Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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Cyberattack on Transnet causes logistical collapse

The South African state-owned company, Transnet Ltd SOC, which is involved in logistics and supply chain activities for railways, ports and pipelines, has reported an outage in some of its IT...

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twitter.com

bloomberg.com

cnbc.com

securtyaffairs.co

https://portalportuario.cl/

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Transport

Disruption at Ardagh Group operations

Global metal and glass packaging supplier, Ardagh Group S.A., reported that it experienced a cybersecurity incident, which did not affect its packaging production plants, but did affect other...

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ardaghgroup.com

irishtimes.com

securityweek.com

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Supply disruption in Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline Co., a North American Company dedicated to transport refined petroleum products, has confirmed that it suffered from a ransomware cyberattack against its IT systems, forcing it to...

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fbi.gov

twitter.com

bleepingcomputer.com

elpais.com

bbc.com

bloomberg.com

s3.documentcloud.org

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Industrial Control System

Malware

Transport

Cybercriminals compromise water treatment plant from Florida

The Pinellas County (Florida) Sheriff's Office has reported that the computer system at the City of Oldsmar's industrial drinking water treatment plant was compromised by cybercriminals who altered...

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pcsoweb.com

mass.gov

us-cert.cisa.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

thehackernews.com

theverge.com

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Industrial Control System

Public administration

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Water treatment

Cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is responsible for the evaluation, monitoring and supervision of new medicines introduced into the EU for human and veterinary use, has been reported as...

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ema.europa.eu

cdn.pfizer.com

bleepingcomputer.com

derechodelared.com

investors.modernatx.com

ema.europa.eu

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A cyberincident paralyzes the activity of Dr. Reddy’s laboratories

Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s has been forced to close several of its production plants in different countries and isolate its affected data centers due to a ransomware-type incident...

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archives.nseindia.com

drreddys.com

thehindu.com

threatpost.com

consalud.es

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Triton malware compromises critical infrastructure again

Cybersecurity experts from FireEye have published a report explaining that Triton malware has been used again, after the 2017 attack, to compromise an undisclosed critical infrastructure...

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fireeye.com

techcrunch.com

wired.com

csoonline.com

zonavirus.com

dailymail.co.uk

incibe-cert.es

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Chemical industry

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Energy

Industrial Control System

Malware

Triton, a new malware that affects industrial infrastructure

A new malware designed to attack industrial control systems has been identified in an industry that, according to some sources, is located somewhere in the Middle East. For security reasons,...

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fireeye.com

thehackernews.com

dragos.com

certsi.es

hipertextual.com

ics-cert.us-cert.gov

ics-cert.kaspersky.com

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Chemical industry

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Industrial Control System

Malware

Nuclear power

American Gas Pump Stations targeted by cybercriminals

Several researchers from different companies, including Trend Micro, have detected an increment in cyberattacks to Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US. Apparently, Automated tank gauges (ATGs)...

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trendmicro.com

securityaffairs.co

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Chemical industry

Industrial Control System

Other critical infrastructures

Vulnerability

Ciberataque masivo a la industria energética de Noruega

50 compañías del sector petrolífero han sido víctimas del mayor ciberataque coordinado en Noruega hasta el momento. Además, otras 250 compañías del sector energético podrían estar también en riesgo...

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thelocal.no

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

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