Cyberattack Case Library
A public, structured record of real cyberattacks built exclusively from primary sources: grand jury indictments, sworn complaints, court dockets, CISA technical advisories, SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosures, and OFAC sanctions notices.
Key Facts
- 59 major cyberattack prosecutions, state campaigns, and corporate breaches cataloged.
- 64 MITRE ATT&CK techniques substantiated with verbatim primary source excerpts.
- 24 defendants sentenced with average federal prison terms of 142.3 months.
- Zero secondary reporting: built exclusively from sworn court records, CISA alerts, and SEC disclosures.
A Jammed Printer Saved $870 Million from North Korean Hackers
When North Korean Lazarus Group operatives issued 35 fraudulent SWIFT wire transfer orders totaling $951 million against the Bangladesh Central Bank, they were stopped from stealing the remaining $870 million because a local automated receipt printer on the 10th floor jammed and ran out of paper, alerting staff to anomalous transactions.
Defensive Stack Audit
Test your defensive controls against 59 landmark attacks to uncover fatal perimeter and lateral bypass gaps.
This Day in Cyber History
Discover what cyberattacks, grand jury indictments, and CISA alerts happened on today's calendar date.
Macro Trends & Analytics
Data-driven metrics across 59 cases: initial intrusion vectors, dwell times, and ransomware payment dynamics.
Target Sectors
View all →| Target Sector | Case Count |
|---|---|
| Financial Services | 17 cases |
| Retail | 9 cases |
| Banking | 8 cases |
| Healthcare | 7 cases |
| Energy | 6 cases |
| E-Commerce | 6 cases |
| Telecommunications | 5 cases |
| Education | 4 cases |
Sentencing Distribution
View outcomes →| Prison Term | Defendants |
|---|---|
| 1-3 Years | 5 defendants |
| 3-5 Years | 0 defendants |
| 5-10 Years | 8 defendants |
| 10-20 Years | 5 defendants |
| 20+ Years | 4 defendants |
| Life Imprisonment | 2 defendants |
Recent Case Filings & Dockets
Chronological record of federal indictments and disclosures
| Case Title | Legal Status | Sector | Jurisdiction | Techniques | Reported Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. v. IRGC Actors (CyberAv3ngers Critical Infrastructure Attacks) 2:24-cr-00185 | fugitive | Water and Wastewater Systems, Energy | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 2 | $15.0 million |
| AT&T Cloud Telecom Call and Text Metadata Exfiltration SEC-2024-8K-ATT | investigation | Telecommunications | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & DOJ National Security Division | 2 | $100.0 million |
| CDK Global BlackSuit Ransomware Incident 1:24-cv-05231 | alleged | Information Technology, Retail, Automotive | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | 3 | $1.0 billion |
| Snowflake Customer Multi-Tenant Credential Stuffing Campaign SEC CIK 0001640147 | alleged | Telecommunications, Entertainment, Banking, Cloud Services | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | 2 | $150.0 million |
| Snowflake Enterprise Credential Stuffing & Customer Cloud Thefts SEC-2024-8K-SNOW | alleged | Cloud Services, Entertainment, Financial Services, Retail | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & FBI Cyber Division | 3 | $500.0 million |
| U.S. v. Rui-Siang Siew (Incognito Market Darknet Extortion) 1:24-cr-00305 | charged | Consumer Privacy, Cryptocurrency | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | 1 | $100.0 million |
| U.S. v. Khoroshev et al. (LockBit Ransomware Operation) 2:24-cr-00330 | charged | Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Government, Financial Services | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | 9 | $500.0 million |
| U.S. v. Daniel Rhyne (Industrial Insider Extortion) 3:24-cr-00122 | charged | Industrial Manufacturing, Critical Infrastructure | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri | 1 | $750,000 |
| ALPHV / BlackCat Ransomware Attack on Change Healthcare SEC CIK 0000731766 | alleged | Healthcare and Public Health | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | 6 | $2.5 billion |
| Change Healthcare Ransomware Outage (ALPHV / BlackCat) HHS-OCR-2024-001 | convicted | Healthcare, Financial Services | U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight & HHS OCR | 3 | $3.0 billion |
Frequently Substantiated Techniques
Techniques with the largest number of primary source court citations