Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach Independent City
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
The Virginian-Pilot
December 2nd, 2020
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Ransomware used in cyberattack against sanitation district's network
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Entire district's computer network was taken offline as safety precaution
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Officials released a statement advising that customers could still make payments
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City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Breach Type –
Other, Data Breach
Daily Progress
November 27th, 2019
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Charlottesville, Virginia was victim of cyberattack for second time in a year
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Third-party software for tax payments was breached
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Officials unsure how many citizens were affected in the attack
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City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County
Breach Type –
Phishing, Data Breach
CBS 19 News
September 25th, 2019
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Over 10,000 utility customers in the Charlottesville area advised by city officials that their information was possibly leaked
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City advised they were unaware of any misuse of the leaked information, informed affected customers to be safe
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Leaked information included customer's names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's license information
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Spotsylvania County
Breach Type –
Phishing, Other
Fredericksburg
August 15th, 2019
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$600,000 was compromised in a recent phishing scheme within Spotsylvania County
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Over half of the total sum had been restored due to Virginia State Police's efforts in restorations and investigations
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The original intercepted payment was meant for a $1.2 Million football field for the local high school
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Hanover County Online Payment System, Hanover County
Breach Type - Other, Data Breach
Data Breaches
January 15th, 2018
- Credit card information had been compromised
- Hackers intercepted payment information
- The system was put offline for further investigation
- Software was completely replaced to prevent this in the future
- County suspects all payment information was logged for months
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Town of Christiansburg, Montgomery County
Breach Type - Phishing, Data Breach
Virginia First
November 29th, 2018
- Employee emails compromised in phishing scheme
- Hackers persistently sent phishing emails to Town officials for three months
- The Town’s customer financial data was possibly compromised in attack
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Town of Round Hill, Loudoun County
Breach Type - Other, Data Breach
Round Hill VA
October 20th, 2018
- Town of Round Hill suffered data breach & destruction of electronic records
- Data Recovery is ongoing
- Independent technology consultant hired to perform internal investigation
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Loudoun Now
October 22nd, 2018
- Town put new security protocols in place
- All passwords changed and access to servers limited
- Utility billing files and finance records kept on different system, safe from cyber attack
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Department of Environmental Quality, Richmond City
Breach Type - Hack
Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 14th, 2018
- Website content management system contained vulnerability in software
- Vulnerability allowed hackers to access system
- Intrusion detected and quickly detained
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City of Richmond
Breach Type - Ransomware
Richmond Free Press
April 6th, 2018
- Director of Richmond's IT department claims there have been 2-3 ransomware attacks on system
- All mitigated by IT team, using backups
- Did not call external contractor
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State of Virginia Election System
Breach Type - Hack
USA Today
September 22nd, 2017
- Russian hackers attempted to infiltrate election systems during 2016 presidential elections
- U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security notified states of attempted breaches
- States that were targeted included some key political battlegrounds such as Virginia
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City of Charlottesville website
Breach Type - DDoS
Hack Read
August 12th, 2017
- Hacktivist group "Anonymous" takes credit for DDoS
- Hack response to white supremacy protesters hit
- Website forced to go offline
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