service FSB. Among other things, the suspect is said to be jointly responsible for a hack on the network of the company Netcom BW in the summer of 2017, a subsidiary of the German energy supplier EnBW. Years of investigations by the State Criminal Police Office of Baden-Württemberg preceded the identification of Pawel A. In September 2021, the Attorney General in Karlsruhe then obtained an arrest warrant, which has not yet been made public. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution was also able to at least partially monitor the incoming and outgoing Internet traffic of the hacker group. One of the servers used by the group was located in Germany. Read more about it: here