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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Cyber Attack Logo-MGM Resorts

Company:

MGM Resorts

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
September, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Slot machines and online room booking systems affected
Freeport McMoRan Inc.

Company:

Freeport McMoRan Inc.

Industry:
Mining
Date:
September, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Limited production which could impact future operations
Clorox

Company:

Clorox

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
September, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Affected systems taken offline
Cyber Attack Logo-DYMOCKS

Company:

Dymocks

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
September, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
1.24 million customer contact records were stolen
Cyber Attack Logo-Pizza Hut

Company:

Pizza Hut

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
September, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Data impacted relates to customer record details and online order transactions
Cyber Attack Logo-auDA

Company:

au Domain Administration

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
August, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
15GB of data pilfered
Cyber Attack Logo-CloudNordic

Company:

CloudNordic

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
August, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Majority of customer data lost and forced the hosting providers to shut down all systems
New Haven Public Schools

Company:

New Haven Public Schools

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
August, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
$6 million initially was lost; $3.6 million has been recouped
Prospect Medical Holdings

Company:

Prospect Medical Holdings

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
August, 2023
Type of Hack:
Rasomware
Damage:
Systems offline; ER forced to close and ambulances diverted to other hospitals
Logos-Microsoft

Company:

Microsoft

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns's email account accessed
Tempur Sealy

Company:

Tempur Sealy

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
IT system shutdown, company operations interrupted
Logos-Geist

Company:

Geist Finance

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Shuts down permanently over Multichain hack
Logos-Este Lauder

Company:

Estée Lauder

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
131 GB of data from its systems obtained
Logos-Hayward

Company:

City of Hayward

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Local emergency declared; services affected
Logos-Tomra

Company:

TOMRA

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Some of the company’s data systems affected and disconnected
Logos-Norway

Company:

Norway

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
12 Norway ministries affected
Logos-Multichain

Company:

Multichain

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
$228m lost
Logos-HCA

Company:

HCA Healthcare

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Estimated 11 million patients' data stolen
Logos-Microsoft

Company:

Microsoft

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
38TB of private data via unsecured Azure storage leaked
Alberta Dental Service Corporation

Company:

Alberta Dental Service Corporation

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
1.47 million personal data compromised;
Kenya

Company:

Kenya

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Digital platform e-Citizen was down; Government services impacted
Health Employers Association of British Columbia

Company:

Health Employers Association of British Columbia

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
240,000 email addresses may have had their personal data compromised
Logos-Port of Nagoya

Company:

Port of Nagoya

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Terminal outage and service disruption
CardioComm Solutions

Company:

CardioComm Solutions

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
July, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Systems offline; products and services were affected
Logos-Jumpcloud

Company:

JumpCloud

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Spear-phishing
Damage:
Up to 5 customers, 10 devices hit
Logos-FIIG

Company:

FIIG Securities

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
385 gigabytes of data have been reportedly stolen
Logos-Yamaha

Company:

Yamaha Canada Music

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Unauthorized access and data theft
Logos-TSMC

Company:

TSMC

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
$70 million ransom demanded
Logos-Barts Health

Company:

Barts Health NHS Trust

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
70TB of data has been stolen
Georgia Teachers Retirement System (TRS)

Company:

Georgia Teachers Retirement System (TRS)

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
More than 261,000 retirees and beneficiaries may have been impacted
Logos-Switzerland

Company:

Switzerland

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Several websites of Swiss federal government knocked out
Logos-CalPERS

Company:

California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
770,000 pensioners' personal data leaked
Logos-DAA

Company:

DAA

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
2,000 employees' information compromised
Logos-Dozor-Teleport

Company:

Dozor-Teleport

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Screenshots of files leaked
Logos-Brunswick

Company:

Brunswick Corporation

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Production and distribution operations at some locations paused
Logos-Suncor

Company:

Suncor

Industry:
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Disruptions to ground services
Logos-Microsoft

Company:

Microsoft

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
June, 2023
Type of Hack:
DDoS
Damage:
Disruptions to Outlook, cloud platform
Logos-MDoE

Company:

Minnesota Department of Education

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Over 95k students data breached
Logos-Fortescue

Company:

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
A small portion of data from their networks disclosed
ABB

Company:

ABB Ltd.

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Windows Active Directory affected, affecting hundreds of devices
71 Toyota

Company:

Toyota

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
2 million clients data leaked
Suzuki India

Company:

Suzuki Motorcycle India

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Lost production of over 20, 000 vehicles
Logos-Moveit

Company:

MOVEit

Industry:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Numerous organizations have been breached and data stolen
Logos-deutche leasing

Company:

Deutsche Leasing

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
IT system has been switched off, including its data and email system
US Department of Transportation

Company:

U.S. Transportation Department

Industry:
Administrative and Support Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees exposed
TechnologyOne

Company:

TechnologyOne

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Entire trading process was halted, impacting millions of customers
Logos-TCRS

Company:

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS)

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
More than 170,000 retired State of Tennessee employees and/or their beneficiaries was accessed
Maximus Inc.

Company:

Maximus Inc.

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Zero-day vulnerability
Damage:
Up to 11 million health records compromised
Logos-UCLA

Company:

UCLA

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Unknown
Logos-xplain

Company:

Xplain

Industry:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Stolen data published
Logos-Agusta City

Company:

City of Augusta

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
More than 70 GB of city data has been made available online
Logos-UBT

Company:

Union Bank & Trust

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
May, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Some personal information may have been compromised
Aspen Dental

Company:

Aspen Dental

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Scheduling systems, phones and other business applications affected
Medical Clinic & Surgi Center

Company:

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Closed for nearly two weeks
Point32Health

Company:

Point32Health

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Access to healthcare services disrupted; forced it to take systems offline
Tucson Unified

Company:

Tucson Unified School District

Industry:
Education & Training
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Gigabytes of employees and students files leaked
Logos-Pilot Credentials

Company:

Pilot Credentials

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
9,000 pilot and cadet applicants information exposed
Logos-Royal Dutch Football Association

Company:

Royal Dutch Football Association

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal data of KNVB employees obtained
HWL Ebsworth

Company:

HWL Ebsworth

Industry:
Legal Services
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
4TB of company data hacked
Logos-MSI

Company:

Micro-Star International

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
1.5TB of data may be stolen; US$4 million demanded
Naivas logo

Company:

Naivas Supermarket

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Ransomware
Damage:
Some of the company’s data had been compromised
Logos-Evotec

Company:

Evotec

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Systems were shut down and disconnected from the Internet to secure from data corruption or breaches
Logos-Hydro Quebec

Company:

Hydro-Québec

Industry:
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Denial-of-Service
Damage:
Website and mobile application down
Logos-Rheinmetall

Company:

Rheinmetall

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
April, 2023
Type of Hack:
Unknown
Damage:
Industrial customers, particularly in the automotive sector affected
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
Logos-WH Smith

Company:

Western Digital

Industry:
Manufacturing
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Company systems and data accessed
Logos-BCLP

Company:

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Industry:
Legal Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal data of more than 50,000 current and former employees of Mondelēz International breached
Logos-franklin templeton

Company:

Franklin Templeton Canada

Industry:
Financial and Insurance Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Consumers' details accessed by unauthorised party
ChatGPT

Company:

ChatGPT

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Personal data of over one million subscribers compromised
Logos-MMC

Company:

Maimonides Medical Center

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Access to confidential patient information illegally obtained
Yellow Pages Logo

Company:

Yellow Pages Group

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Sensitive documents exposing personal information leaked
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
IPH

Company:

IPH

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Document practice management systems of two of its subsidiary companies impacted
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
Logos-neho

Company:

Neho

Industry:
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Leak
Damage:
Misconfiguration in the website that exposed sensitive credentials to the public
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
Capita logo

Company:

Capita

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
4% of its server infrastructure accessed and files hosted on the breached systems stolen; est. financial loss between £20m and £25m
PharMerica

Company:

PharMerica

Industry:
Health Care and Social Assistance
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
Data of 5.82M patients stolen
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:
Unauthorised 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
Lionsgate logo

Company:

Lionsgate

Industry:
Other Services
Date:
March, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
37m subscribers user data leaked
Logos-T-Mobile

Company:

T-Mobile

Industry:
Information Media and Telecommunications
Date:
February, 2023
Type of Hack:
Data Breach
Damage:
836 customers information exposed