There were 81 reported cyber attacks in the month of November, resulting in 223,615,390 compromised records.
There is still a month left in 2021, but the cumulative number of compromised records is already very close to 5 billion.
Meanwhile, the whole list of security events is provided below, with those affecting UK-based organizations highlighted for easy reference.
Cyber attacks
- Labour Party discloses cyber attack, members’ data stolen (unknown)
- Hackers leak Kent school files in ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack (unknown)
- Angling Direct website hit by cyber attack (unknown)
- The Martin County Tax Collector suffers cyber attack (unknown)
- National University of Singapore Society members’ data stolen (1,355)
- Domaining.com reports security incident (unknown)
- Cyber attack knocks Ohio County Library computers offline (unknown)
- Jukin Media hacked and data dumped (unknown)
- JEV Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics notifies patients of malware incident (unknown)
- Cyber attack hits multiple Greek shipping firms (unknown)
- Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of Israeli patients (290,000)
- US defence fcontractor Electronic Warfare Associates discloses security incident (unknown)
- Desert Pain Institute notifies individuals of data security incident (unknown)
- Healthcare tech services company QRS discovers cyber attack (319,788)
- New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center discloses security incident (unknown)
- Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers (unknown)
- Robinhood security breach exposes data on users (7 million)
- Hackers nab personal data from Eastern Health and Labrador-Grenfell Health regions (unknown)
- Waikato DHB warned a cyber attack ‘catastrophic for patient safety’ (unknown)
- Southern Ohio Medical Center hit by cyber attack (unknown)
- HPE says hackers breached Aruba Central using stolen access key (unknown)
- Rideau Valley Health Centre service disrupted due to ‘cyber security incident’ (unknown)
- Turkish firm MNG Kargo hacked (unknown)
- Customers of RedDoorz hotel booking site leaked in Singapore’s largest security incident (5.9 million)
- Indonesia probe police hack in latest cyber breach (28,000)
- California Pizza Kitchen spills employees’ Social Security numbers (100,000)
- Iran’s Mahan Air says it has foiled a cyber attack (unknown)
- Danish wind turbine giant Vestas confirms data breach (unknown)
- Astoria notifying consumers after breach earlier this year (940,000)
- Personal data of Singapore’s S&R shopping members compromised in cyber attack (22,000)
- Bureau Veritas hit by cyberattack on cyber security system (unknown)
- Headwaters Health Care Center confirms cyber security incident (unknown)
- Panasonic discloses four-months-long security incident (unknown)
- IKEA battling reply-chain phishing attack (unknown)
- Conveyance firm Simplify hit by cyber attack (unknown)
- Cyber attack turns off the taps at Barcelona’s Damm brewery (unknown)
- MCH Group warns of possible data breach after criminal cyber attack (unknown)
- MediaMarkt victim of international cyber attack (unknown)
- DNA Diagnostics Center notifying those affected by security incident (2 million)
Ransomware
- Community Medical Centers, Inc. hit by ransomware (656,047)
- Las Vegas Cancer Center suffers ransomware attack (3,000)
- Lister fertility clinic patients and other medical practices compromised by ransomware attack on third-party vendor (1,700)
- Episcopal Retirement Services suffered two ransomware attacks in a one-month period (4,133)
- Spotswood Public Schools notifying those impacted by a ransomware incident (424)
- Beaverhead County High School in Montana hit by ransomware (unknown)
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals targeted in ransomware incident (unknown)
- Several Quad-Cities municipalities have fallen victim to cyber attacks (unknown)
- Swire Pacific Offshore reports cyber attack (unknown)
- Ransomware attack shuts down Lewis & Clark Community College (unknown)
- Centara Hotels & Resorts hit within ten minutes after recovering from first ransomware attack (unknown)
- Ottawa’s French public school board paid hackers a ransom following ransomware attack (unknown)
- Medsurant Health discloses ransomware incident, but not yet notifying patients (45,000)
Data breaches
- Doctor is sued after terminal diagnosis of mum is sent to stranger’s email (1)
- Patient records destroyed after data breach at former care home (unknown)
- Dorset Council suspected data breach to be investigated (unknown)
- Urban Resource Institute in New York City finally discloses data breach (16,003)
- Brittany Ferries admits that leaks caused by routine website update (unknown)
- Popular adult cam chat exposed users’ data (200 million)
- GoDaddy security breach exposed WordPress data of users (1.2 million)
- More web hosting servers hit by data leak (unknown)
- Alberta Health says privacy breach possible on province’s vaccine passport website (12)
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet announces data security breach (unknown)
- Bay Village school district accidentally releases students’ personal info (unknown)
- Sonoma County residents exposed during data breach (1,300)
- Data breach at New Mexico healthcare business impacts state residents (62,000)
- Maxim Healthcare Group reports data breach (unknown)
- Data breach at US healthcare provider Viverant PT (6,500)
- Data breach hits upmarket retailer S&R (22,000)
Financial information
- Widely-used DeFi protocol bZx loses $55 million in cyber attack (unknown)
- Evanston Township High School defrauded of $48,570 in hack (1,139)
- Hackers plant card-stealing malware on website that sells baron and duke titles (unknown)
- Costco discloses data breach after finding card skimmer at one of its stores (unknown)
Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents
- Sky routers exposed to takeover attacks for 17 months (6 million)
- Former UK doctor sentenced for unauthorized access to computer material (2,000)
- Box of medical records ends up on Gastonia man’s doorstep (unknown)
- Activists leak 600 hours of mostly Dallas police helicopter footage (unknown)
- Personal records found tossed on floor at Old Pulaski Middle School (unknown)
- Little Rock officer arrested for ‘unauthorized access’ of personal information (unknown)
- Huntington Hospital discloses insider criminal breach after law enforcement lifts delay on notice (unknown)