A data breach impacting the City of Richland, Washington was detected on May 15, 2024. Unauthorized access to city servers occurred through a vulnerability in the Benton County Emergency Services system, potentially exposing the personal information o...
Baxter International, a medical supply company, recently disclosed a data breach that occurred on June 10, 2024. An unauthorized party gained access to their computer network and downloaded sensitive consumer information. Upon discovering the breach, ...
Gramercy Surgery Center suffered a cybersecurity breach that exposed the personal and medical information of over 50,000 patients. The breach occurred between June 14 and June 17, 2024, when a group of hackers known as the Everest Team gained unauthor...
In March 2024, Evening Post Publishing Inc. experienced a cybersecurity breach. On March 20, 2024, they discovered an unauthorized incident on their network, prompting an immediate investigation. The investigation revealed that between March 13 and Ma...
On July 31, 2024, Bayhealth Hospital in Delaware detected unusual activity on its computer systems. The hospital took immediate action to contain the incident, including disabling external network connections, and engaged a cybersecurity firm for ass...
A law firm is investigating Blue Ridge Rural Water Company, Inc. due to a cybersecurity incident that occurred on July 23, 2024. Blue Ridge Rural Water Company, Inc. discovered unauthorized access to their network, potentially exposing sensitive cust...
Two Singaporean organizations, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (KTT) and the Academy of Medicine Singapore, experienced data breaches resulting in fines from the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC). In 2022, KTT failed to delete pers...
Altman Specialty Plants, the largest horticultural grower in the United States, experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive personal information of thousands of individuals. On September 11, 2023, the company identified suspicious activity within...
In September 2024, cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews discovered a significant data leak at MC2 Data, a US-based background check company. The leak exposed a massive 2.2 terabytes of data containing the personal information of approximately 106 mi...
The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed serious concerns about a data breach at the APO Production Unit, the government-owned corporation responsible for printing passports. During a Senate budget hearing, DFA Assistant Secr...
Cyber Security Case Studies has worked with a number of groups to develop these risk effect categories which represent a plain-english description of the impacts seen in public cyber events alongside their definition: