Cyber Security Case Studies

The lesser known breach of the telecommunications company which happened in 2014 and was caused by 'rogue' staff at a third party supplier. In August 2017 a £100,000 fine was levied by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office for having inappropr...

The video game company announced in April 2017 that its online payment platform had fallen victim to hackers. Customers who shopped online for a six-month period from August 2016 to February 2017 were affected. Data from customer credit cards incl...

In September 2016, the once dominant internet service company, while in negotiations with Verizon to purchase it, announced it had been the victim of the biggest data breach in history, likely by a state-sponsored actor in 2014. The attack compromise...

In October 2016, the video streaming company had its user database stolen by an "unknown hacker through unknown means". In the attack 85 million usernames and email addresses were taken, of which 20% had passwords associated with these accounts (these...

In September 2015, the health insurer disclosed that it had suffered a major attack on its networks resulting in a leak of more than 10 million patient's records. The attack had actually happened two years earlier in late December 2013. Personal data...