Factbox-US companies face rise in cyber attacks

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Companies worldwide are grappling with a surge ‌in AI-driven cyberattacks and ransomware ​that steal sensitive ​data and disrupt operations.

The White House in July said it was launching a coordination group for AI developers and critical infrastructure operators to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by AI systems. But it has released no details since, despite recent hacks by OpenAI and Anthropic AI agents.

Here is ‌a list of U.S. companies that have reported or been affected by cyber incidents this year.

Date Company Details

January 26 Nike Ransomware group

World Leaks said

on its ⁠website

that it had

published 1.4

terabytes of data

from Nike. The

company declined

to comment on the

specifics of its

investigation or

on whether any

ransom was paid.

January 28 Bumble, Match Cyberattacks hit

Group, Crunchbase Bumble, Match

and Panera Bread Group and

Crunchbase,

Bloomberg News

reported, while

Panera Bread

disclosed an

incident involving

contact

information and

notified

authorities.

February 24 Wynn ‌Resorts Hackers obtained

employee data, the

company said,

prompting an

investigation,

while the

attackers demanded

the ‌equivalent of

about $1.5 million

in bitcoin.

March 11 Stryker An Iranian-linked

hacking group

claimed

responsibility for

a cyberattack on

Stryker that

disrupted order

processing,

manufacturing and

shipments

globally, wiping

remote devices

running the

Windows operating

system, though the

medical device

maker said patient

services and

connected medical

products remained

unaffected.

March 12 Crunchyroll Hackers claimed

they stole

personal data and

8 million of the

subscription-based

anime streaming

service's support

ticket records,

including 6.8

million unique

email addresses,

BleepingComputer

reported.

March 28 Hasbro The toymaker said

it was

investigating a

cybersecurity

incident that

involved

unauthorized

access to its

network, took some

systems offline,

and warned the

disruption could

cause order

fulfillment ​delays

for several weeks.

April 10 OpenAI OpenAI said it

identified a

security issue

after a

third-party

developer tool

called Axios

caused a GitHub

workflow to

download and

execute a

malicious version

of Axios, but said

it found no

evidence that user

data, systems or

intellectual

property were

compromised.

April 13 Take-Two The ShinyHunters

Interactive's hacking group

Rockstar Games claimed it stole

nearly 80 million

Rockstar Games

business records

by exploiting a

third-party breach

involving

analytics provider

Anodot. Rockstar

said only a

limited amount of

non-material

company

information was

accessed.

May 4 West The medical

Pharmaceutical equipment

Services maker said a

cyberattack

involving data

theft and system

lockups ⁠disrupted

manufacturing and

logistics

operations

globally,

prompting it to

take systems

offline before

restoring

operations across

its manufacturing,

supply chain and

commercial sites.

May 11 Instructure/Canvas Instructure, the

developer of

Canvas, a widely

used educational

learning

management system,

said a

ShinyHunters-linke

d hack disrupted

access and exposed

student and school

data from nearly

9,000

institutions,

before reaching an

agreement under

which the group

said the stolen

data was deleted

and ​customers

would not be

extorted.

May 21 Blank Rome The law firm said

a cybercriminal

group posing as

the firm’s IT

department tricked

an attorney into

uploading files,

exposing personal

information of

57,554 current,

former and

prospective

clients, according

to a proposed

class action

lawsuit.

May 27 Carnival The cruise

operator said a

social-engineering

attack compromised

an employee

account, exposing

personal

information

including names,

addresses and

government-issued

identification

numbers, before

the company

blocked the

unauthorized

access and

notified affected

individuals.

June 11 Novo Nordisk The Wegovy ​maker

said unauthorized

actors copied

information from

its internal IT

systems, including

limited clinical

trial patient

data, prompting an

investigation and

the temporary

shutdown of

certain internal

systems, ‌though it

said core

operations were

unaffected.

June 15 iRhythm Holdings The medtech firm

said a threat

actor obtained

potentially

sensitive data,

including

proprietary

information and

patient health

information,

through a

social-engineering

attack on

third-party-hosted

business

applications and

later issued a

payment demand,

while the company

said patient care,

medical device

systems and

operations were

unaffected.

June 15 AdaptHealth The company said a

"threat actor"

stole patient

information and

insurance billing

passwords after a

social-engineering

attack compromised

a third-party

contractor’s

account, gaining

access to

cloud-based

business

applications and

internal patient

management

systems.

June ⁠17 Fortinet Researchers said a

large-scale

hacking campaign

targeting Fortinet

firewall and VPN

devices

compromised about

75,000 systems

worldwide, leading

to password theft

at Fortune 500

companies and

government

agencies across

more than 15

countries.

July 16 Coca-Cola Co The beverages

giant said

fairlife had

temporarily

suspended U.S.

production

operations after

unauthorized

access to parts of

its systems,

including

production-related

systems. On July

27, Coca-Cola said

fairlife resumed

most of the

production at four

U.S. facilities,

while efforts to

restore affected

operations

continued.

July 17 Clover Health The health insurer

Investments said a hacker used

social engineering

to access three

employee accounts,

potentially

exposing some

personal and

protected health

information,

though it does not

expect a material

impact on

operations.

July 17 Abbott The ⁠healthcare

Laboratories firm said it is

investigating

unauthorized

access to a

limited number of

internal systems

in its cancer

diagnostics

business and a

potential breach

of its LabCentral

portal, but

expects no

material impact on

operations,

customers, or

financial results.

August 7 Levi Strauss The denim maker

said an

unauthorized third

party gained

access to its

systems and

extracted ​certain

corporate

information,

though the

incident did not

disrupt business

operations and the

company expected

no material

impact. The denim

maker was among

dozens of

prominent U.S.

financial

institutions and

other businesses

targeted in July

by ransom-seeking

hackers who use

phone calls to

compromise

victims, according

to Google and

internet

intelligence data

reviewed by

Reuters.

August 11 Uber The ride-hailing

firm said its Uber

Freight unit was

investigating a

data security

incident involving

unauthorized

access to a

portion of its

systems and

repositories.

There was "no

impact to Uber

Freight's business

operations, which

continue in the

normal course

without

disruption,"

spokesperson Sam

Hallock said,

adding its systems

were secure and

fully

operational.

August 13 GE, Fiserv A prolific hacking

group ‌known for

exploiting

software

vulnerabilities to

attack multiple

targets

simultaneously

claimed it had

stolen large

volumes of data

from nearly 50

companies

worldwide,

including Philips,

Shell, Fiserv and

GE.

August 21 Apollo Global The asset manager

Management suffered a data

breach last month

in which hackers

stole some

personal

information,

according to a

letter, with its

investigation

finding there was

unauthorized

access to certain

cloud platforms

between July 6 and

July 10. The firm

said it notified

law ‌enforcement

and engaged

outside

cybersecurity and

forensic experts

to investigate the

breach.

August 26 Boston Scientific The medical device

maker said a

cybersecurity

incident detected

on August 25 had

disrupted

manufacturing and

order shipments.

In a September 3

update, the

company said it

had resumed

shipping most

products from

major global

distribution

centers, though a

backlog remained.

The ⁠breach

appeared limited

to some internal

IT systems, with

no known impact on

implanted cardiac

devices.

September 1 NovoCure ‌Limited The oncology

company said it

became aware of

unauthorized

access to some

systems in

mid-August.

Exposed ​data

included internal

company ID numbers

for over 1,400

U.S. patient

records, data for

fewer than 50

other patients in

the western U.S.

that included

additional

identifying

information and

general contact

details for

healthcare

providers and

Novocure.

(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai, Sanskriti Shekhar, Neil J Kanatt, Puyaan Singh, Sriparna Roy and Kunal Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Tasim Zahid, Maju Samuel ‌and Jonathan Ananda)

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