List of Successful Cyber Attacks and Data Breaches

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Cyber Attacks Database

The following list of cyber attacks and data breaches covers major successful attacks on companies globally. The comprehensive list shows attacks over the past 10 years and can be filtered by Industry and Date. Please click on the provided links for further information about each incident.

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Logos-WH Smith

Company:

Community Health Systems (CHS)

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal and health information of up to 1 million patients affected
Brightline logo

Company:

Brightline

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Data belonging to 63,000 minors has leaked online
3CX logo

Company:

3CX

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Supply Chain Attack
Damage:
Phone system compromised
Crown Resorts logo

Company:

Crown Resorts

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Limited number of files obtained; ransomware demanded
ChatGPT

Company:

ChatGPT

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal data of over one million subscribers compromised
PH Property logo

Company:

PH Property Bendigo

Industry:
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Four months of data was stolen which could affect about 200 customers
Logos-WH Smith

Company:

WH Smith

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Staff data accessed
Logos-NECC

Company:

Northern Essex Community College

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Campus closed for days
SERHA

Company:

The South East Regional Health Authority

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
The attack has affected some information and communications technology (ICT) and other services to the public
SAS

Company:

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
The carrier's website was paralysed and customer information leaked from its app
Tasminia logo

Company:

City of Tasmania

Industry:
Administrative and Support Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Limited number of Crown files may have been obtained
Ferrari logo

Company:

Ferrari

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Customer data stolen
Docomo Pacific

Company:

Docomo Pacific

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Internet disruption
Latitude Financial Services

Company:

Latitude Financial

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
14m personal records stolen including driver’s licenses and passport numbers
Rubrik logo

Company:

Rubrik

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Unauthorized access to a “limited amount of information”
NBA logo

Company:

National Basketball Association (NBA)

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Names and email addresses stolen
Rio Tinto logo

Company:

Rio Tinto

Industry:
Mining
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal data of former and current Australian employees may have been stolen
Logos-Pipefitterts Local

Company:

Pipefitters Local 537

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
$6.4 million lost
LVHI

Company:

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Unauthorized activity within their IT system; cancer patients’ photos leaked
Coinbase

Company:

Coinbase

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach; Phishing
Damage:
No funds were taken and no customer information was accessed or viewed, but some limited employee contact information was taken
Zoll

Company:

Zoll

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Sensitive data of 1 million people leaked
Dish

Company:

Dish Network

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Gone offline with its websites and apps; remote employees have been cut off from accessing their work systems
DOLE

Company:

Dole

Industry:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Temporarily shut down production plants in North America
FBI

Company:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Industry:
Legal Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Its computer systems used in investigations of images of child sexual exploitation may be at risk
Troutman Pepper

Company:

Troutman Pepper

Industry:
Legal Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
The cyberattack at first left employees without access to all network resources
71 Toyota

Company:

Toyota

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Credentials to the Salesforce Marketing Cloud nd Mapbox APIs exposed
Tri Countries Bank

Company:

Tri Counties Bank

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal information leaked, including US passports and driver’s licenses, of the bank’s customers
Logos-Reddit

Company:

Reddit

Industry:
Administrative and Support Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Phishing
Damage:
Some internal documents, code, and some internal business systems accessed
Logos-Atlassian

Company:

Atlassian

Industry:
Administrative and Support Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Stolen employee credentials used to steal data from a third-party vendor
Logos-Burton

Company:

Burton Corp.

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
E-commerce site remains down
Meriton logo

Company:

Meriton

Industry:
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Guests and staff members accessed including health information, salaries and disciplinary proceedings
ION

Company:

ION Group

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Affected servers are disconnected resulting to disrupted transactions
Denmark Central Bank

Company:

Denmark Central Bank

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
The website could be temporarily unaccessible
University of Michigan Health

Company:

University of Michigan Health

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Experienced intermittent problems with its public websites
JD Sports

Company:

JD Sports

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Stored data relating to 10 million customers might be at risk
Danish Central Bank

Company:

Riot Games

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Source codes of popular games stolen; ransom demanded
Danish Central Bank

Company:

Danish Central Bank

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Websites access disrupted
Logos-WH Smith

Company:

Hatch Bank

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
40,000 customer names and social security numbers stolen
GoAnywhere logo

Company:

GoAnywhere

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Data of 130 companies stolen
Logos-T-Mobile

Company:

T‑Mobile

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
37 million customers may be impacted
Logos-Royal Mail

Company:

Royal Mail

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Unable to dispatch items to overseas destinations
Logos-Yum Brans Inc

Company:

Yum Brands Inc

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
January, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Closure of nearly 300 restaurants in the United Kingdom for a day
Logos-HACLA

Company:

HACLA

Industry:
Administrative and Support Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Date Breach
Damage:
15 terabytes of data from the housing agency stolen; screenshots posted online
Logos-CentraState Medical Center

Company:

CentraState Medical Center

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
IT shutdown
Logos-Copper Mountain Mining Corporation

Company:

Copper Mountain Mining Corporation

Industry:
Mining
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Switched to manual processes and preventatively shutdown to determine the effect on its control system
Logos-MercuryIT

Company:

Mercury IT

Industry:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Multiple NZ-based orgs impacted and have appeared on LockBit’s victim blog
Logos-TPG

Company:

TPG

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
15,000 customer email accounts affected; Cryptocurrency and financial information may be taken
Logos-MetropolitanOpera

Company:

Metropolitan Opera

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Website, box office, and call center shut down
GoDaddy

Company:

GoDaddy

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Malware
Damage:
Installed malware that redirected customer websites to malicious sites
MicrosoftTeams-image (1)

Company:

Okta Inc.

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Source code repositories accessed
Reventics

Company:

Reventics

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Hacker accessed and stole confidential consumer information from the company’s computer network
Logos-Arnold Clark

Company:

Arnold Clark

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Computer and telephone systems affected
Logos-Jakks Pacific

Company:

Jakks Pacific

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
data leaked; $5 million ransom demanded
Logos-SickKids

Company:

SickKids

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Delayed lab and imaging results, knocked out phone lines and staff payroll system shut down
Logos-Queensland University of Technology

Company:

Queensland University of Technology

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
IT systems were shut down and the effects of the hack could be felt for weeks
Logos-BitKeep

Company:

BitKeep

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Trojan
Damage:
An estimated $9.9 million worth of assets have been plundered
Logos-Bristol Community College

Company:

Bristol Community College

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Network interruption issue impacting onsite internet and network functions
Logos-Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Company:

Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Email addresses and customer management numbers of some customers who subscribed to T-Connect had leaked
Logos-BTCcom

Company:

BTC.com

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
$3 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen
Logos-Central Bank of Iran

Company:

Central Bank of Iran

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
December, 2022
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Unknown
AIIMS

Company:

AIIMS

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Network outages resulting in long queues and errors in handling emergency cases
Ticketmaster

Company:

Ticketmaster

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Botching sales for Taylor Swift’s United States tour
Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL’s)

Company:

Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL’s)

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Malware
Damage:
Delayed settlement activities
WhatsApp

Company:

WhatsApp

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
500 million user records posted for sale
Greene County Tech School District

Company:

Greene County Tech School District

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Computer and phone systems shut down
Sobeys

Company:

Sobeys

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Unknown
Vanuatu

Company:

Vanuatu

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Online communications have been paralysed
NormanPublicSchools

Company:

Norman Public Schools

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Unknown
Salud Family Health

Company:

Salud Family Health

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Sensitive patient and employee information was made available to an unauthorized party
PNORS Technology Group

Company:

PNORS Technology Group

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Data stolen
Jeppesen

Company:

Jeppesen

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Flight planning disruption
Xavier University

Company:

Xavier University

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
44,000 students and vendors had their personal information compromised
Maple Leaf Foods

Company:

Maple Leaf Foods

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Some operational and service disruptions
North Idaho College

Company:

North Idaho College

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Forced network shut down
European Parliament

Company:

European Parliament

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Website faced a "sophisticated" cyberattack disrupting its services
Apprentice Information Systems

Company:

Apprentice Information Systems

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Potential breach discovered affecting Arkansas government offices, including Boone County
Guadeloupe

Company:

Guadeloupe

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Shuts down all computer networks to protect data
City of Westmount

Company:

City of Westmount

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Computer outage and disabled email servers
Logos-DraftKings

Company:

DraftKings

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
68,000 users impacted and resulted in approximately $300,000 in unauthorized transactions
Logos-airasia

Company:

AirAsia

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Approximately five million passengers and all AirAsia employees' personal data compromised
City School District of Albany

Company:

Albany City School District

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
November, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Forced to stay offline for 3 days and unable to access digital resources
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory

Company:

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Astronomical observations and public website suspended
Aurubis

Company:

Aurubis

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
IT systems shut down
MedStar

Company:

MedStar

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
911 computer-aided dispatch and patient care reporting systems affected
METRO

Company:

METRO

Industry:
Wholesale Trade
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Experienced a partial IT infrastructure outage of several technical services
Republic of Bulgaria

Company:

Republic of Bulgaria

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Websites of the Bulgarian presidency and several other government ministries paralyzed
Bluecoat School

Company:

Bluecoat School

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Pupils' data spread online
Binance logo

Company:

Binance

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
$100 million to $110 million in funds were taken
Verizon

Company:

Verizon

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
October, 2022
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Prepaid customers data exposed
Ferrari logo

Company:

Ferrari

Industry:
Other Services
Date: