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The list, reviewed by computer security experts, contains exposed addresses and passwords from over 2000 previous data breaches as well as an estimated 140 million new email addresses and 10 million new passwords from previously unknown sources, and collectively makes it the largest data breach on the Internet. [1] [2]
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.
The hackers also prefaced their password dump with a statement detailing their use of a union-based SQL injection attack to obtain the data. [6] The full dump file containing the compromised user information was made available for download via BitTorrent, allowing for widespread distribution and potential misuse of the stolen credentials.
The UK security firm DynaRisk however stated that Verifications.io was also linked to three other MongoDB data breaches. All four data breaches combined would total the number of records exposed to over 2 billion. DynaRisk further stated that the three other data breaches contained much more sensitive information, such as interest rates ...
The new feature used Dump Monitor, a Twitter bot which detects and broadcasts likely password dumps found on pastebin pastes, to automatically add new potential breaches in real-time. Data breaches often show up on pastebins before they are widely reported on; thus, monitoring this source allows consumers to be notified sooner if they've been ...
Uber paid the hackers $100,000 for assurances the data was destroyed. [65] December 2016: Yahoo! data breaches reported and affected more than 1 billion users. The data leakage includes user names, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers, dates of birth, and hashed passwords
2015 TalkTalk data breach; 2016 Indian bank data breach; 2018 Google data breach; 2018 SingHealth data breach; 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server data breach; 2022 Optus data breach; 2023 Bangladesh Government website data breach; 2023 MOVEit data breach; 2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico
A classification of SQL injection attacking vector as of 2010. In computing, SQL injection is a code injection technique used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution (e.g. to dump the database contents to the attacker).