Some of the information had been stored in the system since 1998. Toronto Public Library Data Breach: The Toronto Public Library has said that sensitive, personal information relating to their employees, as well as library customers and volunteers, was stolen from their systems during a highly sophisticated ransomware attack. “Preliminary results from the investigation indicate that the compromised database did not contain personal or protected information about patients or employees.” November 15 “Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) identified and contained a cybersecurity incident in which a database was compromised and has launched an investigation into the incident,” the center revealed in a statement published by The Record. The Medical Center – which has over 40,000 employees – was one of several organizations added to the group leak database in November 2023. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Data Breach: A Tennessee-based medical institution has confirmed it fell victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by the Meow ransomware gang.

However, “no other court systems or records, including employee or financial data, were accessed,” chief executive Louise Anderson said in a statement. Victoria Court System Data Breach: The Guardian reports that the court system in Victoria, Australia has been hacked – and the unauthorized parties gained access the recordings of various court hearings. This puts more onus than ever on businesses to secure their networks, ensure staff have strong passwords, and train employees to spot the telltale signs of phishing campaigns.īelow, we’ve compiled a list of significant, recent data breaches (and a couple of important data leaks) that have taken place since January 1, 2022, dated to the day they were first reported in the media. T-Mobile fell victim to two more breaches during 2023, putting more customer data at risk. The widely-covered T-Mobile data breachthat occurred last year, for instance, cost the company $350 millionin 2022 – and that's just in customer payouts. Data breaches have affected companies and organizations of all shapes, sizes, and sectors, and they're costing US businesses millionsin damages. The last year or so has been littered with thefts of sensitive information. Data breaches have been on the rise for a number of years, and sadly, this trend isn't slowing down.

Apple data breach 2021