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Individual attacks can target people physically or online by exploiting their digital identities. After disasters, people are more vulnerable to identity theft and other exploits. School hacks that leak students' personal information can negatively impact people for their whole lives. Major online identity providers like Okta must securely manage access to online accounts, but have also experienced hacks. Russia has conducted cyber attacks against Ukraine's infrastructure to undermine the country's will to fight. A leak of concealed carry permit applicant information in California would compromise confidential data. Hackers have also targeted industrial control systems and telecom networks, in some cases sponsored by nation-states like Russia targeting other countries' critical infrastructure. Certain healthcare organizations and hospitals have also suffered data breaches exposing patient information

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A1 Attacks

Individual attacks can target people physically or online by exploiting their digital identities. After disasters, people are more vulnerable to identity theft and other exploits. School hacks that leak students' personal information can negatively impact people for their whole lives. Major online identity providers like Okta must securely manage access to online accounts, but have also experienced hacks. Russia has conducted cyber attacks against Ukraine's infrastructure to undermine the country's will to fight. A leak of concealed carry permit applicant information in California would compromise confidential data. Hackers have also targeted industrial control systems and telecom networks, in some cases sponsored by nation-states like Russia targeting other countries' critical infrastructure. Certain healthcare organizations and hospitals have also suffered data breaches exposing patient information

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Individual Attacks

The difference between attacks against individual and online identities is not very clear to me. To
me, it seems an online identity belongs to an individual. Are individual attacks meant to be
physical in some way?

Post Disaster
https://apnews.com/article/identity-theft-what-to-do-next-b973836b20e870ddbbb46367a7a18550

People are more vulnerable after a disaster and easier to exploit.

School Hacks
https://apnews.com/article/schools-ransomware-data-
breach-40ebeda010158f04a1ef14607bfed9b0

This is very personal information that could follow someone their whole life if made public.

Online Identity

Okta Attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60849687

As an identity management service, it operates the "lock" to online identities.

Blockchain Bridge Hack (Binance)


https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/07/blockchain-bridge-hack/

There have been others too, thankfully user funds were not impacted in this case. The hacker was
able to create "money".

Government

Russia Ukraine Hacking


https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-breaches-2022/

Russia is attacking Ukraine's will to ght with cyber attacks. Russia hopes that Ukrianians will
more readily accept Russian rule than the hardships of war.

California Concealed Carry


https://www.facebook.com/FresnoSheriff/posts/359191256353707

Obtaining a CCP in California is not trivial, and I think those who do must demonstrate a need.
This could be a leak of very con dential information. Not caused by an external party, but poor
IT at the state.
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Industrial System

ICS
https://www.securityweek.com/russia-linked-pipedreamincontroller-ics-malware-designed-
target-energy-facilities/

Interestingly this attack targets a mother board board driver, ASRock (CVE-2020-15368). This
seems to fuse the digital and physical attacks. This attack was sponsored by Russia.

Telecom Hack
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa22-158a

The article did not focus on a speci c breach, but clearly, China is working to compromise US
infrastructure.

Financial Infrastructure (Bonus)

https://time.com/6333716/china-icbc-bank-hack-usb-stick-trading/

That's karma for China.

Internet Infrascture (Bonus 2)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/largest-cyberattack-its-kind-recently-
happened-heres-how/

Wow

Speci c Target

Shields Health Care Group


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shields-health-care-group-data-breach-
affects-2-million-patients/

Baptist Medical Center/System


https://www.kens5.com/article/money/business/baptist-health-cybesecurity-data-breach-
information/273-2d0cb751-f193-433c-a0cc-61568d5cd0f1

Below is a helpful article with the top attacks of 2022:


https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-breaches-2022/
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