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The 2016 Indian bank data breach was reported in October 2016. It was estimated 3.2 million debit cards were compromised. It was estimated 3.2 million debit cards were compromised. Major Indian banks , among them SBI , HDFC Bank , ICICI , YES Bank and Axis Bank , were among the worst hit. [ 1 ]
In October 2016, it was reported [6] [7] that as many as 3.2 million debit cards from major Indian banks were compromised due to a malware injection in the Hitachi Payment Services system. Hitachi provides ATM and Point of sale services in India and the malware enabled hackers to extract money from user accounts.
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual
The city of Albany in the U.S. state of New York experiences a ransomware cyber attack. [125] [126] April: Computer systems in the city of Augusta, in the U.S. state of Maine, are seized by hackers using ransomware. [127] [128] The City of Greenville (North Carolina)'s computer systems are seized by hackers using ransomware known as RobbinHood.
In the first six months of 2017, two billion data records were stolen or impacted by cyber attacks, and ransomware payments reached US$2 billion, double that in 2016. [7] In 2020, with the increase of remote work as an effect of the COVID-19 global pandemic, cybersecurity statistics reveal a huge increase in hacked and breached data. [ 8 ]
ATLANTA — A cyberattack that hit government systems in Fulton County, Georgia, over the weekend affected the offices of the district attorney who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump on ...
The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...