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The Worst Hacks of 2024

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Feed Name: WIRED Security

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2024-12-26

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Lily Hay Newman

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WIRED's year-in-review summarizes 2024's most significant cyber incidents: nation-state espionage (China-linked Salt Typhoon compromising telecoms and Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard targeting Microsoft), a massive ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attack on Change Healthcare impacting over 100 million people, credential-stuffing/data theft from Snowflake customers affecting roughly 165 victims including telecom call records, a National Public Data breach, and substantial North Korean cryptocurrency thefts — highlighting scale, impact, and recurring weaknesses like absent or optional multi-factor authentication.

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