The largest cyber attacks that occurred in 2022

Three cyber attacks “Specially targeted at Ukraine as a direct consequence of the Russian invasion” and another attack on Costa Rica top the list of the ten largest such attacks in the world this year.

cyber attacks As far as “ramsomware” is concerned, the Axie Infinity million dollar heist and the attacks on companies like Uber or Microsoft are among the most important either because of the damage done, the level of difficulty, or the geopolitical implications. prepared by a security company. cyber security Eset.

Top 10 Cyber ​​Attacks of 2022

1. Ukraine under (cyber) attack, ranks first in the ranking, as the critical infrastructure of this country has again become the focus of cybercriminals.

Early in the Russian invasion, Eset researchers worked with the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) to uncover a targeted attack on the country’s power grid using destructive malware (malicious code) that the Sandworm group was trying to deploy against high voltage. electrical substations.

2. Sealed Wiper and Isaac Wiper: In February last year, HermeticWiper “malware” was found on hundreds of devices of various organizations in Ukraine. The next day, a second devastating data deletion attack against the Ukrainian government network began, this time using the IsaacWiper malware.

3. Internet does not work in Ukraine: Just an hour before the invasion, a major cyberattack on commercial satellite internet company Viasat disrupted broadband for thousands of people in the country and even in other parts of Europe.

4. Conti in Costa Rica: “One of the main players in underground cybercrime” this year was ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Conti, and one of its “most dangerous” raids was against Costa Rica, where a national state of emergency was declared after how the government could qualify a crippling attack as an act of “cyberterrorism”.

The group has since vanished, “although it’s likely” that its members have pursued other projects or changed brands, adds Eset.

5. Various Ransomware Targeting the US: The September alert revealed that “various cybercriminals associated with the Iranian regime” managed to compromise the US municipal government and an aerospace company, among other targets for “ransomware” campaigns (to demand a ransom for an infected computer), which is “not very common” in organizations, supported by the state.

6. A millionaire robbed Axie Infinity, an online game from Sky Mavis.. In March, it was revealed that cybercriminals managed to use stolen private keys to falsify $618 million in withdrawals, the largest ever cryptocurrency that was linked to the North Korean group Lazarus.

7. Slips$ appeared in 2022. as a ransomware group that used high-profile data theft to force payment on its victims, including Microsoft, Samsung, Nvidia, Ubisoft, Okta, and Vodafone.

8. The International Red Cross (ICRC) suffered a ‘major leak’ in January this compromised the identities of over 500,000 “highly vulnerable” victims. Stolen from a Swiss contractor, they contained details of people separated from their families due to conflict, migration and natural disasters; both their families and the detainees disappeared.

9. Attack on Uber: In September, it was reported that a cybercriminal, possibly a member of Lapsus$, had hacked cloud email systems and code repositories. The target was a third-party Uber contractor who “probably” got their corporate password on the dark web.

10. Attack on Medibank: “Ransomware” managed to access the data of four million customers of the Australian health insurance giant in an attack that “could cost the company about $35 million.” Victims now face a potential flurry of phishing attempts. EFE

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