May 13, 2022
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Notes
- The statistics are based on the known incidents listed here.
- Since only some of the cases become known, the evaluations are not representative.
- 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.
Details, examples and sources

Ransomware at a county in New Mexico
Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
https://www.bernco.gov/blog/2022/01/05/b...

Cyber attack on a school district in Illinois
Griggsville-Perry School District, Griggsville, Illinois, USA
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.ph...

Cyber attack on the IT service provider of the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland
Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland
https://www.yverdon-les-bains.ch/media/c...

Cyber attack on a municipality in Italy
Comune di Trezzano sul Naviglio, Trezzano sul Naviglio, Lombardy, Italy
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.ph...

Cyber attack on a city in Florida
North Port, Florida, USA
https://www.yoursun.com/northport/news/b...

Cyber attack on a school district in Wisconsin
Neenah Joint School District, Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
https://www.wbay.com/2022/01/11/neenah-s...

Cyberattack on the United Kingdom Foreign Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, London, United Kingdom
https://thestack.technology/foreign-offi...

Destructive malware on computers of Ukainian organizations
Ukraine
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/...

Cyber attack on a school district in Albuquerque
Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
https://www.aps.edu/about-us/administrat...

Ransomware at the city administration of Pembroke Pines
Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Pembroke Pines is located on the East Coast, northwest of Miami and southwest of Fort Lauderdale. The city has a population of approximately 170,000.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/browa...

Ukrainian government websites defaced
Ukraine
https://www.ft.com/content/ac431782-62c6...

Cyber attack on an association of municipalities in France
Cœur de Maurienne Arvan (3CMA), Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The commune is located in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, a commune in the Alps in the southeast of France.
https://www.saintjeandemaurienne.fr/actu...
https://www.coeurdemaurienne-arvan.com/a...

Cyber attack on Getxo city council in Spain
Getxo, Basque Country, Spain
Getxo is a city of about 80,000 inhabitants in the Autonomous Region of the Basque Country in the north of Spain. The city is located immediately northwest of Bilbao on the Bay of Biscay.
https://www.deia.eus/bizkaia/eskuinaldea...

Cyber attack on the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/global-a...

Attack on websites of the Brazilian state of Bahia
Salvador, Bahai, Brazil
The state of Bahia is located in the northeast of Brazil. The capital is Salvado, Brazil's third largest city with just under 3 million inhabitants.
https://www.cisoadvisor.com.br/ataque-de...

Hacker attack on a municipality in Italy
Comune di Rivoli, Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy
The town of Rivoli is located west of Turin in northwestern Italy.
https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2022/01/2...

Cyberattack on a city in France
Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France
https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-clou...

Twitter account of the Indian disaster response force hacked
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), India
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/...

Fake emails sent in the name of a Belgian city
Verviers, Belgium
https://lameuse-verviers.sudinfo.be/8979...

Ransomware at Linn County, Oregon
Linn County, Albany, Oregon, USA
https://kpic.com/news/local/linn-county-...

Cyber attack on a police in Massachusetts
New Bedford Police, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
https://www.abc6.com/new-bedford-police-...

Hacker attack on the French Ministry of Justice
Ministère de la Justice, Paris, France
https://www.lepoint.fr/justice/le-minist...

Spanish town website hacked
Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Spain
https://www.cope.es/emisoras/galicia/lug...

Ransomware at a town in Massachusetts
Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
The city of Quincy is located south of Boston in the state of Massachusetts in New England.
https://thequincysun.com/quincys-servers...

Cyber attack on operators of crematoria in Belgium
Pontes, Antwerp, Belgium
https://pontes.be/nieuws/cyberaanval-tre...

Cyberattack on Colombian Agency for the Supervision of Medicines and Foodstuffs
Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (INVIMA), Bogota, Colombia
https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia...

Chinese attack on US government systems
USA
From May 2021 until February 2022.
https://www.mandiant.com/resources/apt41...

Cyber attack on a district of Istanbul
Şişli Belediyesi, Istanbul, Turkey
https://maramiro.com/sisli-belediyesi-fi...

Attack on the Youtube channel of the Indian government television
Sansad TV, New Delhi, India
https://thewire.in/tech/sansad-tvs-youtu...

DDoS attacks on Hiroshima Prefecture websites
Hiroshima, Japan
The websites of 23 cities and municipalities are affected.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5c8424...

Cyberattack on the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (MNE), Lisbon, Portugal
https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/e...

Cyberattack on a labor court in Brazil
Tribunal Regional do Trabalho do Espírito Santo (TRT-ES), Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
https://www.trtes.jus.br/

Mozambique government websites hacked
Mozambique
https://www.macaubusiness.com/mozambique...

DDoS attacks on websites of state institutions of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukr...

Destructive malware 'HermeticWiper' in Ukraine
Ukraine
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/02/2...


Targeted phishing attacks on people coordinating refugees from Ukraine
Europe
Compromised accounts of Ukrainian military personnel are being used to attack European government officials involved with refugees from Ukraine.
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threa...

Second family of malware 'IsaacWiper' found on Ukrainian government PCs
Ukraine
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/03/0...

Unauthorized access to personal data at a US health district
Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), Spokane, Washington, USA
https://srhd.org/news/2022/notice-of-rel...

Russian propaganda agency reports DDoS attacks on Russian space agency website
Роскосмос (Roscosmos), Moscow, Russia
https://fr.sputniknews.com/... - Roscosmos visé par une attaque DDOS massive
KonBriefing.com expressly distances itself from Russian propaganda.

Cyber attack on an association of municipalities in France
Communauté de Communes Rives de Moselle, Maizières-lès-Metz, France
https://www.rivesdemoselle.fr/Attaque-in...

Cyber attack on a Danish surveying company, resulting in outages on a citizen portal
LIFA A/S, Borger.dk, Odense, Denmark
https://nyheder24.dk/nyheder/russisk-hac...
https://www.tv2fyn.dk/tv-2/fynsk-virksom...

Cyber attack on the city of Sens in France
Sens, Département Yonne, France
https://www.lyonne.fr/sens-89100/actuali...

Second cyber attack in a row on the city of Sens in France
Sens, Département Yonne, France
https://www.lyonne.fr/sens-89100/actuali...

Another malware on computers of the Ukrainian government
Ukraine
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/gover...

Phishing attack on the city administration of Bochum, Germany
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
https://ruhr.today/2022/phishing-angriff...

Cyber attack on the municipality of Alcamo in Italy
Alcamo, Sicily / Trapani, Italy
https://www.teleoccidente.it/2022/03/alc...

Cyber attack on the city administration of Suhl, Germany
Suhl, Thuringia, Germany
https://www.suhltrifft.de/

Ransomware attack on the administration of a town on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain
Ayuntamiento de San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain
https://www.maspalomas.com/index.php/mnu...

Ransomware at the Municipality of Villafranca, Italy
Villafranca di Verona, Italy
https://www.veronasera.it/cronaca/attacc...

DDoS attacks against Israeli government websites
Israel
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.pre...

Cyberattack on the administration of a city district in Prague, Czech Republic
Městská část Praha 5 (MČ Praha 5), Praha, Czech Republic
https://www.praha5.cz/aktualni-informace...

Cyberattack on a government research organization in Canada
National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/c...

Cyber attack on the city of Banff, Canada
Town of Banff, Banff, Alberta, Canada
The town of Banff is located in the province of Alberta, 140 km west of Calgary and has just under 8000 inhabitants.
https://www.rmotoday.com/banff/town-of-b...

Cyber attack on the administration of a town in Connecticut
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
https://eu.norwichbulletin.com/story/new...

Cyber attack on the city administration of Dingolfing, Germany
Dingolfing, Bavaria, Germany
https://www.dingolfing.de/rathaus-vorueb...

Ransomware at a property appraisal district in Texas
Bexar County Appraisal District, San Antonio, Texas, USA
https://www.bcad.org/

Cyberattack on the local government of Aix-les-Bains in France
Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Département Savoie, France
(French)
https://www.ledauphine.com/politique/202...

Cyber attack on the city administration of Saumur, France
Ville de Saumur, Saumur, Pays de la Loire / Département Maine-et-Loire, France
Also affected is the agglomeration community of Saumur Val de Loire.
https://www.ville-saumur.fr/actualites/c...

Targeted attacks on French companies and organizations
France
Security services provider Proofpoint reports targeted attacks on French construction and real estate companies and government organizations.
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threa...

Cyberattack on systems of the public administration in Greenland
Nuuk, Grönland
Therefore, online services for citizens such as Sullissivik are also not available.
(Danish)
https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/sikkerhedsbrud...

Unconfirmed: Cyberattack on the Russian civil aviation authority
Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта / Росавиация (Rosaviatsia), Moscow, Russia
According to reports, large amounts of data were deleted and it was questionable whether a backup existed.
https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/...

Cyber attack on a court in Brazil
Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região, São Paulo, Brazil
https://www.trf3.jus.br/

Cyber attack on a county administration in Canada
Elgin County, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022...
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