Cyber Security Case Studies

In February 2017, the hotel group announced a data breach affecting 12 of its properties. Malware was found on servers which processed payments made at on-site restaurants and bars. Stolen data included cardholder names, card numbers, expiration dates...

Around 15 million people who applied for wireless service in the prior 3 years had their private information breached exposing names, addresses, birth dates and social security numbers through a security gap in one of the suppliers' subsidiaries. A...

In September 2019, the mobile game producer announced that a hacker had accessed account log-in information for its users. In addition to the log-in credentials, the hacker accessed usernames, email addresses, log-in IDs, some Facebook IDs, some phone...

In September 2016, the agency disclosed that a Russian cyber espionage group had illegally gained access to their Administration and Management System database via an International Olympic Committee account created for the Rio 2016 Games. That access ...

In May 2019, the company warned its users that a vulnerability in its service could have left its 1.5 billion users exposed to hackers. Attackers placed malicious code on users' devices simply by making a call. The malware spread to 1,400 mobile phone...