DefenceTalkFinland’s parliament said Tuesday its website came under cyber attack, as the Nordic country applies for NATO membership following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “A denial of service attack is taking place against the parliament’s external website,” parliament said in a statement. The attack began around 2:30 pm (1130 GMT), slowing down or completely denying access […]https://www.defencetalk.com/finnish-parliament-website-targeted-in-cyber-attack-79181/

DefenceTalkIndia on Thursday claimed it foiled an attempted cyber-attack by Chinese hackers targeting its power distribution system near a disputed frontier where the two countries are engaged in a military stand-off. Ties between the world’s two most populous nations are at a low ebb after a deadly skirmish in the Himalayan region of Ladakh that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-claims-it-foiled-chinese-cyber-attack-on-disputed-border-78654/

DefenceTalkKyiv on Friday reported a massive cyber attack on key government websites as tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine escalate following several rounds of unsuccessful talks. The education ministry said on Facebook that its website was down due to a “global (cyber) attack” that had taken place overnight. Other websites that were down […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-reports-massive-cyber-attack-on-government-websites-77685/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkAccident or Israeli sabotage? A mysterious incident in the early hours of Thursday, July 2, badly damaged a building at Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex and sparked speculation over the cause. The incident came at the end of a week marked by two explosions in Tehran, including one near a military site. Officials said the blasts […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mysterious-damage-to-iran-nuclear-site-what-we-know-75859/

Iran is widely expected to ramp up cyberattacks against the United States in response to the US killing of a top Iranian leader this month even as fears have receded about a military confrontation between the two countries. The simmering tensions since the US drone attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, who was by some measures […]

City services in New Orleans were hobbled Monday as the city operated under an emergency declaration following a cyber attack that locked down its main computer networks. In the attack detected Friday, New Orleans became the latest major city to be hit by ransomware in what has become an epidemic that has crippled networks in […]

DefenceTalkNATO countries are working to determine when a cyber attack would trigger the collective defense provision in the alliance’s charter, a US general said on Thursday. The alliance is “dealing with the issue around this and in cyber and working to define an understanding of what would be a trigger for Article 5,” General Curtis […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-working-on-cyber-attack-trigger-commander-71574/

DefenceTalkThe Singapore Ministry of Defence said no classified information was stolen because it is housed on a separate system that is not connected to the internet The personal data of 850 Singaporean national servicemen has been stolen after a “targeted and carefully planned” cyber attack on a Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) system that provides internet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/singapore-defence-ministry-reports-cyber-breach-69330/

DefenceTalkAcross the United States, 3200 separate organizations own and operate electrical infrastructure. The widely dispersed nature of the nation’s electrical grid and associated control systems has a number of advantages, including a reduced risk that any single accident or attack could create a widespread failure from which it might take weeks to recover. Since the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-protect-nations-electrical-grid-from-cyber-attack-66088/

DefenceTalkThe US military is well equipped to defend the country against cyberattacks but is not yet ready to wage digital warfare, a senior defense official told lawmakers on Tuesday. The military’s cyber command, created in 2009, lacks the means to lead an offensive campaign in a fast-moving digital conflict, said Eric Rosenbach, the Pentagon’s principal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-wage-digital-attack-official-63864/