Cyber Security Case Studies

In May 2017, the retail company revealed a breach that affected some of their stores for 11 months between April 2016 and March 2017. The investigation showed an unauthorized individual installed malicious software on some payment processing syst...

In October 2016, the video streaming company had its user database stolen by an unknown hacker through unknown means. In the attack 85 million usernames and email addresses were taken, of which 20% had passwords associated with these accounts (these p...

In May 2017, customers of the electronic signature provider were targeted by malware phishing attacks. The company said that hackers breached one of its systems, but they only obtained email addresses and no other personal information. The hackers...

One of the largest video gaming communities disclosed a data breach in December 2016 though it wasn’t known at that time what was stolen or how many users were affected. Reportedly a ransom of $100,000 had been demanded which the company did not p...

In May 2017, a tech company that provides reservation system services for more than 36,000 properties, revealed a breach that allowed hotel customer payment information to be compromised. The unauthorized access was shut off and the company did no...