The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024

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2024 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities.

Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our 31 million readers than others.

Below are fourteen of what BleepingComputer believes are the most impactful cybersecurity stories of 2024, with a summary of each. These stories are in no particular order.

14. Internet Archive hacked​

13. Bad CrowdStrike updates crashed 8.5 million Wndows devices​

12. Kaspersky banned in the US—software automatically replaced with UltraAV​

11. Russian state-sponsored hackers breached Microsoft's corporate email​

10. National Public data breach exposed your Social Security Number​

9. Attacks on edge networking devices run rampant​

8. CDK Global ransomware attacks takes down the car dealership industry​

7. The SnowFlake data theft attacks​

6. The North Korean IT Worker scheme​

5. The UnitedHealth Change HealthCare ransomware attack​

4. LockBit disrupted​

3. Windows 11 Recall: A privacy nightmare?​

2. The 2024 Telecom attacks​

1. The rise of Infostealers​

The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024

2024 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. Below are fourteen of what BleepingComputer believes are the most impactful cybersecurity stories of 2024.

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