Factbox-Cyber threats disrupt global firms in US, UK and Europe

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21-05-2025

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(Reuters) -Global companies are grappling with a surge in cyber and ransomware attacks, with increasingly sophisticated threat actors disrupting operations and compromising sensitive data across diverse sectors—from healthcare and financial services to retail and regulatory bodies.
Here is a list of companies and regulators across the U.S., UK, and Europe that have been affected by or reported cyber incidents this year.
Impact
Company Month
Region
Smiths Group January UK Cybersecurity incident
involved unauthorised
access to its systems.
Big Cheese January Poland An incident at the Polish
Studio game developer led to
hackers gaining access to
the company's game code
systems and personal data
of its employees. Hackers
demanded a ransom of
100,000 zlotys in crypto
currencies.
MGM Resorts January USA Court
International approved
a $45 million
settlement in a
class-action lawsuit over
two data breaches at MGM
in 2019 and 2023,
affecting millions of
customers.
Clorox February USA A Clorox executive said
the bleach maker has
fully restored
distribution that was
lost during a cyber
attack in 2023.
Eckert & February Germany Suffered a cyber attack
Ziegler on parts of its IT
systems but said its
production was largely
unaffected
Marks & April UK Online orders halted for
Spencer more than 3 weeks leading
to the British retailer
flagging a 300 million
pound hit to profit.
Hertz April USA Rental car firm reported
some of its user data was
stolen in a breach
involving one of its
vendors.
DaVita April USA Dialysis firm was hit by
ransomware attack that
encrypted certain
elements of its network,
with some of its
operations disrupted
despite interim measures.
U.S. office April USA The U.S. Treasury
of the Department's Office of
Comptroller the Comptroller of the
of the Currency said that emails
Currency of executives and other
(OCC) employees of the agency
were hacked, blaming
longstanding
vulnerabilities for the
breach.
Emera Inc & April USA The energy providers said
its unit Nova they were addressing a
Scotia power cybersecurity incident
involving unauthorized
access to parts of their
Canadian network and
servers, while customer
data was accessed &
stolen.
National April USA A whistleblower complaint
Labor says that billionaire
Relations Elon Musk's team of
Board (NLRB) technologists (DOGE) may
have been responsible for
a "significant
cybersecurity breach,"
likely of sensitive case
files, at America's
federal labor watchdog.
LVHM's May France Hit by a cyber attack,
Christian with hackers obtaining
Dior Couture some of its customers'
data, Bloomberg News
reported.
Co-op Group May UK Grocery chain reported
that hackers had accessed
and extracted customer
data from one of its
systems.
Harrods May UK Department store said
hackers had attempted to
break into its systems.
UK's Legal May UK A "significant" amount of
Aid Agency personal data, including
criminal records, of
applicants who had
applied for legal aid
since 2010 was accessed &
stolen.
(SOURCE: Reuters' stories, company announcements, other news media outlets)
(Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu and Ankita Bora in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)