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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

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Ransomware. Ransomware. Keep an eye out for our end-of-year report in the next few weeks, where we’ll break down the findings of these lists – or subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to get the latest news sent straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

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Ransomware. Ransomware. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

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Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. Ransomware. Ransomware. It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2021 – 116 million records breached

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For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Of the 128 publicly disclosed incidents that we discovered in May, more than 40% of them were ransomware attacks. Ransomware. Ransomware. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 343

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

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GB Bladen County Public Library Source (New) Public USA Yes 85 GB National Amusements Source (New) Leisure USA Yes 82,128 Enstar Group Limited Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 71,301 Kimco Staffing Services, Inc. Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing Australia Yes 95.19 Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Unknown Qorvo, Inc.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2020 – 1.5 billion records breached

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Ransomware. Travelex suspends services after ransomware attack (unknown). Bartlett Public Library District, IL, computers disabled by ransomware (unknown). Anchorage-based bty Dental notifies patients after ransomware attack (2,008). Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia, hit by ransomware (unknown).