Major cloud security incidents and provider responses (2009–2021)

1. Amazon S3 outage raises reliability concerns

   Jan 1, 2009Labels: Amazon S3, Data center

   • The Register

2. Google Docs sharing bug exposes documents

   Mar 7, 2009Labels: Google Docs, Sharing bug

   • TechCrunch

3. Sony PlayStation Network intrusion and shutdown

   Apr 20, 2011Labels: Sony PlayStation, Account data

   • PSN Outage
   • The Guardian

4. AWS US-East-1 EBS outage disrupts major sites

   Apr 21, 2011Labels: AWS EBS, US-East-1

   • InfoQ
   • CNN

5. Dropbox authentication bug makes passwords optional

   Jun 20, 2011Labels: Dropbox, Authentication bug

   • TechCrunch
   • CNN

6. iCloud account attacks lead to celebrity photo leak

   Aug 31, 2014Labels: iCloud, Celebrity accounts

   • Leak Overview
   • Slashdot

7. Cloudflare “Cloudbleed” memory leak disclosed

   Feb 17, 2017Labels: Cloudflare, Cloudbleed

   • Cloudflare Blog
   • Cloudbleed

8. AWS S3 US-East-1 outage caused by human error

   Feb 28, 2017Labels: AWS S3, Human error

   • The Guardian
   • WIRED

9. Tesla cloud environment abused for cryptomining

   Feb 20, 2018Labels: Tesla, Cloud environment

   • Axios

10. Google+ API bug disclosed; consumer shutdown planned

    Oct 8, 2018Labels: Google API, Third-party apps

    • CNBC

11. Capital One fixes AWS-hosted firewall misconfiguration

    Jul 19, 2019Labels: Capital One, Firewall misconfiguration

    • Capital One
    • DOJ

12. SolarWinds supply-chain attack drives cloud email scrutiny

    Dec 14, 2020Labels: SolarWinds, Supply-chain

    • The Guardian

13. Microsoft issues emergency patches for Exchange attacks

    Mar 2, 2021Labels: Microsoft Exchange, Emergency patch

    • MSRC

14. ChaosDB Cosmos DB flaw prompts credential resets

    Aug 31, 2021Labels: Azure Cosmos, ChaosDB

    • CERT EU