The foil seals on medicine bottles were placed due to poisoning incidents. The Tylenol poisonings of 1982 were a widespread crisis that involved U.S. consumers dying or falling ill from Tylenol. It was later found that the bottles had been laced with potassium cyanide. To restore the faith of the public in the product and the company, Johnson & Johnson patented the seal to prevent further tampering incidents. This is also the thought behind the “Do not accept if seal is broken.” warnings that we see with other products.
100 Mind-Blowing Incidents Facts
Sharks do not hunt humans or consider humans food. Shark incidents occur when sharks are hunting for seals, dolphins, or other “human-sized” prey. It’s a case of mistaken identity!
Sharks do not hunt humans or consider humans food. Shark incidents occur when sharks are hunting for seals, dolphins or other “human-sized” prey. It’s a case of mistaken identity!
Roundabouts have been proven to reduce dangerous traffic incidents significantly. This is because they greatly lower the speed at which drivers go. They have also been found to improve traffic conditions compared to intersections with traffic lights significantly. They’re also much more versatile, as the wide range of roundabout designs can be adapted to fit many more traffic conditions.
Phishing was the leading infection vector, identified in 41% of incidents, making it the most common initial attack vector. (IBM)
Phishing attacks account for more than 80 per cent of reported security incidents. (CSO Online)
DDoS attacks have dominated incidents, with 6,248 DDoS Attacks in 2022. (Verizon)
Incidents aimed at cryptocurrency firms surged by a staggering 600% in the first quarter of 2023, coinciding with a notable 15% upswing in HTTP DDoS attacks. (Cloudflare)
There were over 630 ransomware incidents impacting healthcare worldwide in 2023. (HHS)
Manufacturing accounted for 65% of industrial ransomware incidents in 2022. (NAM)
In 2021 the most common initial attack vector was compromised credentials (IBM): IBM reported the most common initial attack vendor to be compromised credentials in hacking cases. In other words, this is when people lose their username or password. Compromised credentials accounted for around 20% of attacks, while phishing was responsible for 17%, and cloud misconfiguration led to around 15% of hacks. Though business email compromise was responsible for only 4% of hacking incidents in this report, it also had the highest average cost at around $5.1 million per attack. The second most expensive initial attack vector was phishing, at around $4.56 million.