On Thursday 31st March 2022, a large manufacturer of wind turbines, The Nordex Group, discovered a cyber security incident on their infrastructure. Conti, the hacking group, has since claimed responsibility for the incident, which indicates that this was a ransomware based attack.
January 2022 - Cyber Attack Hits Largest New Mexico County
Bernalillo County, the most populous county within New Mexico, was hit by a cyber attack on 5th January 2022. The largest target of this attack was the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Albuquerque area. The cyber attack in question was a form of ransomware that has affected significant portions of the detention center, namely the automatic door and camera systems. This has resulted in an emergency notice being issued to the federal courts due to a lapse in jail conditions