Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words 'Cyber Attack' in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Here is a list of companies and regulators across the U.S., UK, and Europe that have been affected by or reported cyber incidents this year.
| Company | Month | Region | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
Smiths Group (SMIN.L) | January | UK | Cybersecurity incident involved unauthorised access to its systems. |
Big Cheese Studio (BCSP.WA) | January | Poland | An incident at the Polish game developer led to hackers gaining access to the company's game code systems and personal data of its employees. Hackers demanded a ransom of 100,000 zlotys in crypto currencies. |
MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) | January | USA | Court approved a $45-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over two data breaches at MGM in 2019 and 2023, affecting millions of customers. |
Clorox | February | USA | A Clorox executive said the bleach maker has fully restored distribution that was lost during a cyber attack in 2023. |
Eckert & Ziegler (EUZG.DE) | February | Germany | Suffered a cyber attack on parts of its IT systems but said its production was largely unaffected. |
Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) | April | UK | Online orders halted for more than three weeks leading to the British retailer flagging a 300 million pound hit to profit. |
Hertz (HTZ.O) | April | USA | Rental car firm reported some of its user data was stolen in a breach involving one of its vendors. |
DaVita (DVA.N) | April | USA | Dialysis firm was hit by ransomware attack that encrypted certain elements of its network, with some of its operations disrupted despite interim measures. |
U.S. office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) | April | USA | The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that emails of executives and other employees of the agency were hacked, blaming longstanding vulnerabilities for the breach. |
Emera Inc (EMA.TO) & its unit Nova Scotia power | April | USA | The energy providers said they were addressing a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to parts of their Canadian network and servers, while customer data was accessed & stolen. |
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) | April | USA | A whistleblower complaint says that billionaire Elon Musk's team of technologists (DOGE) may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog. |
LVHM's Christian Dior Couture | May | France | Hit by a cyber attack, with hackers obtaining some of its customers' data, Bloomberg News reported. |
Co-op Group (42TE.L) | May | UK | Grocery chain reported that hackers had accessed and extracted customer data from one of its systems. |
Harrods | May | UK | Department store said hackers had attempted to break into its systems. |
UK's Legal Aid Agency | May | UK | A "significant" amount of personal data, including criminal records, of applicants who had applied for legal aid since 2010 was accessed & stolen. |
(SOURCE: Reuters' stories, company announcements, other news media outlets)
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