US companies face rise in cyber attacks

Companies worldwide are grappling with a surge in AI-driven cyberattacks and ransomware that steal sensitive data and disrupt operations. Coca-Cola-owned dairy company Fairlife, LLC, was the latest to join the list on Thursday as it temporarily suspended production operations in the U.S. on Thursday after a third party gained unauthorized access to parts of its systems. The White House said earlier in the week it was launching a coordination group bringing together AI developers and critical infrastructure operators to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified ‌by advanced AI ⁠systems ⁠and coordinate responses.


Here is a list of U.S. companies that have reported or been affected by cyber incidents this year.


January 26 Nike Ransomware group World Leaks ​said on its website that it had published 1.4 terabytes of data from Nike. The company declined to comment on the specifics of its investigation or on whether any ransom ​was paid.

January 28 Bumble , Cyberattacks hit Match Group Bumble, Match , Group and Crunchbase and Crunchbase, Panera Bread Bloomberg News reported, while Panera Bread disclosed an incident involving contact information and notified authorities.

February 24 Wynn Resorts Hackers obtained employee data, the company said, prompting an investigation, while the attackers demanded the equivalent of about $1.5 million in bitcoin.

March 11 Stryker An Iranian-linked hacking group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Stryker ​that disrupted order processing, manufacturing and shipments globally, wiping remote devices running the Windows operating system, though the medical device maker said ⁠patient services and connected ‌medical products remained unaffected.

March 12 Crunchyroll Hackers claimed they stole personal data and 8 million of the subscription-based anime streaming service's support ticket records, including ​6.8 million unique email addresses, BleepingComputer reported. March ​28 Hasbro The toymaker said it was investigating a cybersecurity incident that involved unauthorized access to its network, took some systems offline, and warned the disruption ⁠could cause order fulfillment delays for several weeks.

April 10 OpenAI OpenAI said it identified a security issue after a third-party developer tool called ​Axios caused a GitHub workflow to download and execute a malicious version of Axios, but said it found ​no evidence that user data, systems or intellectual property were compromised.

April 13 Take-Two The ShinyHunters Interactive's hacking group Rockstar claimed it stole Games nearly 80 million Rockstar Games business records by exploiting a third-party breach involving analytics provider Anodot. Rockstar said only a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed.

May 4 West The medical Pharmaceutical equipment Services maker said a cyberattack involving data theft and system lockups disrupted manufacturing and logistics operations globally, prompting it to take systems offline before restoring operations across its manufacturing, supply chain and commercial sites.

May 11 Instructure/Canvas Instructure, the developer of Canvas, a widely used educational learning management system, said a ShinyHunters-linke d hack disrupted access and exposed student and school data from nearly 9,000 institutions, before reaching an agreement under which the group said the stolen data was deleted and ‌customers would not be extorted.

May 21 Blank Rome The law firm said a cybercriminal group posing as the firm's IT department tricked an attorney into uploading files, exposing personal information of 57,554 current, former and prospective clients, according to a proposed class action lawsuit

May 27 Carnival The cruise operator said ​a social-engineering attack compromised an employee account, ​exposing personal information including names, addresses and government-issued identification numbers, before the company blocked ⁠the unauthorized access and notified affected individuals.

June 11 Novo Nordisk The Wegovy maker said unauthorized actors copied information from its internal IT systems, including limited clinical trial patient data, prompting an investigation and the temporary shutdown of certain internal systems, though it said core operations were unaffected.

June 15 iRhythm Holdings The medtech firm said a threat actor obtained potentially sensitive data, including proprietary information and patient ​health information, through a social-engineering attack on third-party-hosted business applications and later issued a payment demand, while the company said patient care, medical device systems and operations were unaffected.

June 15 AdaptHealth The company said a "threat actor" stole patient information and insurance billing passwords after a social-engineering attack compromised a third-party contractor's account, gaining access to cloud-based business applications and internal patient management systems.

June 17 Fortinet Researchers said a large-scale hacking campaign targeting Fortinet firewall and VPN devices compromised about 75,000 systems worldwide, leading to password theft at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across more than 15 countries.

July 16 Coca-Cola Co The beverages giant said fairlife temporarily suspended U.S. production operations after unauthorized access to parts of its systems, including production-related systems, while the dairy company investigated the incident and worked to restore affected operations.