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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

Now, headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks, and data breaches pour into social media feeds as steady as a river flows. SecureWorld News takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. Top 10 most significant data breaches. Yahoo data breach (2013).

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

Now headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks and data breaches pour into social media feeds at a steady drumbeat. SecureWorld now takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. Top 10 most significant data breaches. Yahoo data breach (2013). Equifax data breach (2017).

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Cybercrime Year in Review: 2013

SiteLock

In its annual Data Breach Investigations Report , published at the beginning of 2013, Verizon revealed that businesses with fewer than 100 employees made up the single largest group of victims of data breaches. Early in 2013, Chinese hackers were easily able to breach the extensive defenses the Times had in place.

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Data of more than 2M Toyota customers exposed in ten years-long data breach

Security Affairs

A data breach disclosed by Toyota Motor Corporation exposed info of more than 2 million customers for ten years Toyota Motor Corporation disclosed a data breach that exposed the car-location information of 2,150,000 customers between November 6, 2013, and April 17, 2023. ” continues the notice.

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Yahoo Offers $117.5M Settlement in Data Breach Lawsuit

Threatpost

Yahoo is taking a second stab at settling a massive lawsuit regarding the data breaches that the Internet company faced between 2013 and 2016.

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Why We Still Haven’t Learned From the Target Data Breach a Decade Later

Security Boulevard

But even as companies race to increase cybersecurity spending and awareness, data breaches have actually become much more (not less) likely. Tales From the Breach: What Organizations Are (and Aren’t) Doing The 2013 Target data breach was a watershed moment within the cybersecurity landscape.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. What Are Data Breaches?