Cyberattack
Romanian oil pipeline operator Conpet discloses cyberattack
Conpet, Romania’s national oil pipeline operator, has disclosed that a cyberattack disrupted its business systems and took down the company’s website on Tuesday. Conpet operates nearly 4,000 kilometers of pipeline network, supplying domestic and imported crude oil and derivatives, including gasoline and liquid ethane, to refineries nationwide. In a Wednesday press release, the company said the […]
Crypto wallets received a record $158 billion in illicit funds last year
Illegal cryptocurrency flows reached a record $158 billion in 2025, reversing a three-year trend of declining amounts from $86B in 2021 to $64B in 2024. This sharp 145% increase is being reported by blockchain intelligence experts at TRM Labs, who noted that it comes despite the illicit activity share of the total on-chain volume actually falling […]
Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a new massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second, setting a new record. The attack was part of a campaign targeting multiple companies, most of them in the telecommunications sector, and was detected and mitigated by Cloudflare last year on December 19. […]
New WhatsApp lockdown feature protects high-risk users from hackers
Meta has started rolling out a new WhatsApp lockdown-style security feature designed to protect journalists, public figures, and other high-risk individuals from sophisticated threats, including spyware attacks. Known as “Strict Account Settings,” this new feature builds on already existing end-to-end encryption by adding extreme safeguards for users who require heightened protection beyond standard security measures. […]
Monroe University says 2024 data breach affects 320,000 people
Monroe University revealed that threat actors stole the personal, financial, and health information of over 320,000 people after breaching its systems in a December 2024 cyberattack. Founded in 1933 as a Bronx secretarial school, Monroe University is now a private institution with over 9,000 students each year across campuses in New York (Bronx and New […]
Belgian hospital AZ Monica shuts down servers after cyberattack
Belgian hospital AZ Monica was forced to shut down all servers, cancel scheduled procedures, and transfer critical patients earlier today due to a cyberattack. The hospital, which operates campuses in Antwerp and Deurne, disconnected all servers at 6:32 AM after its systems were hit. The cyberattack also forced the hospital to suspend all scheduled procedures […]
Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes down 43% after cyberattack
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) revealed this week that a September 2025 cyberattack led to a 43% decline in third-quarter wholesale volumes. This significant decline in sales is due to production issues following the attack and subsequent delays in distributing vehicles globally after manufacturing resumed. Production returned to normal levels only by mid-November after a phased approach, […]
Cyberattack knocks offline France’s postal, banking services
La Poste, the French national postal service, confirmed on Monday that all its information systems were knocked offline by “a major network incident,” disrupting digital banking and online services for millions of customers. On social media, La Poste announced that the disruption rendered multiple platforms temporarily inaccessible, including its main website, mobile app, digital identity […]
Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattack on water utility
Danish intelligence officials blamed Russia for orchestrating cyberattacks against Denmark’s critical infrastructure, as part of Moscow’s hybrid attacks against Western nations. In a Thursday statement, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) identified two groups operating on behalf of the Russian state: Z-Pentest, linked to the destructive water-utility attack, and NoName057(16), flagged as responsible for the […]
Cyberattack disrupts Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA’s operations
Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend that disrupted its export operations. In a Monday statement, PDVSA denied that the Saturday morning incident affected its operations in any way, adding that the breach was limited to some administrative systems. “Thanks to PDVSA’s human talent expertise, the operational areas […]