Significant Cyber Incidents
This timeline records significant cyber incidents since 2006. We focus on cyber attacks on government agencies, defense and high tech companies, or economic crimes with losses of more than a million dollars.
Below is a summary of incidents from over the last year. For the full list, click the download link above.
April 2021. A hacking group compromised the social media accounts of Polish officials and used them to disseminate narratives critical of NATO. German authorities have reported that the same group has also attempted to compromise members of the Bundestag and state parliament.
April 2021. Hackers linked to the Chinese military conducted an espionage campaign targeting military and government organizations in Southeast Asia beginning in 2019
Malicious COVID-19 vaccine SMS that compromises Android phones spreading: Cyber agency
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Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 05:23 PM IST
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Synopsis The SMS carries a link that installs the malicious app on Android-based devices, which essentially spreads itself via SMS to victims contacts, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In said in a public advisory issued on Saturday.
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The advisory said that the only official online link to register for coronavirus vaccination in the country is the portal http://cowin.gov.in.
A fake COVID-19 vaccine registration SMS that maliciously gains entry into a users Android phone leading to compromise of individual contact list is in circulation, the federal cyber security agency has alerted.
Virtual terror: Ransomware attack in the US foregrounds the need to better protect key infrastructure May 11, 2021, 7:39 AM IST
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An unauthorised software code has crippled a key channel of oil supply in the east coast of the US. Colonial Pipeline, an energy company, was forced to shut down a 5,500-mile pipeline after the discovery of ransomware in its system. It needed a declaration of an emergency by the federal government to keep up supply through an alternative route. The incident forcefully brings home cybersecurity risks that have increased significantly in the wake of digitalisation.
A fake COVID-19 vaccine registration SMS is attacking phone, the agency said. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A fake COVID-19 vaccine registration SMS that maliciously gains entry into a users Android phone leading to compromise of individual contact list is in circulation, the central cyber security agency has alerted.
The harmful SMS has been identified by at least five variants. It has been reported that a fake SMS message is in circulation that falsely claims to offer an app to let users register for COVID-19 vaccine in India. The SMS carries a link that installs the malicious app on Android-based devices, which essentially spreads itself via SMS to victims contacts, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In said in a public advisory issued on Saturday.
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