cyberattacks
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Itron says unauthorized party accessed internal systems in cyberattack
Itron said an unauthorized third party accessed some internal systems in a cyberattack and that it blocked the activity after detecting it on April 13, 2026. The company said business operations were not materially disrupted and customer systems were not affected.
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Dutch finance ministry takes treasury banking portal offline after breach
The Dutch Ministry of Finance has taken its treasury banking portal offline while investigating a cyberattack detected on March 19. About 1,600 public institutions are unable to view balances online, though payments continue through regular banking channels.
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Poland’s nuclear research centre foils cyberattack, says systems blocked intrusion
Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research says a cyberattack on its IT systems was detected and blocked this week before any impact. The MARIA research reactor was not affected and an investigation is under way.
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Italy thwarts cyberattacks tied to Russia ahead of Milano Cortina Games
Italy has begun defending against cyberattacks that targeted foreign ministry sites and some Milano Cortina Winter Olympics locations. The attacks were described as of Russian origin and mitigations were put in place before the Games.
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Cyber incident forces two day closure at Warwickshire school
A cyber incident shut down IT at Higham Lane School in Nuneaton, cutting phones, email and servers and forcing a two day closure. Recovery work involves a Department for Education response team and trust IT experts.
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La Poste hit by major network incident, digital services disrupted
La Poste said a “major network incident” knocked its information systems offline, disrupting websites and mobile banking for millions while core banking and in-person services remained available; French outlets reported the outage was caused by a DDoS attack.
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Around 1,000 systems hit in ransomware attack on Romania’s water agency
Romanian Waters said a ransomware attack that began on December 20 has affected around 1,000 systems across its IT network and spread to most river basin organisations; hydrotechnical operations continued to run locally while authorities investigate and work to restore services.
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Cyberattack Disrupts PDVSA Export Systems, Company Says Operations Unaffected
PDVSA said a weekend cyberattack hit administrative systems but not operations; internal memos and source accounts cited by Bloomberg and Reuters indicate export and terminal systems were offline and cargo deliveries halted, while PDVSA blamed the United States and domestic conspirators.
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France interior ministry confirms cyberattack on e-mail servers
France’s Interior Ministry confirmed a cyberattack on its e-mail servers that allowed access to some files; investigators have not confirmed whether data was stolen and are probing motives including foreign interference, activists and cybercrime.
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Cloudflare mitigates 29.7 Tbps DDoS attack linked to AISURU botnet
Cloudflare said it mitigated a 29.7 Tbps DDoS attack linked to the AISURU botnet; the UDP “carpet-bombing” assault lasted 69 seconds, the target was not disclosed, and the company flagged a rise in large, sophisticated attacks in 2025.
