Breaches and Hacks Archive
35,900,145,035 known records breached so far in 9,478 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to our 2024 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s top security incidents, the most breached sectors of 2024, month-on-month …
As we emerge from the pandemic, hybrid working has proven hugely popular for individuals and organisations alike: staff enjoy increased flexibility and reduced commuting, and organisations benefit from lower overheads and greater productivity. Plus, the environmental benefits of homeworking are unmistakable. However, hybrid working also provides greater opportunities for cyber criminals. It introduces new security vulnerabilities, makes staff more susceptible …
Two in five businesses reported a cyber attack or data breach in the past 12 months, according to the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021 The study suggests that the threat has increased as a result of COVID-19, with …
You can find October 2020’s list of cyber attacks and data breaches here. September saw students around the globe returning to classes, only to be met with an avalanche of cyber attacks. The education sector accounted for 20 of the …
Public Health Wales has confirmed that it accidentally published the personal data of 18,105 people who tested positive for coronavirus. The information was accessible on a publicly accessible server for 20 hours on 30 August. In most cases, patients’ initials, …
Newcastle University is being held to ransom after its systems were infected with malware earlier this month. The DoppelPaymer ransomware gang breached the university’s systems on 4 September, and later that day stole backup files. The university has apologised for …
In our latest round-up of phishing scams, we look at a novel Instagram scam that targets victims through their direct messages, review the latest campaign that imitates Microsoft Office’s log-in page and discuss how even a cyber security training provider …
Organisations spend $3.86 million (about £2.9 million) recovering from security incidents, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020. That represents a slight decrease on 2019, which Ponemon’s researchers credit to organisations doing a better job strengthening …
There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is …
Security researchers have discovered a publicly accessibly database that contains sensitive information from 235 million users of Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The Comparitech report claims that the database – which contains a wealth of information, including users’ names and contact …
