Russia's current conflict with Ukraine is so far playing out with cyber attacks rather than physical warfare. A series of defacement attacks on government websites appears to be the opening salvo.
Cyber attack on Norwegian media company Amedia halted the publication of printed newspapers and potentially compromised personal information of employees and subscribers.
US and UK have dispatched cyber warfare advisors to Ukraine to prepare for potential cyber attacks. The prospect is not unprecedented, as Russia has disabled Ukrainian power stations before.
WordFence discovered over 13.7 million cyber attacks targeting four vulnerable plugins and 15 Epsilon framework themes in 36 hours hitting 1.6 million WordPress websites.
Colorado Energy Company, Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA), suffered a malicious cyber attack that shut down 90% of its internal controls and wiped 25 years of historical data.
Cyber attack disrupted Iran’s gas stations accepting government-issued smart cards for subsidized fuel while hacked electronic signs mocked Supreme leader Khamenei and demanded gasoline.
Acer suffered another cyber attack in Taiwan by the Desorden group that hacked the company in India. Hackers warned of Acer's poor cybersecurity practices and vulnerable Asian servers.
Olympus suffered a second cyber attack on their Americas operation a month after a suspected ransomware incident shut down its EMEA networks. The cyber attack affected the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.
News has recently emerged that the US Census Bureau was compromised by a cyber attack in January 2020 which was traced back to a Citrix vulnerability that had just been publicly disclosed about a month prior.
Crypto exchange Liquid, one Japan's most popular exchanges, is now short $97 million in total assets after a cyber attack that pulled funds directly from the wallets of some of its customers.
