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Outages & Breaches: July 2024 in numbers

4 significant outages (1 critical) and 8 data breaches (2 critical) were logged in July 2024. The largest breach by records was AT&T (110M). The longest outage with a known duration was Microsoft Azure (8 hours). The most common outage cause was cyberattack (2 of 4).

Most significant incidents

• 19 Jul 2024Faulty CrowdStrike update crashes 8.5 million Windows PCsCrowdStrike / Microsoft Windows · outage · Software bugcritical
• 18 Jul 2024$230m stolen from Indian crypto exchange WazirXWazirX · breach · Lazarus (North Korea)critical
• 12 Jul 2024AT&T call records of nearly all customers stolenAT&T · breach · ShinyHunters · 110M recordscritical
• 30 Jul 2024DDoS attack triggers global Azure and Microsoft 365 outageMicrosoft Azure · outage · Cyberattack · 8 hoursmajor
• 29 Jul 2024Rhysida attack disrupts Columbus city servicesCity of Columbus, Ohio · outage · Cyberattackmajor
• 26 Jul 2024Debt collector FBCS breach reaches 4.2 millionFBCS · breach · Unknown · 4.2M recordsmajor
• 18 Jul 2024Azure Central US outage grounds US budget airlinesMicrosoft Azure (Central US) · outage · Configuration change · 4 hoursmajor
• 15 Jul 2024RansomHub steals data on 2.2 million Rite Aid customersRite Aid · breach · RansomHub · 2.2M recordsmajor

All 4 outages

• 30 Jul 2024DDoS attack triggers global Azure and Microsoft 365 outageMicrosoft Azure · outage · Cyberattack · 8 hoursmajor
• 29 Jul 2024Rhysida attack disrupts Columbus city servicesCity of Columbus, Ohio · outage · Cyberattackmajor
• 19 Jul 2024Faulty CrowdStrike update crashes 8.5 million Windows PCsCrowdStrike / Microsoft Windows · outage · Software bugcritical
• 18 Jul 2024Azure Central US outage grounds US budget airlinesMicrosoft Azure (Central US) · outage · Configuration change · 4 hoursmajor

All 8 data breaches

• 26 Jul 2024Debt collector FBCS breach reaches 4.2 millionFBCS · breach · Unknown · 4.2M recordsmajor
• 18 Jul 2024$230m stolen from Indian crypto exchange WazirXWazirX · breach · Lazarus (North Korea)critical
• 15 Jul 2024RansomHub steals data on 2.2 million Rite Aid customersRite Aid · breach · RansomHub · 2.2M recordsmajor
• 15 Jul 20241TB of Disney internal Slack leakedDisney · breach · NullBulgemajor
• 12 Jul 2024AT&T call records of nearly all customers stolenAT&T · breach · ShinyHunters · 110M recordscritical
• 3 Jul 2024HealthEquity breach hits 4.3 millionHealthEquity · breach · Unknown · 4.3M recordsmajor
• 2 Jul 2024Hackers confirm 33 million Authy phone numbersTwilio (Authy) · breach · ShinyHunters · 33M recordsmajor
• 1 Jul 2024Kadokawa confirms data leak after BlackSuit attackKadokawa · breach · BlackSuitmajor