Cybercrime - Weekly Update - October 2023

The PGA Weekly Cybercrime Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

October27

Country	Topic	Source
Americas	Countries of the Americas Join Forces to Fight Cybercrime	Diálogo Americas
Australia	Melbourne man charged for helping launder tens of millions from cybercrime victims	Homepage \| Australian Federal Police
Bermuda	Cyber Attack on Bermuda Government Highlights Growing Threat	Breaking News Headlines and Media Bias \| Ground News
Brazil	Brazilian Authorities Shut Down Major Illegal File Sharing Site	Digital Music News \| Your Source for Music Industry News
Canada	With cybercrime up 600% in the last 3 years, Canada needs more cybersecurity professionals to fill the gaps	iPolitics News
CoE	Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence: Council of Europe HELP course for EU judges, prosecutors and lawyers	The Council of Europe: guardian of Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law for 700 million citizens - Portal
Global	Data: Over 46m potential cyber-attacks per day	Advanced Television \| Digital Media Delivery
Ghana	CyberGhana poised to bridge cyber-security skills gap in Ghana	Ghana News Agency
ICC	International Criminal Court says cybersecurity incident affected its information systems last week	Associated Press News: Breaking News, Latest Headlines and Videos \| AP News
India	Ahmedabad, Surat turning into nation's cybercrime hots ..	News: US News, Top News in India, US election news, Business news, Sports & International News \| Times of India
India	Tripura to get cybercrime police station	News: US News, Top News in India, US election news, Business news, Sports & International News \| Times of India
Netherlands	The Age of Data as the New Gold: A Case Study of a Cybercriminal Empire in the Netherlands	Cyberwarzone – News, Tips and Tools for Cybersecurity Professionals
Nigeria	Cybercrime: Police nab six, shutdown Abuja ‘Yahoo Academy’	Punch newspapers - Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top Stories
Nigeria	Cybercrime Act 2015 Amendment Bill scales second reading in Senate	Premium Times - Nigeria leading newspaper for news, investigations
South Africa/Kenya	Experts Warn of Skyrocketing Cyber Threats, New Scams	Home - Africa Defense Forum
Spain	Spain police dismantled a cybercriminal group who stole the data of 4 million individuals	Security Affairs - Read, think, share … Security is everyone's responsibility
Tanzania	Cybersecurity is a key for Development – Tanzania Ranks 2nd in Africa	Tanzania Computer Emergency Response Team
United Kingdom	Cybercrime: More than 500 potential attacks clocked every second	BT Group Newsroom
Global	Urgent Global Response Needed for “Insidious” Cybercrime	Homeland Security Today
United States	Mississippi cybercrime operation leads to arrests for sexual exploitation of minors	Breaking News, Latest Headlines, Sports & More - SuperTalk Mississippi
United States	FBI Springfield warns of 'constant barrage' of cyberattacks	wandtv.com \| Central Illinois' Best Source for News and Weather
Vietnam	Cybercriminals from Vietnam focus on India, US, and UK, unleash possible malware attacks	News in English: Latest News, Breaking News, Live Updates - India TV News

October20

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	14 Arrests, Thousands of Illicit Cyber Networks Disrupted in Africa operation	Security Link India
Canada	Air Canada responds to BainLian ransom attack claims	CyberNews
Caribbean	ICTP 272	ICTPulse
Ireland	Government publishes Autumn Legislation Programme	Matheson LLP \| Law Firm \| Legal Services and Solicitors
Israel	Israel-Hamas conflict extends to cyberspace	CSO Online
Israel	Israel Sees Cyber Incursions Across Digital Systems	The Wall Street Journal
Netherlands	The Netherlands’ New Public Campaign Against Cybercrime	Cyberwarzone – Your Cyber Knowledge Base
Nigeria	Two Nigerian journalists charged with cybercrime over corruption reports	Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide. - Committee to Protect Journalists
South Africa	Security Analysts Warn of Rising Cybercrime From South Africa	VOA Africa
Tanzania	Rukwa Spotted As Cybercrime Hotspot	Home - allAfrica.com
United Nations	UN Cybercrime Treaty A Menace in the Making	Human Rights Watch \| Defending Human Rights Worldwide
United Nations	Advancing Rule of Law, Justice for All through Technology Must Include Adequate Oversight, Delegates Stress as Sixth Committee Begins Debate	UN Press \| Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
United States	Organization of American States Cybersecurity Symposium Opening Remarks	The White House
United States	US and Ghana men in $600K email fraud case	CyberNews
United States	Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on cybercrime forum	TechCrunch \| Startup and Technology News
United States	Mount Vernon Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Check Fraud Scheme	Department of Justice \| Homepage \| United States Department of Justice
United States	88% of healthcare organizations experienced a cyberattack in past year, report finds	Healthcare and Health IT News \| Healthcare Dive

October6

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Cybercrime: Africa needs to put a strong, workable institutional framework to be fully involved	Business Daily
Bangladesh/India	Bangladesh, India to collaborate to fight cyberattacks: Palak	New Age \| The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh
Canada	Hackers target Canada sites, ISI han ..	News: US News, Top News in India, US election news, Business news, Sports & International News \| Times of India
Canada	Canadian businesses have good reason to fear cyber threats	BIV: Vancouver & BC Business News, People, Lists & Events \| Business In Vancouver
China	Chinese hackers stole 60,000 US government emails in May breach	Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
China	Security News This Week: Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan	WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business \| WIRED
China	How 'BlackTech' hackers from China are sneaking into military, government systems all over the world	LIVE updates, Latest News, Breaking News, World News, Sports News, Bollywood News, Business, Entertainment, Tech, Political News and more – Firstpost
Denmark/US	The United States and Denmark Partner to Strengthen Ukraine’s Cybersecurity	U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
European Union	ASEAN, EU should work more closely tackling maritime cybercrime	Home - Asia Times
Fiji	Cybercrimes threat	The Fiji Times
France	Indre : les entreprises toujours vulnérables contre les cyberattaques	La Nouvellelle REpublique
India	Bengaluru police bust cybercrime network; 84 accounts that received swindled money frozen	Breaking News Today, Top Headlines, Live Updates \| The Hindu
India	Seaports in India were left vulnerable to takeover by hackers	Cybernews
Jamaica	New National Cybersecurity Authority to come in two to four years	Radio Jamaica News Online
Japan	Japan, ASEAN to beef up private sector cybersecurity cooperation	Kyodo News+ \| Japan's leading news agency.
Kenya	Kenya hit by record 860m cyber-attacks in a year	Africanews \| Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Latvia	Cyber attacks on Latvia will continue	Eng.lsm.lv - Reliable news from Latvia
Netherlands	Cabinet to change domain names for government sites over cybercrime concerns	NL Times \| Netherlands news in English
Nigeria	Two Nigerian journalists charged with cybercrime over corruption reports	Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide. - Committee to Protect Journalists
Philippines	Marcos declares October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month	Manilla Bulletin
Russia	DDoS attack hits Russian flight booking system claimed by Ukrainian hackers	Cybersecurity News, Awards, Webinars, eSummits, Research \| SC Media
South Korea	Seoul accuses North Korean hackers of attacking South Korean shipbuilders	NHKãã¥ã¼ã¹ éå ±ã»ææ°æå ±
United Kingdom	Pro-Russia hackers claim responsibility for crashing British royal family's website	MyCentralOregon.com
United Nations	With Criminal Groups Using Sophisticated Technologies to Ply Their Wares, Third Committee Stresses Urgent Need to Collectively Combat Transnational Crime	Frontpage \| UN Press
United States	Frenchman charged with cybercrimes pleads guilty in US court	Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
United States	U.S. Electrical Grid and Renewables – Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks	Need-to-Know News, Insights, & Intelligence for Business Leaders \| JD Supra
United States	New partnership boosts Wisconsin's defense against cyberattacks	13 WREX \| Rockford, Illinois News Weather & Sports \| WREX Your Weather Authority
United States	Companies should prepare to comply with new SEC cybersecurity rules	Home \| Thomson Reuters
United States	St. Johns County government is the victim of a $1.1M cybercrime	Jacksonville's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more \| Jacksonville, Florida \| firstcoastnews.com

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Cybercrime - Weekly Update - October 2023