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Outages & Breaches: August 2024 in numbers
6 significant outages (0 critical) and 6 data breaches (1 critical) were logged in August 2024. The largest breach by records was National Public Data (2.9B claimed). The most common outage cause was cyberattack (6 of 6). 1 of the incidents mainly affected the UK.
Outages6▲ 2 vs July
Critical outages0wide impact
Breaches6▼ 2 vs July
Critical breaches1sensitive data at scale
Records exposed2.4Mconfirmed or company-reported
Further claimed2.9Battacker claims, unverified
Outage causes
Named attackers
Most significant incidents
- 15 Aug 2024National Public Data leak exposes billions of recordsNational Public Data · breach · USDoD · 2.9B claimed
- 27 Aug 2024BlackSuit stole data on 954,000 from Young ConsultingYoung Consulting (Connexure) · breach · BlackSuit · 954K records
- 26 Aug 2024Park'N Fly breach exposes 1 million customersPark'N Fly · breach · Unknown · 1M records
- 24 Aug 2024Rhysida attack disrupts Seattle-Tacoma airport systemsPort of Seattle / Sea-Tac Airport · outage · Cyberattack
- 21 Aug 2024Halliburton shuts systems after RansomHub attackHalliburton · outage · Cyberattack
- 18 Aug 2024240GB of Toyota data leaked via third partyToyota · breach · ZeroSevenGroup
- 17 Aug 2024Ransomware disrupts Microchip Technology manufacturingMicrochip Technology · outage · Cyberattack
- 12 Aug 20243AM leaks data of 464,000 Kootenai patientsKootenai Health · breach · 3AM · 464K records
All 6 outages
- 24 Aug 2024Rhysida attack disrupts Seattle-Tacoma airport systemsPort of Seattle / Sea-Tac Airport · outage · Cyberattack
- 21 Aug 2024Halliburton shuts systems after RansomHub attackHalliburton · outage · Cyberattack
- 17 Aug 2024Ransomware disrupts Microchip Technology manufacturingMicrochip Technology · outage · Cyberattack
- 5 Aug 2024Michigan hospital network down for weeks after INC Ransom attackMcLaren Health Care · outage · Cyberattack
- 4 Aug 2024Hacker wipes 13,000 student devices via Mobile GuardianMobile Guardian · outage · Cyberattack
- 2 Aug 2024Salford housing register offline after cyber breachSalford City Council · outage · Cyberattack
All 6 data breaches
- 27 Aug 2024BlackSuit stole data on 954,000 from Young ConsultingYoung Consulting (Connexure) · breach · BlackSuit · 954K records
- 26 Aug 2024Park'N Fly breach exposes 1 million customersPark'N Fly · breach · Unknown · 1M records
- 18 Aug 2024240GB of Toyota data leaked via third partyToyota · breach · ZeroSevenGroup
- 15 Aug 2024National Public Data leak exposes billions of recordsNational Public Data · breach · USDoD · 2.9B claimed
- 12 Aug 20243AM leaks data of 464,000 Kootenai patientsKootenai Health · breach · 3AM · 464K records
- 1 Aug 2024Daixin claims 11 million Acadian Ambulance recordsAcadian Ambulance · breach · Daixin · 11M claimed
2024 year to date
Incidents YTD100January to August 2024
Outages YTD40significant outages
Breaches YTD60data breaches
Critical YTD24outages and breaches
Records exposed YTD536Mconfirmed or company-reported
| Month | Outages | Breaches | Critical | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| Feb | 4 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| Mar | 6 | 8 | 2 | 42 |
| Apr | 5 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| May | 4 | 9 | 5 | 63 |
| Jun | 5 | 8 | 4 | 76 |
| Jul | 4 | 8 | 3 | 88 |
| Aug | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100 |
| Total | 40 | 60 | 24 | 100 |
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Outages & Breaches: August 2024 in numbers”, The Daily Tech Wire,published August 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/reports/2024-08/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
The underlying data for every month is in the CSV download.