Critical Infrastructure News
Unidentified drones spark security alert at French military base
Unidentified drones flew over France’s Mourmelon-le-Grand military base overnight on Monday, triggering increased security measures at the facility that houses the 501st tank regiment and has trained Ukrainian soldiers, domestic media reported. Military officials told French outlets that small aircraft spotted over the Marne department base were “not drones piloted by military personnel,” according to…
Read More911 service restored after multistate outage caused by cut fibers
A 911 outage impacted multiple states for several hours following fiber cuts within the telecommunications system, officials said Thursday. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said said on social media that 911 systems in his state were impacted following “a series of fiber cuts.” About two hours later, he announced that the 911 system had been restored…
Read MoreDenmark alerts NATO and EU after coordinated drone attacks at its airports
Denmark has reached out to NATO and the EU after it was forced to close Aalborg airport and placed three other airports on alert on Thursday as unauthorised drones conducted what authorities described as coordinated attacks. Copenhagen was considering whether to trigger the alliance’s Article 4, in what was a hybrid attack involving a “systematic…
Read MoreMan arrested in connection with cyber-attack on airports
A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a 40-year-old man was arrested in West Sussex “as part of an investigation into a cyber incident impacting Collins Aerospace”. There have been hundreds of flight delays…
Read MoreSecret Service dismantles telecom threat around UN capable of crippling cell service in NYC
While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area — a system investigators say could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very moment…
Read MoreFlight delays continue across Europe after weekend cyber-attack
Passengers are facing another day of flight delays across Europe, as big airports continue to grapple with the aftermath of a cyber-attack on the company behind the software used for check-in and boarding. Several of the largest airports in Europe, including London Heathrow, have been trying to restore normal operations over the past few days…
Read MoreUnited Kingdom National Charged in Connection with Multiple Cyber Attacks, Including on Critical Infrastructure
A complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging Thalha Jubair, a United Kingdom national, with conspiracies to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, in relation to at least 120 computer network intrusions and extortion involving 47 U.S. entities. The complaint alleges victims paid at least $115,000,000 in ransom…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Attempting to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville
Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. “Our office is fully committed to thwarting dangerous attacks motivated by hate,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee. “I commend the agents who…
Read MoreSuspected arson triggers Berlin blackout, 40,000 homes and businesses without electricity
A fire on two high-voltage pylons in southeastern Berlin triggered a major power outage Tuesday morning, leaving more than 40,000 households without electricity in what authorities suspect was an arson attack. The fire in the Johannisthal/Königsheideweg area damaged several 110-kV lines connected to substations on Moissistraße and Wegedornstraße as well as the Neukölln district heating…
Read MoreUndersea cables cut in Red Sea, internet disrupted in Asia and Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which the rebels describe as an effort…
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