Hey u/axolotl_peyotl the "cyber pandemic" as Klaus Schwab calls it seems to be something many of us are keeping an eye on as the the next big thing after COVID. Therefore, can we please get a sticky post that can serve as a central repository for related information? It'd be good to be ahead of the curve this time.

Could be useful to speculate about larger patterns and potential targets, if any, before they happen.

I'll start by adding my contributions:

• May 7 2021. Colonial Pipeline (Oil) targeted by ransomware: https://medium.com/cloud-security/colonial-pipeline-hack-4486d16f2957

• May 22, 2021. Cybercriminals using the malicious software dubbed 'Conti' have targeted law enforcement, emergency medical services, dispatch centers, and municipalities. https://www.reuters.com/technology/fbi-says-conti-ransomware-gang-has-hit-16-us-health-emergency-networks-2021-05-21/

• May 30, 2021. JBS — The world’s largest meat plant — was forced to shut down some plants due to a cyberattack. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-us-meat-plants-stop-operating-after-jbs-cyber-attack-2021-06-01/

We need to distinguish between attacks that disrupt supply chains (the focus of cyber polygon event) or even individual people's lives and attacks that merely steal customer data which does not cause disruption (probably just regular hackers). For example the above attacks affected supply chains, while the following attacks in the same time period merely stole customer data:

• https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/23/air-india-passenger-data-breach-reveals-sita-hack-worse-than-first-thought/

• https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/25/hacker-publishes-alleged-records-of-20-million-bigbasket-users/

• https://www.databreaches.net/dominos-india-hack-new-developments/