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The first known direct attempt against a payment system affected E-gold in June 2001, which was followed up by a "post-9/11 id check" shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. [10] 2003. The first known phishing attack against a retail bank was reported by The Banker in September 2003. [11] 2004
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 continual
November 1: The main phone and Internet networks of the Palestinian territories sustained a hacker attack from multiple locations worldwide. [78] November 7: The forums for Valve's Steam service were hacked. Redirects for a hacking website, Fkn0wned, appeared on the Steam users' forums, offering "hacking tutorials and tools, porn, free ...
2,000 people are affected by a phishing attack against the company, though officials said there's no evidence personal info. was acquired or misused.
Many companies offer free credit monitoring to people affected by a data breach, although only around 5 percent of those eligible take advantage of the service. [82] Issuing new credit cards to consumers, although expensive, is an effective strategy to reduce the risk of credit card fraud . [ 82 ]
On June 15, CNN reported that the United States Department of Energy was among multiple United States government organizations affected by the MOVEit vulnerability. [6] The following day, it was reported that the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles and Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services were hit, affecting millions of residents.
The company's annual report says that cybersquatting increased 18 percent in 2008 [11] and "phishing attacks" rose 36 percent in the first quarter of 2009. [12] [13] In 2010, the company estimated that $200 billion in revenues is lost annually as a result of worldwide counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet. [8]
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