Here are 7 major breaches that happened in 2020:

• 1- Nintendo Data Breach.
• 2- Twitter Spear Phishing Attack.
• 3- Easy Jet Data Breach.
• 4- CAM4 Data Breach: 10.88 Billion Records.
• 5- Marriott Data Breach.
• 6- Zoom Credentials Hack.
• 7- Antheus Tecnologia Biometric Data Breach.

Have there been any data breaches in 2020?

In just the first three quarters of 2020 there were 2,953 publicly reported breaches, 51% increase compared to the same time period in 2019. By the end of Q2, 2020 was already the “worst year on record” in terms of total data records exposed.

What are the most recent data breaches?

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• 533 Million Users – Facebook, April 03, 2021.
• 5 Billion – Keepnet Labs, June 9, 2020.
• 47.5 Million – Truecaller, May 27, 2020.
• 26.3 Million – LiveJournal, May 27, 2020.
• 8.3 Billion – AIS, May 25, 2020.

Has Citibank been hacked 2020?

Hackers Attack Citibank Pilfering over 200,000 Credit Card Customers’ Personal Data. Citibank, one of the biggest 4 banks in the USA, discovered a data breach about a month ago that is said to have affected over 200,000 credit card customers.

What is the most common form of data breach?

The 8 Most Common Causes of Data Breach

• Weak and Stolen Credentials, a.k.a. Passwords.
• Back Doors, Application Vulnerabilities.
• Malware.
• Social Engineering.
• Too Many Permissions.
• Insider Threats.
• Physical Attacks.
• Improper Configuration, User Error.

  What is the biggest data breach in history?

  The 10 Largest Data Breaches of U.S. Companies

  • MySpace (2016) Number of records exposed: 360,000,000.
  • FriendFinder Networks (2016)
  • Facebook (2019)
  • Marriott International (2018)
  • Yahoo (2014)
  • Facebook / Cultura Colectiva (2019)
  • First American Corporation (2019)
  • People Data Labs / OxyData.io (2019)

  Did wattpad get hacked 2020?

  The Breach On July 14, 2020, our research team discovered that a threat actor shared a compromised database allegedly originating from Wattpad. The leaked database included more than 270 million records with more than 268 million unique email address and password combinations.

  What companies have had a data breach?

  Each of the data breaches reveals the mistakes that lead to the exposure of up to millions of personal data records .

  • CAM4 data breach.
  • 2. Yahoo data breach 2017.
  • Aadhaar data breach.
  • First American Financial Corp.
  • Verifications.io data breach.
  • LinkedIn data breach 2021.
  • 7. Facebook data breach 2019.
  • 8. Yahoo data breach 2014.

  What is the biggest hack in history?

  August 15: The most valuable company in the world Saudi Aramco is crippled by a cyber warfare attack for months by malware called Shamoon. Considered the biggest hack in history in terms of cost and destructiveness . Carried out by an Iranian attacker group called Cutting Sword of Justice.