In February 2024, the company experienced a network disruption due to a cybersecurity incident. The company said it suspected a "nation-state group" was behind the attack. Ransomware group BlackCat claimed responsibility for the attack. The followi...
Lansing Community College (LCC) experienced a cybersecurity incident between December 2022 and March 2023 where an unauthorized actor gained access to their network. This breach affected the personal information of over 750,000 individuals, including ...
Southend-on-Sea City Council experienced a data breach affecting over 2,000 individuals due to an error in responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. The council unintentionally revealed personal and sensitive information, including names, ad...
Brown Integrated Logistics (BIL), a freight and logistics company, experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive personal information. On November 15, 2024, BIL detected suspicious activity on its computer network. An investigation revealed that a...
MEMC LLC, a subsidiary of Global Wafers, experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive personal information of individuals. On June 12, 2024, MEMC detected unauthorized access to its computer network. Immediate action was taken to contain the incid...
Southern Bone & Joint Specialists, an orthopedic practice located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, experienced a cybersecurity breach that potentially exposed the protected health information of 7,162 individuals. The breach occurred on May 7th when suspi...
Weiser Memorial Hospital (WMH) in Weiser, Idaho, has been experiencing computer system issues since September 5th. Initially described as network issues, the hospital now acknowledges this as a cybersecurity incident. WMH states they are investigating...
In July 2024, Bloom Hearing Specialists, a hearing clinic chain operating in New Zealand and Australia, experienced a ransomware attack that compromised a significant amount of sensitive data. The stolen data includes personally identifiable informati...
In June 2021, University Medical Center (UMC), a public hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, experienced a cybersecurity breach. The hospital learned of the breach when a hacking group known as REvil published images of sensitive data, including driver's li...
The Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library known for its Wayback Machine, experienced a series of cyberattacks throughout October 2024. Initially, on October 9th, the organization suffered a data breach where hackers exploited an exposed GitL...
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: