United States Cyber Command | CYBERCOM Or USCYBERCOM
July 19, 2024 - Services Affected Worldwide Traced To Microsoft And A CrowdStrike Update. An update is reported to have affected Windows operating systems globally, with many systems showing a "Blue Screen of Death" or BSOD on systems worldwide. Read more
June 27, 2024 - Russian Satellite Breaks Up In Low-Earth Orbit Resulting In Over 100 Pieces Of Space Debris. USSPACECOM has observed no immediate threats and is continuing to conduct routine conjunction assessments to support the safety and sustainability of the space domain. Read more
June 10, 2024 - US Military Leader Now Says China Likely Wants To Overwhelm Taiwan Quickly With Massive Attack, Calls For Plan To Flood Region With Drones. In 2022 the Pentagon said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had set 2027 as the timeline for an invasion of the island of Taiwan. Read more
June 3, 2024 - NCSC: Russia Continuing To Employ "Array Of Tools" To Advance Its Own Interests And Undermine US, Allies. Office of the Director of National Intelligence: "Moscow continues to employ an array of tools to advance what it sees as its own interests and undermine those of the United States and its allies". Read more
May 11, 2024 - Sun Emits Numerous Strong X-Class Flares. One X5.4 solar flare erupted in the last few hours, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. Read more
May 8, 2024 - After a report surfaced China had hacked the British Ministry of Defense, the UK government released a statement saying that a "Malign Actor" gained access to the British Armed Forces payment network. Read more
May 8, 2024 - UK Border Force Experiencing Nationwide Issue Affecting Its E-Gates. The British Border Force is currently down and has caused long queues at the airports. Read more
April 21, 2024 - Chinese Hackers Embedded Malware In US Infrastructure, US Renews Controversial Section 702 Which Allows Data Collection On American Citizens. Declassified Document Show FBI Misused Surveillance Search Tool 278,000 Times. Read more
April 21, 2024 - Chinese Hackers Embedded Malware In US Infrastructure, US Renews Section 702. Section 702 allows for data to be collected on Americans who are in communication with people who are located overseas. Read more
April 5, 2024 - Update On Electronic Navigation Systems Disruptions Reported In Middle East. The UKMTO has released another notice asking vessels experiencing navigation disruptions in the region to notify them. Read more
April 3, 2024 - Reports Of GPS/AIS Disruption Near Ras Al Zour, Saudi Arabia. The UKMTO advises vessels in the region to transit with caution and to report any irregular activity. Read more
March 4, 2024 - HGC Global Communications Releases Statement On Cables Cut In Red Sea. The damage to the cables was reported earlier to have been done by the Iranian-backed Houthis which has since denied cutting them. Read more
February 26, 2024 - Four underwater cables linking Europe to Asia, and China to the West were reportedly targeted by Houthi rebels, according to Israeli media, which reported the cables that were cut belonged to AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems. Read more
February 22, 2024 - US Cellular Network Reports Outages Around The Same Time Multiple X-Class Solar Flares Erupted From Sun. NOAA Says Unlikely Outages Caused By The Solar Flares. Read more
February 22, 2024 - Two Strong X-Class Solar Flares Erupt From Sun. Effects: Users of high-frequency (HF) radio signals may experience temporary degradation or complete loss of signal on much of the sunlit side of the earth. Read more
January 31, 2023 - US Government Disrupts Chinese Botnet Targeting Critical Infrastructure. Chinese hackers have the entire nation in their cross-hairs, posturing themselves to be able to take down vital infrastructure and resources “at a moment’s notice” if conflict breaks out. Read more
December 12, 2023 - Chinese Affiliated Hackers Compromise Critical Infrastructure With Intent To Sow Panic, Chaos, Deploy Future Attacks. Chinese affiliated hackers have compromised water utility companies, at least one oil and gas pipeline, an attempt on the Texas power grid to “sow panic and chaos” and disrupt logistics. Read more
December 12, 2023 - USS Mason Responds To Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Attack On Motor Tanker In Middle East. CENTCOM: The "Motor Tanker STRINDA was attacked by what is assessed to have been an Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen". Read more
December 4, 2023 - British Government Responds To Media Claims Sellafield Nuclear Site Had Been Cyber-Attacked By Saying "No Such Malware Exists". The Guardian reported that the British nuclear site was infected by sleeper malware that had been detected as far back as 2015. Read more
December 2, 2023 - FBI/CISA/NSA/EPA Releases Joint Report: IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities. "IRGC-affiliated cyber actors using the persona “CyberAv3ngers” are actively targeting and compromising Israeli-made Unitronics Vision Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs)." Read more
November 29, 2023 - Daixin Claims It Hacked The North Texas Municipal Water District, Stole Sensitive Data. The ransomware group claimed that they stole 33,844 files worth of "sensitive data" and threatened to leak the data which it says includes account numbers, and social security numbers. Read more
November 29, 2023 - CISA Releases Alert About Iranian-Backed Hack On Pennsylvania, USA Water Service, and Israeli Water Treatment Centers. CISA: While few details are currently known, according to open-source reporting, on Saturday the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania was attacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group known as CyberAv3ngers. Read more
November 27, 2023 - As US Government Prepares For Iranian Cyberattacks, Group Attacks Water Service In Pennsylvania, USA. The hacker group that calls themselves "CyberAv3ngers" has taken responsibility for at least 10 water treatment centers in Israel, as well as a number of other attacks globally. Read more
November 10, 2023 - Ransomware Attack Hits China's ICBC Bank, Disrupts US Treasury Market. ICBC: "ICBC FS has been conducting a thorough investigation and is progressing its recovery efforts with the support of its professional team of information security experts." Read more
October 13, 2023 - US Police Departments Increase Patrols After Former Chief Of Hamas Leader Calls For Global Protests. Cyber level raised due to a heightened risk of cyberattacks. Read more
August 5, 2023 - Cyberattack Hits Medical Facilities In Multiple US States. Hospitals had to go back to using old-fashioned ways of record keeping, such as using pen and paper instead of computers to input and store information on patients. Read more
June 15, 2023 - Threat Actors Exploit Vulnerabilities in Multiple U.S. Government Servers. "Analysts determined that multiple cyber threat actors, including an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor, were able to exploit a .NET deserialization vulnerability". Read more
May 27, 2023 - Officials: China May Still Have Access To US Computer Networks. The island of Guam is the home of the Naval Base Guam in Santa Rita, Andersen Air Force Base in Yigo, and the Guam Army National Guard. Read more
May 24, 2023 - A Chinese hacker group named "Volt Typhoon" injected malware code into telecommunications infrastructure in Guam and other locations within the United States. Read more
March 09, 2023 - There was a fake nuclear alert that went out alerting Russians about a nuclear strike. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that the message was due to a false alarm as a result of a cyberattack. Read more
January 23, 2022 - The FBI Director Christopher Wray stated Thursday that he is "deeply concerned" regarding the artificial intelligence program run by the Chinese government. Read more
January 11, 2023 - The British postal service company Royal mail says that it's facing a major disruption in international export services after a "cyber incident" occurred. Read more
January 11, 2023 - Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the United States following an overnight outage to the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system that provides safety information to flight crews. The ground stop has been lifted. Read more
January 11, 2023 - *Updates (2)* - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released an alert saying that it's working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System after it failed and caused an outage. Read more
January 07, 2023 - A Russian hacker group called Cold River targeted three different nuclear research labs in the United States between the months of August and September of 2022. Read more
October 11, 2022 - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg: "Stoltenberg: "hybrid and cyber attacks can trigger Article 5," and, "We are closely monitoring every incident that may constitute a hybrid or cyber attack against the NATO Allies and we are ready to take the necessary measures if needed." Read more
October 09, 2022 - TEHRAN - Two Iranian hackers from a group called "al-Tahara" hacked into the websites for two natural gas companies: Energean, and Israel Natural Gas Lines. Read more
September 02, 2022 - UNITED STATES - Law enforcement agencies across the country are using a mysterious cellphone tracking tool that lies in an unregulated gray zone in regard to personal rights. Read more
March 22, 2022 - Washington says that the Kremlin is 'exploring options' for carrying out cyberattacks against the United States, Joe Biden said on Monday urging to strengthen the cybersecurity of America's private sector. Read more
March 14, 2022 - A number of Israeli websites, including government sites have crashed as a result of cyberattacks, including the websites of the interior, health, justice and welfare ministries. Read more
March 2, 2022 - The head of Russia's space agency has stated that Russia will be treating any hacking of its satellites as justification for war, after an alleged hack of their systems was claimed by a 'non-state' hacker group on Tuesday according to media reports. Read more
February 15, 2022 - Our intel channels confirm that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense website is still down. It is now not showing any custom error message at all, just the white default connection timeout message, indicating the server is completely shut down. Read more
February 15, 2022 - Netblocks monitoring service confirms that the Ukrainian ministry of defense website is down, along with Ukraine's State Savings Bank which is impacting ATM and banking services in Ukraine. Suspected ongoing DDOS attack on the servers. Read more
February 15, 2022 - Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: "The MOD website was probably attacked by DDoS: an excessive number of requests per second was recorded. Technical works on restoration of regular functioning are carried out. Communication via FB and Twitter pages" Read more
February 15, 2022 - Ukrainian media reports say there are issues with some Ukrainian banks, in addition with the Defense Ministry site being down. Privat and Oschad apps are not working and people can't pay with their cards. Read more
February 5, 2022 - A cyberattack, discovered on January 20th was carried out against the New York based 'News Corp' which reportedly accessed emails and documents of various employees in the company, including that of journalists, which could possibly have been the main target of the attack. Dow Jones and New York Post also affected. Read more
February 4, 2022 - Multiple oil transport and storage facilities in Europe have been hit with cyber attacks. Oiltanking in Germany, SEA-Invest in Belgium and Evos in the Netherlands have all had cyberattacks carried out against them, including 'dozens of terminals with oil storage and transport' across the world having been affected over the weekend according to BBC News. Read more
February 3, 2022 - British snack brand KP snacks Hit with a ransomware attack which has disrupted deliveries causing fears of shortages. Read more
February 2, 2022 - US State Department: We are concerned by the breach, announced last month, of sensitive data held by the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC. Read more
January 27, 2022 - The Department Of Homeland Security has released an intelligence bulletin stating that Russia would consider carrying out a cyberattack on the United States homeland if Moscow deems that the written response given by the U.S. and NATO threatens Russia's 'long-term national security'. Read more
January 25, 2022 - There has reportedly been a cyber attack on the Belarus railway system by hacktivists who say they hacked the rail system to stop the Russian military buildup near the Ukrainian borders. Read more
January 25, 2022 - The Department of Homeland Security is warning of an 'imminent cyber threat' against both American companies and government agencies from Russia Read more
January 19, 2022 - Poland has raised its nationwide cybersecurity threat level following the cyberattack on Ukrainian government sites last week. Read more
January 17, 2022 - NATO has signed a deal with Ukraine to 'deepen' cyber cooperation between the two countries after the latest cyber attack on Ukrainian government websites, and worries about a coming full scale Russian invasion on the country. Read more
January 14, 2022 - The Ukrainian Information Ministry said that 'the first data suggests' today's cyberattack on Ukrainian websites was 'carried out by the Russian Federation'. Read more
January 14, 2022 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set to sign a cyber deal with Ukraine and increase cyber warfare cooperation after Ukrainian websites were hacked according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday. Read more
January 14, 2022 - Russia has conducted a special operation against the hacker group REvil on Friday, dismantled the group and charged 15 of the group's members at the request of the United States, according to the FSB domestic intelligence service. Read more
January 14, 2022 - Ukrainian government websites have been hacked in a massive cyberattack and are temporarily down. Read more
January 13, 2022 - U.S. Cyber Command has officially confirmed that Iran's intelligence ministry is connected to the cyber espionage group MuddyWater which steals data from computer networks globally. Read more
January 3, 2022 - The Jerusalem Post website was hacked and replaced with a photo of a rocket coming out of a ring, similar to the ring worn by top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani with the message "We are close to you where you do not think about it". Read more
December 12, 2021 - China, who has long been the world's top cyberattack country responsible for a whopping 41.4% of the world's cyberattacks has admitted that both Taiwan and India are striking back with cyberattacks of their own. Read more
November 14, 2021 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website was hacked, allowing hackers to blast out fake cybercrime investigation spam emails. Read more
November 4, 2021 - The U.S. Department of State has announced that it is now offering up to $10,000,000 reward for any information that leads to the identification or location of any person who holds a key leadership position within the DarkSide ransomware hacker group. Read more
August 21, 2021 - CYBERCOM has announced that the State Department has been hit with a cyber attack and put out a notification of a possible serious breach. Although it's not clear when the breach was discovered, it is believed that the incident happened a few weeks ago according to Jacqui Heinrich, a White House correspondent. Read more
July 28, 2021 - WASHINGTON - On Tuesday Joe Biden stated that if it ends up that the United States gets into a "real shooting war" with a "major power" it could be the result of a large scale cyber attack on the United States. Read more
July 4, 2021: Biden has stated that the United States will respond if Russia is behind the cyberattack that struck more than 200 companies on Friday, just before the start of the Independence Day weekend. Read more
June 23, 2021: The United States has seized multiple Iranian media sites, including Iran's state run TV website, replacing the website with a Department of Justice message. Read more
May 10, 2021: The fuel supply to most of the east coast has been cut off for three consecutive days in a row after a hacker group knocked out a major pipeline. Read more
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