List of major cyber attacks in 2020
| Date | Company | Sector ofactivity | Head office | Consequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Estée Lauder | Cosmetics | United States | 440 million pieces of data stolen. The company's reputation was at stake. |
| January 2020 | Bouygues Construction | French construction company | France | The group's activities were halted. Ransom demand following the theft of confidential data. |
| March 2020 | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) | Health | Paris, France | Shutdown and paralysis of a part of the computer servers. |
| March 2020 | Chubb | Insurance | United States | Attack with ransom demand. |
| April 2020 | Marriott International | Hotel chain | United States | 5.2 million pieces of customer data stolen. Disclosure of customers' personal data. |
| May 2020 | Easyjet | Air transport | United Kingdom | Access to the data of 9 million customers, including 2200 credit card data. Significant risk of phishing. |
| June 2020 | University of California (UCSF) | Education | United States | The spread of a virus disabled access to computer data. UCSF paid 116.4 bitcoins to the electronic account of the virus authors. |
| July 2020 | Les Mutuelles du Mans Assurance (MMA) | Insurance | France | Ransomware attempt.Total shutdown of the computer system and management services for several days. |
| September 2020 | The marine company CMA – CGM | Marine transportation | France | Malware intrusion in the group's peripheral servers. Operations at the Chinese subsidiaries have been affected. |
| October 2020 | Düsseldorf Hospital | Health | Germany | The hospital no longer has access to medical data. Surgeries have been cancelled. Death of a patient during her transfer to another hospital. |
| December 2020 | The European Medicines Agency / Pfizer Laboratory (AEMA) | Health | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Covid-19 vaccine-related documents were illegally accessed. |
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