In May 2024, the company discovered suspicious activity on its computer network and took immediate steps to stop the activity, such as taking affected systems offline, and launching an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity expert...
In February 2005, the company experienced a significant data breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of approximately 163,000 consumers. The breach occurred when criminals, posing as legitimate businesses, gained unauthorized access to ...
In March 2021, the company were fined for violating state cybersecurity regulations. The regulations, established in 2017, mandated financial institutions implement robust cybersecurity measures, conduct risk assessments and promptly report cybersecur...
In August 2021, the company mitigated a record-breaking 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting a customer in Europe. This attack surpassed the previous record of a 2.3 Tbps attack mitigated by Amazon's AW...
In May 2019, the city experienced a significant cyberattack that crippled its computer systems which was considered a massive alarm bell for the rest of the US. The attack originated from a phishing email opened by an employee which unleashed a virus ...
In September 2019, a third-party vendor contracted by the Boy Scouts of America to manage fundraising sales, experienced a data incident that exposed the personal information of an unknown number of scouts. The incident involved a web developer (also ...
In May 2021, a former part-time employee of an unnamed credit union, pled guilty to intentionally deleting over 21 gigabytes of data from the company's shared network drive. This act of sabotage was done in retaliation for the employee's termination. ...
In October 2019, the company was fined by the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) in Singapore for violating data privacy laws. The company had contracted a third-party courier services provider, to deliver SIM cards to its subscribers. However...
In November 2023, the online casino suffered a significant data breach. The breach exposed an estimated 85 gigabytes of sensitive user data, potentially impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals. The compromised data included a range of personall...
In October 2019, the company experienced a cyber attack and took its website offline temporarily as a precaution. The incident prompted the president to clarify that the company is distinct from the government-operated Family Doctor Finder (GAMF) whic...
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: