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Outages & Breaches: November 2024 in numbers
6 significant outages (0 critical) and 7 data breaches (2 critical) were logged in November 2024. The largest breach by records was Hot Topic (56.9M claimed). The most common outage cause was cyberattack (4 of 6). 2 of the incidents mainly affected the UK.
Outages6▲ 4 vs October
Critical outages0wide impact
Breaches7▲ 2 vs October
Critical breaches2sensitive data at scale
Records exposed500Kconfirmed or company-reported
Further claimed60.5Mattacker claims, unverified
Outage causes
Named attackers
Most significant incidents
- 13 Nov 2024Salt Typhoon breaches US telecoms networksUS telecoms (Salt Typhoon) · breach · Salt Typhoon (China)
- 11 Nov 2024Hacker claims 57 million Hot Topic accountsHot Topic · breach · Satanic · 56.9M claimed
- 28 Nov 2024INC Ransom claims data from Liverpool NHS hospitalsAlder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest · breach · INC Ransom
- 25 Nov 2024Wirral hospitals declare critical incident after cyber attackWirral University Teaching Hospital · outage · Cyberattack
- 25 Nov 2024Microsoft 365 configuration change disrupts Outlook and TeamsMicrosoft 365 (Outlook, Teams) · outage · Configuration change
- 22 Nov 2024IGT takes systems offline after cyber attackInternational Game Technology · outage · Cyberattack
- 21 Nov 2024Blue Yonder ransomware disrupts Morrisons, Sainsbury's and StarbucksBlue Yonder · outage · Cyberattack
- 19 Nov 2024Medical records of 750,000 French patients stolenFrench hospitals (MediBoard) · breach · nears · 750K claimed
All 6 outages
- 27 Nov 2024Ransomware closes Hoboken city hall and courtsCity of Hoboken · outage · Cyberattack
- 25 Nov 2024Wirral hospitals declare critical incident after cyber attackWirral University Teaching Hospital · outage · Cyberattack
- 25 Nov 2024Microsoft 365 configuration change disrupts Outlook and TeamsMicrosoft 365 (Outlook, Teams) · outage · Configuration change
- 22 Nov 2024IGT takes systems offline after cyber attackInternational Game Technology · outage · Cyberattack
- 21 Nov 2024Blue Yonder ransomware disrupts Morrisons, Sainsbury's and StarbucksBlue Yonder · outage · Cyberattack
- 15 Nov 2024Netflix buffers under 65 million streams for Tyson fightNetflix (Paul v Tyson) · outage · Capacity
All 7 data breaches
- 28 Nov 2024INC Ransom claims data from Liverpool NHS hospitalsAlder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest · breach · INC Ransom
- 19 Nov 2024Medical records of 750,000 French patients stolenFrench hospitals (MediBoard) · breach · nears · 750K claimed
- 19 Nov 2024Finastra investigates 400GB file transfer breachFinastra · breach · Abyss0
- 13 Nov 2024Salt Typhoon breaches US telecoms networksUS telecoms (Salt Typhoon) · breach · Salt Typhoon (China)
- 11 Nov 2024Hacker claims 57 million Hot Topic accountsHot Topic · breach · Satanic · 56.9M claimed
- 11 Nov 2024Amazon staff data leaked via MOVEit vendorAmazon · breach · Nam3L3ss · 2.8M claimed
- 3 Nov 2024Columbus ransomware exposed 500,000 residentsCity of Columbus, Ohio · breach · Rhysida · 500K records
2024 year to date
Incidents YTD130January to November 2024
Outages YTD54significant outages
Breaches YTD76data breaches
Critical YTD27outages and breaches
Records exposed YTD571Mconfirmed 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 |
| Sep | 6 | 4 | 1 | 110 |
| Oct | 2 | 5 | 0 | 117 |
| Nov | 6 | 7 | 2 | 130 |
| Total | 54 | 76 | 27 | 130 |
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Outages & Breaches: November 2024 in numbers”, The Daily Tech Wire,published November 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/reports/2024-11/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
The underlying data for every month is in the CSV download.