What has already happened to others?

For each case you can see what happened, what it cost and what cyber insurance would have paid. We only give names if those affected went public themselves; private individuals always remain anonymous. 20 cases have a documented link to artificial intelligence.

What the evidence labels mean

• confirmed by an authority: an authority, a court or the police published the case.
• several media: several independent media report the same facts.
• one media report: one source; details may be inaccurate.

All values as a table

Cases by type of attack (a case can have several types)

Type of attack	Switzerland	Abroad	Total
Deception (social engineering)	34	25	59
Ransomware (extortion)	31	26	57
Fraud	33	19	52
Data breach	34	10	44
Phishing	21	6	27
Account takeover	19	8	27
Malware	12	10	22
Attack via a supplier	12	6	18
Devices and control systems	2	14	16
Deepfake	5	11	16
Fake payment instruction	3	8	11
Overload attack (DDoS)	4	0	4

We describe some Swiss incidents in detail in the Swiss cyber case studies.