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Panera Bread confirmed on April 2, that it was notified of a data leak on its website. At the time, it said personal information, including names, addresses, and partial credit card numbers may have leaked, though the company says the investigation is ongoing. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.

Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Data breaches are becoming common for all kinds of businesses, including retailers.

Since the start of , at least 19 retailers and consumer companies were hacked and likely had information stolen from them. Many of these breaches were caused by flaws in payment systems that were taken advantage of by hackers. Retailers who suffer data breaches risk losing their customers' trust. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Checkers and Rally's. Buca di Beppo. Planet Hollywood. Earl of Sandwich.

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But finding the actual hackers behind the attack will prove a lot harder. The New York Times. At around the same time in early May , the same notorious hacker group that targeted Colonial Pipeline, DarkSide, also targeted Brenntag, a chemical distribution company. Although it was a little more than half of the original demand, it still stands as one of the highest ransomware payments in history. IT Governance. Also in May this year, the computer manufacturer Acer was attacked by the REvil hacker group, the same group responsible for an attack on London foreign exchange firm Travelex.

Although Spring held hopeful news for the end of the pandemic, the increased trend of cyber attacks that began in showed no signs of slowing down. Another high-profile ransomware attack took place this May on JBS Foods, one of the biggest meat processing companies in the world.

The same Russia-based hacking group that attacked Acer, REvil, is thought to be behind the attack. Although there weren't any major food shortages as a result of the attack, government officials told consumers not to panic buy meat in response. This massive payment in bitcoin is one of the largest ransomware payments of all time. CBS News. After the firm refused negotiations with the hacker group, REvil targeted Apple instead. After leaking Apple product blueprints obtained from Quanta, they threatened to release more sensitive documents and data.

By May, REvil seemed to have called off the attack. Businesses and organizations from all different kinds of industries are targeted by ransomware attacks. In mid-April of this year, the hacker group Babuk claimed to have stolen GB of confidential data concerning the Houston Rockets. Babuk warned that these confidential documents, including financial info and contracts, would be made public if their demands were not met.

As of this posting, no ransom payments have been made. The attack happened soon after the company announced important changes to their insurance policy. Essentially, AXA stated they would stop reimbursing many of their clients for ransomware payments.

This unique and somewhat ironic attack on a cyber-insurance firm made headlines and the hacker group gained access to a massive 3 TB of data. Earlier this year in March, another large insurance firm fell victim to a ransomware attack. The attack is supposedly linked to the hacker group Evil Corp and uses a new type of malware called Phoenix CryptoLocker. CDProjekt Red is a popular videogame development firm based in Poland.

In February of this year, the firm was hacked by the HelloKitty gang. The hacker group accessed source code to game projects in development and encrypted devices. However, CDProjekt refused to pay the ransom money, and has backups in place to restore the lost data.

The edition of Travelex is available now. T-Mobile has confirmed that a data breach in August compromised the personal information of more than 54 million customers. The names, Social Security numbers, and birth dates of some customers were exposed. Our chart shows that there have been several hundred ransomware attacks in as of now. The number of companies that have been victims of ransomware is around one in five. Hornet conducted an earlier study that found one in four businesses had been affected by email security breaches.

The vast majority of companies believed they had no choice but to pay a ransom to recover their data. The most significant thing about this month is that 61 million of those records were exposed via an unsecured database, which is unusual. A massive data breach occurred in , stealing over million social media account records from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Over million social media users around the world were affected by this data breach, which contained GB of private account information. Josephine Josephine Jordan is a tech-savy, cybersecurity enthusiast, IT professional and a writer. Posted on December 3, Author Josephine A ransomware attack is often spread through phishing emails containing malicious attachments or by downloading them remotely.

A drive-by download occurs when a user visits an infected website and then malware is downloaded and installed without their knowledge or consent. Table of contents 1.