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Please add a <i>reason</i> or a <i>talk</i> parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article.<span class="hide-when-compact"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computing" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing">WikiProject Computing</a> may be able to help recruit an expert.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ShinyHunters</b> is a criminal <a href="/wiki/Black-hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Black-hat">black-hat</a> <a href="/wiki/Hacker_group" title="Hacker group">hacker group</a> that is said to have been involved in numerous data breaches. The stolen information is often sold on the <a href="/wiki/Dark_web" title="Dark web">dark web</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_alias">Name and alias</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> profile of the group maintains a shiny <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokémon</a> profile picture, indicating that the name is possibly derived from the game of the same name. Within the game, players spend hours hunting for rare shiny Pokémon. This may lend credence to the group's motivation: hunting for shiny or rare artefacts, which is, for them, user data.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_data_breaches">Notable data breaches</h2></div> <ul><li><b>Tokopedia</b>: On 2 May 2020 <a href="/wiki/Tokopedia" title="Tokopedia">Tokopedia</a> was breached by Shinyhunters. This breach affected 15 million user records, revealing users' gender, location, username, full name, email address, phone number, and hashed passwords.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Wishbone</b>: Also in May 2020, ShinyHunters leaked the full user database of Wishbone, which is said to contain personal information such as usernames, emails, phone numbers, city/state/country of residence, and hashed passwords.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Microsoft</b>: In May 2020, ShinyHunters also claimed to have stolen over 500 GB of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> source code from the company's private <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a> account. The group published around 1GB of data from the hacked GitHub account to a hacking forum. Some cybersecurity experts doubted the claims until analyzing the code; upon analysis, ShinyHunters' claims were no longer in question. Microsoft told WIRED Magazine in a statement that they are aware of the breach. Microsoft later secured their GitHub account, which was confirmed by ShinyHunters as they reported being unable to access any repositories.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Wattpad</b>: In July 2020, ShinyHunters gained access to the <a href="/wiki/Wattpad" title="Wattpad">Wattpad</a> database containing 270 million user records. Information leaked included usernames, real names, hashed passwords, email addresses, geographic location, gender, and date of birth.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Pluto TV</b>: In November 2020, it was reported that ShinyHunters gained access to the personal data of 3.2 million Pluto TV users. The hacked data included users' display names, email addresses, <a href="/wiki/Bcrypt" title="Bcrypt">bcrypt</a> hashed password, birthday, device platform, and IP address.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Animal Jam</b>: It was also reported in November 2020 that ShinyHunters was behind the hack of <a href="/wiki/Animal_Jam" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal Jam">Animal Jam</a>, leading to the exposure of 46 million accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b> Mashable </b>: In November 2020, ShinyHunters leaked 5.22GB worth of the <a href="/wiki/Mashable" title="Mashable">Mashable</a> database on a prominent hacker forum.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Pixlr</b>: In January 2021, ShinyHunters leaked 1.9 million user records stolen from Pixlr.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Nitro PDF</b>: In January 2021, a hacker claiming to be a part of ShinyHunters leaked the full database of <a href="/wiki/Nitro_PDF" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitro PDF">Nitro PDF</a> — which contains 77 million user records — on a hacker form for no charge.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b> Bonobos </b>: Also in January 2021 it was reported that ShinyHunters leaked the full <a href="/wiki/Bonobos_(apparel)" title="Bonobos (apparel)">Bonobos</a> backup cloud database to a hacker forum. The database is said to contain the address, phone numbers, and order details for 7 million customers; general account information for another 1.8 million registered customers; and 3.5 million partial credit card records and hashed passwords.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_data_breaches">Other data breaches</h2></div> <p>The following are other hacks that have been credited to or allegedly done by ShinyHunters. The estimated impacts of user records affected are also given.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=JusPay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JusPay (page does not exist)">JusPay</a> - 100 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoosk" title="Zoosk">Zoosk</a> - 30 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chatbooks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chatbooks (page does not exist)">Chatbooks</a> -15 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SocialShare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SocialShare (page does not exist)">SocialShare</a> - 6 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Chef" title="Home Chef">Home Chef</a> - 8 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minted" title="Minted">Minted</a> - 5 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_Higher_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicle of Higher Education">Chronicle of Higher Education</a> - 3 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GuMim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GuMim (page does not exist)">GuMim</a> - 2 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mindful - 2 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhinneka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhinneka (page does not exist)">Bhinneka</a> - 1.2 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StarTribune" class="mw-redirect" title="StarTribune">StarTribune</a> - 1 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_24-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave.com">Dave.com</a>- 7.5 million users<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drizly.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Drizly.com (page does not exist)">Drizly.com</a> - 2.4 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Havenly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Havenly (page does not exist)">Havenly</a> - 1.3 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurb.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hurb.com (page does not exist)">Hurb.com</a> - 20 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indabamusic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indabamusic (page does not exist)">Indabamusic</a> - 475,000 user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivoy.mx&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivoy.mx (page does not exist)">Ivoy.mx</a> - 127,000 user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mathway (page does not exist)">Mathway</a> - 25.8 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proctoru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Proctoru (page does not exist)">Proctoru</a> - 444,000 user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promo.com" title="Promo.com">Promo.com</a> - 22 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rewards1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rewards1 (page does not exist)">Rewards1</a>- 3 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scentbird&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scentbird (page does not exist)">Scentbird</a> - 5.8 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swvl" title="Swvl">Swvl</a> - 4 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glofox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glofox (page does not exist)">Glofox</a> - Unknown<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truefire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Truefire (page does not exist)">Truefire</a> - 602,000 user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vakinha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vakinha (page does not exist)">Vakinha</a> - 4.8 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appen.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Appen.com (page does not exist)">Appen.com</a> - 5.8 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Styleshare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Styleshare (page does not exist)">Styleshare</a> - 6 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhinneka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhinneka (page does not exist)">Bhinneka</a> - 1.2 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unacademy" title="Unacademy">Unacademy</a> - 22 million user records<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>In August 2020, ShinyHunters hacked Hack Forums with a defacement message, using a Pokemon image and music.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h2></div> <p>ShinyHunters group is under investigation from the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a>, the Indonesian police, and the Indian police for the Tokopedia breach. Tokopedia's CEO and founder also confirmed this claim via a statement on Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Minted" title="Minted">Minted</a> company has reported the group's hack US federal law enforcement authorities; the investigation is still in its early stages.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Administrative documents from California also reveal how ShinyHunters' hack has led to Wishbone maker facing a <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">class-action lawsuit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animal Jam has also stated that they are preparing to report ShinyHunters to the FBI Cyber Task Force and notify all affected emails. They have also created a 'Data Breach Alert' on their site to answer questions related to the breach.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BigBasket has filed a <a href="/wiki/First_Information_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="First Information Report">First Information Report</a> (FIR) on November 6, 2020, to the Bengaluru Police to investigate the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dave also initiated an investigation against the group for the company's security breach. 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style="width:1%">Major incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BlueLeaks" title="BlueLeaks">BlueLeaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Twitter_account_hijacking" title="2020 Twitter account hijacking">Twitter account hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Medicines_Agency_data_breach" title="European Medicines Agency data breach">European Medicines Agency data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo_data_leak" title="Nintendo data leak">Nintendo data leak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_federal_government_data_breach" title="2020 United States federal government data breach">United States federal government data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EasyJet_data_breach" title="EasyJet data breach">EasyJet data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vastaamo_data_breach" title="Vastaamo data breach">Vastaamo data breach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Microsoft_Exchange_Server_data_breach" title="2021 Microsoft Exchange Server data breach">Microsoft Exchange Server breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivanti_Pulse_Connect_Secure_data_breach" title="Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure data breach">Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_attack" title="Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack">Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Service_Executive_ransomware_attack" title="Health Service Executive ransomware attack">Health Service Executive ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikato_District_Health_Board_ransomware_attack" title="Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack">Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JBS_S.A._ransomware_attack" title="JBS S.A. ransomware attack">JBS S.A. ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaseya_VSA_ransomware_attack" title="Kaseya VSA ransomware attack">Kaseya VSA ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transnet_ransomware_attack" title="Transnet ransomware attack">Transnet ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Epik_data_breach" title="2021 Epik data breach">Epik data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_FBI_email_hack" title="2021 FBI email hack">FBI email hack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_Rifle_Association_ransomware_attack" title="2021 National Rifle Association ransomware attack">National Rifle Association ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Banco_de_Oro_hack" title="2021 Banco de Oro hack">Banco de Oro hack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Ukraine_cyberattacks" title="2022 Ukraine cyberattacks">Ukraine cyberattacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_data_breach" title="Red Cross data breach">Red Cross data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Anonymous and the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Anonymous and the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viasat_hack" title="Viasat hack">Viasat hack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_DDoS_attacks_on_Romania" title="2022 DDoS attacks on Romania">DDoS attacks on Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Costa_Rican_ransomware_attack" title="2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack">Costa Rican ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LastPass#2022_customer_data_and_partially-encrypted_vault_theft" title="LastPass">LastPass vault theft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_police_database_leak" title="Shanghai police database leak">Shanghai police database leak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_VI#September_2022_leak" title="Grand Theft Auto VI"><i>Grand Theft Auto VI</i> content leak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Munster_Technological_University_ransomware_attack" title="Munster Technological University ransomware attack">Munster Technological University ransomware attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evide_data_breach" title="Evide data breach">Evide data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_MOVEit_data_breach" title="2023 MOVEit data breach">MOVEit data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insomniac_Games#December_2023_leak" title="Insomniac Games">Insomniac Games data breach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_railway_cyberattack" title="Polish railway cyberattack">Polish railway cyberattack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Library_cyberattack" title="British Library cyberattack">British Library cyberattack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor" title="XZ Utils backdoor">XZ Utils backdoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_cyberattack_on_Kadokawa_and_Niconico" title="2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico">Kadokawa and Niconico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Change_Healthcare_ransomware_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Change Healthcare ransomware attack">Change Healthcare ransomware attack</a></li> 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous_(hacker_group)" title="Anonymous (hacker group)">Anonymous</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_events_associated_with_Anonymous" title="Timeline of events associated with Anonymous">associated events</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anonymous_Sudan" title="Anonymous Sudan">Anonymous Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berserk_Bear" title="Berserk Bear">Berserk Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BlackCat_(cyber_gang)" title="BlackCat (cyber gang)">BlackCat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clop_(cyber_gang)" title="Clop (cyber gang)">Clop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozy_Bear" title="Cozy Bear">Cozy Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DarkMatter_Group" title="DarkMatter Group">DarkMatter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DarkSide_(hacker_group)" title="DarkSide (hacker group)">DarkSide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dridex" title="Dridex">Dridex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter_(hacker_group)" title="Ghostwriter (hacker group)">Ghostwriter</a></li> 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title="Full disclosure (computer security)">disclosed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SMBGhost" title="SMBGhost">SMBGhost</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunderspy" title="Thunderspy">Thunderspy</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PrintNightmare" title="PrintNightmare">PrintNightmare</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FORCEDENTRY" title="FORCEDENTRY">FORCEDENTRY</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Log4Shell" title="Log4Shell">Log4Shell</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Account_pre-hijacking" title="Account pre-hijacking">Account pre-hijacking</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retbleed" title="Retbleed">Retbleed</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downfall_(security_vulnerability)" title="Downfall (security vulnerability)">Downfall</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LogoFAIL" title="LogoFAIL">LogoFAIL</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptar_(vulnerability)" 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