Belarusian Railway

The Belarusian railways moving Russian troops to Ukraine were targeted by a group of activist cyber hackers.

The hackers compromised the railway system’s routing and switching devices and rendered them inoperable by encrypting data stored on them.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-27/belarus-hackers-allegedly-disrupted-trains-to-thwart-russia

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/belarusian-railway

"id": "bel2192322",
"linkid": "belarusian-railway",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "9",
"explanation": "Attack that could bring to a war"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Transportation',
                        'location': 'Belarus',
                        'name': 'Belarusian Railways',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': ['Network Intrusion', 'Encryption'],
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Encrypted data stored on devices'},
 'description': 'The Belarusian railways moving Russian troops to Ukraine were '
                'targeted by a group of activist cyber hackers. The hackers '
                'compromised the railway system’s routing and switching '
                'devices and rendered them inoperable by encrypting data '
                'stored on them.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': 'Inoperable railway system',
            'systems_affected': ['Routing and switching devices']},
 'motivation': 'Disrupting military movement',
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes'},
 'threat_actor': 'Activist Cyber Hackers',
 'title': 'Cyber Attack on Belarusian Railways',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack'}