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April 17: An "external intrusion" sends the PlayStation Network offline, and compromises personally identifying information (possibly including credit card details) of its 77 million accounts, in what is claimed to be one of the five largest data breaches ever. [74]
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
These were the worst data exposures of all time — and some companies have been hit more than once. Read The 10 Largest Data Breaches in U.S. History from Money Talks News.
June 2015 – United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that it had been the target of a data breach targeting personnel records. [9] Approximately 22.1 million records were affected, including records related to government employees, other people who had undergone background checks, and their friends and family. [10] [11]
Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson: Data breaches in 2024 exposed info of millions, stressing the need for better cybersecurity. These are the 7 most devastating data breaches. Now what?
AT&T Data Breach. AT&T, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, experienced a data breach in July 2024 that impacted approximately 70 million customers. The breach ...
[2] [3] One of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history, [1] information that was obtained and exfiltrated in the breach [4] included personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, [5] as well as names, dates and places of birth, and addresses. [6]
The largest data breach in the beginning of 2024 was at mortgage lender LoanDepot, exposing nearly 17 million victims. This is the company's second data breach since 2018, bringing its total to ...