The https://www.upguard.com/blog/cyber-threat-landscape in Europe continues to evolve, with https://www.upguard.com/glossary/cyberattack targeting multiple institutions across the EU. This article will include a list of the biggest data breaches in Europe to date, how businesses were affected, and how they could have prevented the issues.

In July 2014, Ukraine’s PrivatBankhttps://incyber.org/themoscowtimes-cyberberkut-hacked-a-major-ukrainian-bank/, CyberBerkut, that stole and published customer data (including banking information, passport information, and personal data), then posted the stolen content on the Russian social media platform VKontakte.

Using the https://www.upguard.com/blog/protecting-employee-credentials-from-ransomware-compromise, the group also managed to steal customer data and private data from the private inboxes of stock exchange brokers.

Black hat hacker group Phineas Fisher claimed responsibility for the attack, citing almost 2 TB of data stolen.

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