The city government of West Haven, Connecticut experienced a cyberattack that forced them to shut down their IT systems. The attack, which occurred on an unspecified date, was first reported on December 26, 2024, as a network disruption. The city has...
A technical vulnerability in Lemonade Inc.'s online car insurance application process resulted in the exposure of approximately 190,000 driver's license numbers from April 2023 to September 2024. The breach occurred because an application programming ...
The City of Forest Park, Georgia experienced a network disruption on July 24, 2024, potentially compromising the personal information of some residents. Upon discovery, the city secured its network and initiated a forensic investigation. While investi...
On April 18, 2025, the City of Abilene, Texas, experienced a cyber attack on its computer systems. The attack was discovered when city officials received reports of unresponsive servers on the city’s internal network. In response to the attack, the c...
On February 25, 2025, the City of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada experienced a cyberattack on its network. The attack was first detected on Tuesday morning and was initially reported as a network outage. Upon discovery, the city took immediat...
In August 2024, the City of Roseburg experienced a network disruption that was later determined to be a data breach. Following the incident on August 4th, an investigation was immediately launched, and forensic cybersecurity experts were brought in to...
Jefferson Dental Center in South Bend, Indiana experienced a data breach on November 15, 2024. An unauthorized user gained access to their computer network potentially compromising patient information including names, Social Security numbers, addresse...
In February 2013, Union County Public Schools discovered a hacking attempt on their web server. The perpetrators emailed the school district claiming to have compromised the system. In response, the school shut down the server and contacted the Union...
The Port of Rijeka in Croatia experienced a cyberattack over a weekend in December 2024. The 8Base ransomware group claimed responsibility, disclosing the attack on their dark web leak site. The group threatened to publicly release stolen data if a ra...
GoodRx, a digital healthcare platform, has agreed to a $25 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging privacy violations. The lawsuit stemmed from GoodRx's use of tracking technologies on its website, which shared user data with third parti...
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: