In 2020, surveys showed that over half of Americans were concerned about data breaches in natural disasters and personal safety as a result of the pandemic. So ensuring that access to your sensitive data is restricted to only the necessary individuals is basic and critical security control. Hackers accessed customers’ details from Warner Music’s e-commerce websites hosted and supported by a third-party, capturing customer’s names, email addresses, telephone numbers, billing addresses, shipping addresses, and payment card details such as card numbers, CVC/CVV, and expiration dates. The databases belonging to WildWorks, the company behind Animal Jam, were posted to an online hacking forum on the dark web. Unfortunately, most organizations are still ill-equipped to handle a significant cybersecurity incident, much less amid a crisis like a pandemic. The patient impacted in the breach includes names, addresses, phone numbers, ages, dates of birth, genders, medical record numbers, dates of treatment, locations of treatment, names of doctors and health insurance status. The retailer has 3,500 locations worldwide and e-commerce operations and claims the breach only affected online sales. April 23, 2021 - In recent weeks, a number of HIPAA-required notifications from covered entities and business associates have reported patient data breaches that occurred in 2020… The average cost of a data breach rose to $3.86M. It is estimated that the average cost of a data breach will be over $150 million by 2020, with the global annual cost forecast to be $2.1 trillion. April 14, 2020: A collection of 4 million login records belonging to the online marketplace Quidd was breached through a hack then posted on the dark web forum for free. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the business has changed radically for nearly every organization across the world. The personal information disclosed includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, work histories, dates of birth, height and weight, ethnicity, and physical characteristics, such as hair color and length. 616 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks 4. February 20, 2020: The photography app, PhotoSquared, has exposed the personal information and photos of the 100,000 individuals who have downloaded the app. Data breaches aren’t going anywhere and we’re here to keep you up-to-date on the worst data breaches of the year putting you at risk of identity theft. In 2020, a major cyberattack by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government, leading to a series of data breaches. There are 4 major types of data breaches that organizations should be aware of in 2020: 1. Learn from 2020's top third-party data breaches to make 2021 more secure by increasing and improving on your Third-Party Risk Management program. Although the app does not collect names, the database included nicknames, ages, ethnicities, genders, and location data of over 900 million users. Cybersecurity breaches on Financial Institutions: Here are some cyberattacks that had happened in 2020 to illustrate this image: March 30, 2020: researchers reported that U.S., Canadian, and Australian banks were being increasingly targeted by Zeus … April 28, 2020: Ambry Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory based in the U.S., announced 233,000 medical patients had their personal and medical information accessed by a third party through an employee email. May 24, 2020: At least 25 million Mathway app users, a top-rated mobile app calculator, had their email address and password exposed to data thieves, and the leaked database was quickly found for sale on the dark web.