November 10, 2022

Cyber incident overview

Cyber attacks on TV stations and media companies 1st half 2022: Statistics
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Cyber attacks statistics

By month

Statistics: Cyber attacks on media companies 1st half 2022 by month
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By country

Statistics: Cyber attacks on media companies 1st half 2022 by country
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Which media companies and newspapers were affected by a cyber attack?

DateCountryCityOrganization
January 2, 2022SpainMadridTV station
January 2, 2022PortugalPaço de ArcosMedia company
January 3, 2022IsraelTel AvivNewspaper
January 3, 2022IsraelJerusalemNewspaper
January 12, 2022NetherlandsMaastrichtUniversity magazine
January 24, 2022AlbaniaAlbaniaMedia portals
January 27, 2022IranIranTelevision
January 2022USANew YorkMedia company
February 1, 2022IranTelevision
February 4, 2022Czech RepublicPrahaTV station
February 8, 2022SloveniaLjubljanaMedia company
February 9, 2022PortugalPaço de ArcosMedia company
February 2022 ?FranceLyonOnline magazine
February 2022USACompanies
February 11, 2022Czech RepublicPrahaTV station
February 15, 2022IndiaNew DelhiGovernment television
February 2022FranceBoulogne-BillancourtMedia company
February 25, 2022GermanyEssenMedia company
February 25, 2022RussiaMoscowTV station
February 26, 2022RussiaPropaganda agency
February 27, 2022RussiaPropaganda agency
February 28, 2022RussiaMedia companies
February 28, 2022Russia
March 3, 2022CanadaRichmond BCDigital newspaper
March 3, 2022RussiaState propaganda agency
March 2022PhilippinesNews portals
March 22, 2022CroatiaSplitNewspaper
April 2022RussiaMoscowMedia agency
April 9, 2022CameroonMedia company
April 14, 2022MalawiInvestigative website
April 19, 2022IndiaNewspaper
April 20, 2022IsraelTV station
April 20, 2022IsraelTV station
April 28, 2022Czech RepublicPrahaTV station
May 9, 2022RussiaVideo platform
May 9, 2022RussiaTV stations
May 13, 2022SingaporeMedia
May 14, 2022PortugalLisbonNews agency
May 22, 2022ColombiaBogotaTV station
May 2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresTV station
May 31, 2022GermanyAalenMedia
June 5, 2022UkraineOnline TV station
June 6, 2022RussiaSaint PetersburgTV channel
June 8, 2022AustraliaMedia
June 8, 2022RussiaInternet radio
June 9, 2022ArgentinaSanta RosaNewspaper
June 27, 2022USANew YorkPublisher

Notes

  • The statistics are based on the known incidents listed here.
  • Since only some of the cases become known, the evaluations are not representative.
  • Industries where incidents are immediately visible due to public access (e.g. healthcare) are more represented than others.
  • An incident may be assigned to multiple countries or industries. Also, a country cannot always be assigned. So the totals shown on the charts may be different.
  • The graphics may be reused according to the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (attribution: KonBriefing Research).
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Details, examples and sources for cyber attacks

Flag NetherlandsJanuary 12, 2022
DDoS attack on a university magazine in the Netherlands
observant - Maastricht, Netherlands
https://www.observantonline.nl/Home/Arti...
Flag SloveniaFebruary 8, 2022
Cyber attack on a media company in Slovenia
Pro PLUS / Pop TV - Ljubljana, Slovenia
There were impairments in the television program
https://therecord.media/cyber-attack-dis...
Flag USAFebruary 2022
North Korean attacks on U.S. companies
USA
The attacks target media, IT companies, cryptocurrencies and fintechs. They exploit a vulnerability in Google Chrome that allows remote code execution.
https://blog.google/threat-analysis-grou...
Flag GermanyFebruary 25, 2022
Bot attacks on website of a media company in Germany
Funke Mediengruppe - Essen, Germany
The attacks concern coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-02/25/funk...
Flag RussiaFebruary 26, 2022
Russian propaganda agency reports DDoS attacks on its websites
Россия Сегодня (Rossiya Segodnya, Russia Today) - Russia
https://fr.sputniknews.com/... - Roscosmos visé par une attaque DDOS massive

KonBriefing.com expressly distances itself from Russian propaganda.
Flag RussiaFebruary 27, 2022
Russian propaganda agency reports DDoS attacks on the German edition of its website
Россия Сегодня (Rossiya Segodnya, Russia Today) - Russia
sputniknews.com/... - Sputnik German SNA Website Under DDoS Attack

KonBriefing.com expressly distances itself from Russian propaganda.
Flag CanadaMarch 3, 2022
Cyber attack on a digital newspaper provider
PressReader - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
https://about.pressreader.com/
Flag RussiaMarch 3, 2022
Russian propaganda medium reports continued DDoS attacks on its websites
Россия Сегодня (Rossiya Segodnya, Russia Today) - Russia
According to the report, the publication of articles is significantly more difficult.
https://snanews.de/20220303/... - DDoS-Attacke auf Sputnik-Webseiten weltweit

KonBriefing.com expressly distances itself from Russian propaganda.
Flag UkraineJune 5, 2022
Cyberattack on a Ukrainian online television station
oll.TV - Ukraine
The attack took place during the soccer World Cup qualification Ukraine - Wales.
https://www.ran.de/allgemein/news/ukrain...

More information

How many companies and organizations were affected by cyberattacks?

KonBriefing Research had counted 47 successful cyberattacks on newspapers, publishers, radio stations, TV stations and other media companies and organizations for H1 2022.

When did cyber attacks take place?

For the first half of 2022, KonBriefing Research counted the following successful cyberattacks on media companies and organizations: January (8)  •  February (15)  •  March (4)  •  April (7)  •  May (7)  •  June (6)

About KonBriefing Research

KonBriefing Research is an independent researcher and analyst in the field of IT security, information security, risk management and compliance. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Germany.

About the author

Bert Kondruss
Author:
Bert Kondruss
Founder and managing director of KonBriefing Research

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