Hinds County MS
36K records exposed in data breach
Government Data Breaches (582 indexed)
City of Woodstock (Ontario)
Ransomware forced city to rebuild IT systems from scratch
Suffolk County NY
BlackCat ransomware encrypted 400+ systems, 470K records exposed
Pickens County SC
8K records exposed in ransomware
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7,455,386 records exposed — Email addresses, Geographic locations, Names, Passwords
Montenegro Government
Cuba ransomware disrupted 150 government workstations and 10 servers
Colleton County SC
15K records exposed in ransomware
City of Bardstown KY
Ransomware encrypted city systems
Town of Cochrane (Alberta)
Ransomware disrupted municipal services — recreation and administration impacted
Costa Mesa CA city government
65K resident records exposed in ransomware
iLembe District Municipality (SA)
Ransomware disrupted municipal services in KwaZulu-Natal
City of Pembroke Pines FL
15K records exposed in data breach
Horry County SC
56K records exposed in data breach
Albania Government (Iran APT)
Iranian state hackers wiped Albanian government systems — NATO member invoked Article 5
Shanghai National Police Database
1B Chinese citizen records leaked — largest known data breach in history — 23TB
City of Port St. Lucie FL
22K records exposed
City of Kingman AZ
Ransomware encrypted city systems
California Dept of Corrections
236K inmate records exposed
Harris County (TX)
340K resident records exposed
SPF Finances (Belgian Tax)
State-sponsored breach of Belgian tax authority — employee data stolen
Town of Cornelius NC
Ransomware encrypted town systems
Comune di Palermo (Sicily)
Vice Society ransomware disrupted all city digital services for weeks
Madison County IL
88K county records exposed in data breach
City of Fremont NE
Ransomware disrupted city operations