10 Major Cyberattacks And Data Breaches In 2024 (So Far)
Source: CRN
If the pace of major cyberattacks during the first half of 2024 has seemed to be nonstop, that’s probably because it has been: The first six months of the year have seen organizations fall prey to a series of ransomware attacks as well as data breaches focused on data theft and extortion.
And while recent years had been seeing intensifying cyberattacks, by and large they spared the general public from significant disruption — something that has proven to not be the case during 2024 so far.
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For instance, the February ransomware attack against UnitedHealth-owned prescription processor Change Healthcare caused massive disruption in the U.S. health care system for weeks — preventing many pharmacies and hospitals from processing claims and receiving payments. Then in May, the Ascension health system was struck by a ransomware attack that forced it to divert emergency care from some of its hospitals.
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