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23andMe Lost 6.9 Million Records to a Credential Stuffing Attack In October 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed that threat actors had compromised roughly 14,000 accounts using stolen credentials from other breaches. Because of the platform's social sharing features, that initial foothold gave attackers access to
In December 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory warning that Russian military-linked threat actors were systematically using brute force attacks to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts across government agencies and critical infrastructure. These weren't sophisticated zero-day exploits. They were automated password-guessing scripts
In April 2024, security researchers at Akamai reported a massive DNS hijacking campaign targeting over 600 domains, redirecting users to credential harvesting pages that looked identical to legitimate banking and email portals. Victims had no idea they were on a fake site. Their browsers showed no warnings. The URLs looked
10,000 Fake Domains and Counting In early 2024, the FBI issued a stark FBI warning on smishing texts targeting Americans in every state. The attack campaign involved over 10,000 newly registered domains impersonating toll collection agencies, delivery services, and government agencies. Victims received text messages claiming they owed
In February 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory about threat actors linked to Volt Typhoon — a Chinese state-sponsored group that had been living inside U.S. critical infrastructure networks for years. One of their signature moves? They removed legitimate security tools and logging mechanisms from
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call convinced him his CFO had authorized the transfer. The employee had doubts. He hesitated. But the faces on screen looked real, the voices sounded right, and
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that the Russian threat actor group Midnight Blizzard had breached corporate email accounts — not through some exotic zero-day exploit, but through a password spray attack on a legacy test account that lacked multi-factor authentication. One of the most well-resourced technology companies on the planet got
MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million from a single ransomware attack in September 2023. The entry point? A social engineering call to the help desk that lasted about ten minutes. That's all it took for the Scattered Spider threat actor group to cripple slot machines, hotel check-in
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard had breached executive email accounts — not through some exotic zero-day exploit, but through a simple password spray attack on a legacy test account that lacked multi-factor authentication. If Microsoft can get caught flat-footed, your organization
The Cost of a Data Breach Is Already Staggering — 2026 Will Be Worse In 2023, IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report pegged the global average at $4.45 million per incident. By the time the 2024 numbers settle, every indicator suggests that figure will climb again. If
