The first of this year’s monthly lists amounts to an impressive 1,170,983,728 leaked records, which – let’s be honest – isn’t the greatest start to the year.
Although there will be some debate about the usefulness of including the 772,904,991 records from the Collection #1 breach – which comprises data stolen from a number of historic data breaches – even without them, the number of breached records still stands at just under 1 billion records for January 2019.
We’re currently analysing all of last year’s numbers and will soon be publishing statistics, as well as an infographic, covering 2018’s many data breaches – be sure to sign up for our Daily Sentinel to get them as soon as they’re released.
Cyber attacks & ransomware
‘Worst’ Ransomware Attack Hits Salisbury Police Department in Maryland
Virus affecting IT system at Health Sciences North impacting health care across the region
Del Rio City Hall Forced to Use Paper After Ransomware Attack
Ransomware hits K-12 district in Connecticut
Bobby Yee, D.P.M notified 24,000 patients after ransomware attack
RMOW says municipal website subject to security breach
Dublin’s tram service website taken offline after being held to ransom
Data breach
70,000 affected in B&Q data breach
DailyMotion discloses credential stuffing attack
Over 1 Million UiTM Students and Alumni Personal Details Leaked Online
Theology lecturer breaches confidentiality in mass email
QHC CEO addresses significant privacy breach at Belleville General Hospital
Millions of bank loan and mortgage documents have leaked online
Alaska notifying at least 500,000 residents about data security breach previously disclosed in June
Youth-run agency AIESEC exposed over 4 million intern applications
Privacy breach hits 45,000 recipients of Ontario’s disability support program
Graeter’s: Website breach could compromise 12,000 customers’ credit card data
Valley Hope Association notifies patients after employee email hack
Cebuana Lhuillier bares data breach, tells clients to secure accounts
Data Leak: BlackRock exposes info on thousands of advisers via website
City employees’ information exposed online for almost one year
PHI of Almost 1,000 Lebanon VA Medical Center Patients Impermissibly Disclosed
All-Star Orthopaedics Provides Notice of Patient-Data Breach
Woman says childhood sexual trauma details leaked in privacy breach
Monster 773 million-record breach list contains plaintext passwords
Over 140 International Airlines Affected by Major Security Breach
Massive Oklahoma Government Data Leak Exposes 7 Years of FBI Investigations
VA: Notice of Click2Gov-related Data Breach of Hanover County Online Payment System
Criminals may have stolen personal info from thousands after hacking Kewaskum Police computer
Cryptopia Notifies Its Users of Security Breach With Substantial Losses
Employees sacked, CEO fined in SingHealth security breach
NASA internal app leaked employee emails, project names
UCP members ‘at risk for identity theft’ after laptop stolen, expert says
Personal Information Taken From Tax Filing Office Found In North Texas Dumpster
CVs containing sensitive info of over 202 million Chinese users left exposed online
Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center notifies patients of phishing incident
Another data breach? Amazon India leaks sellers information in tech error
School Leaks Students’ Personal Information
Kent County Community Mental Health Authority notifies 2,284 patients after phishing attack
Canadian senator’s personal data leaked online in apparent Twitter hack
Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft
Detroit Fire Department personal information compromised after fire at former training school
Italian Trade Union of State Police Officers Hacked & Defaced by The Anonymous Anarchist Agency
Here’s what you need to know about Chaplaincy Health Care’s email breach
Hospital apologises for voicemail privacy breach in Manchester
Humana notifies members of business associate breach at Bankers Life
Hackers Leak Details of German Lawmakers, Except Those on Far Right
BCBS of Michigan policyholders hit by two breaches in December
‘Town of Salem’ game suffers data breach exposing 7.6 million user details
Nearly 5 million passengers’ data leaked from online train ticketing platforms
Data breach sees Victorian Government employees’ details stolen
The Collection #1 data breach – what you need to do about it
Financial information
Bank Worker Forced by Darknet Criminals to Make Fraudulent Transfers
Caddo Schools scammed out of nearly $1 million
OXO Discloses MageCart Attack That Targeted Customer Data on Oxo.com
DiscountMugs.com says four months of customer credit cards stolen by hackers
Titan notifies customers of payment card compromise
WSU employees fall victim to phishing scam, lose paychecks
Other
Japanese government plans to hack into citizens’ IoT devices
South Africans’ airtime and data stolen through malicious smartphone app
Portuguese computer hacker named as Football Leaks cyber criminal who revealed Ronaldo rape claim, Beckham’s angry e-mails and Manchester City’s money secrets is arrested in Hungary
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Did I miss the December issue of leaked record counts?
“List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2019 – 1,769,185,063 records leaked”
Is it a world wide statistic?