18 Biggest Data Breaches of the 21st Century

Mind-bowing Data Breaches that shook the world


cso 17 greatest breaches 2019



1. Yahoo

Date: 2013-14
 Impact: 3 billion user accounts


2. Marriott International

Date: 2014-18
 Impact: 500 million customers

               

3. Adult Friend Finder

Date: October 2016
 Impact: More than 412.2 million accounts


4. eBay

Date: May 2014
 Impact: 145 million users compromised


5. Equifax

Date: July 29 2017

Impact: Personal information (including Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases drivers' license numbers) of 143 million consumers; 209,000 consumers also had their credit card data exposed


6. Heartland Payment Systems

Date: March 2008
 Impact: 134 million credit cards exposed through SQL injection to install spyware on Heartland's data systems.


7. Target Stores

Date: December 2013
 Impact: Credit/debit card information and/or contact information of up to 110 million people compromised.


8. TJX Companies, Inc.

Date: December 2006
 Impact: 94 million credit cards exposed.


9. Uber

Date: Late 2016
 Impact: Personal information of 57 million Uber users and 600,000 drivers exposed.


10. JP Morgan Chase

Date: July 2014
 Impact: 76 million households and 7 million small businesses


11. US Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Date: 2012-14
 Impact: Personal information of 22 million current and former federal employees


12. Sony's PlayStation Network

Date: April 20, 2011
 Impact: 77 million PlayStation Network accounts hacked; estimated losses of $171 million while the site was down for a month.


13. Anthem

Date: February 2015
 Impact: Theft of personal information on up to 78.8 million current and former customers.


14. RSA Security

Date: March 2011
 Impact: Possibly 40 million employee records stolen.


15. Stuxnet

Date: Sometime in 2010, but origins date to 2005
 Impact: Meant to attack Iran's nuclear power program, but will also serve as a template for real-world intrusion and service disruption of power grids, water supplies or public transportation systems.


16. VeriSign

Date: Throughout 2010
 Impact: Undisclosed information stolen


17. Home Depot

Date: September 2014
 Impact: Theft of credit/debit card information of 56 million customers.


18. Adobe

Date: October 2013
 Impact: 38 million user records

                                

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