In the October digest we have gathered incidents that definitely tickled the nerves of the IS departments of the affected companies. The Halloween agenda includes a million-dollar scam, a hacker offended by non-recognition of merit, and frighteningly frequent attacks on the game industry representatives.

Ghost Contracting

What happened: Kitchenware manufacturer Williams Sonoma lost more than $10 million due to employee fraud.

How it happened: Ben Thomas, 48, worked as a general manager at one of Wi

A roundup of high-profile IS incidents that occurred or came to light last month is here. During September, we witnessed attacks on IS vendors and the leaking of data on millions of Americans.

Engineer in reverse

What happened: an employee locked down his employer's servers and demanded a ransom.

How it happened: on 25 November 2023, employees of an unnamed US company received an email with the headline ‘Your Network Has Been Penetrated’. The email claimed that all IT administrators had lost access

In our June review of the biggest IS incidents, we will explore recent incidents where one single click has stopped the operations of an entire company, sales managers provided hackers with client information, and data from the largest companies was leaked.

SNOWLEAK

What happened: Snowflake, the largest cloud service provider, fell prey to a cyber attack.

How it happened: Unidentified actors attacked Snowflake and obtained data on the company’s customers. The exact number of victims is still unknow

We have compiled a monthly roundup of high-profile IS incidents that were reported in May. The latest issue includes details about vengeful employees and contractors, leaks at the world's largest companies  and unpatched vulnerabilities.

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS! 

What happened: Dropbox Sign e-signature platform fell victim to a cyberattack.

How it happened: unknown attackers managed to compromise the Dropbox Sign service account and use it to gain access to the platform's internal automated syste

Traditionally, by the end of the year we ask our analysts to share the most memorable incidents of the past year. So, in the final digest of 2023, we’ll tell about stealing corporate secrets, putative labourers, genetic information leaks and very vindictive employees.

TRADE SECRET PRESENTATION 

What happened: Santa Clara NVIDIA employee accidentally revealed source code of the product by his previous employer’s company during a video conference with former colleagues. Now NVIDIA is facing accusa

On 30 November, Data Protection Day is celebrated around the world. Every year the task of data protection becomes more and more critical both for businesses and users themselves. In this November digest we gathered interesting and illustrative incidents related to data leaks, fraud and hacks.

A phishing incident 

What happened: Hilb Group was hit by a phishing attack that resulted into leak of 80,000 customers’ personal and financial data. 

How it happened: On 2 November, Hilb Group Operating Comp