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A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
May: The largest defacement in Web History as of that time is performed by the Turkish hacker iSKORPiTX who successfully hacked 21,549 websites in one shot. [60] July: Robert Moore and Edwin Pena were the first people to be charged by U.S. authorities for VoIP hacking. Robert Moore served 2 years in federal prison and was given $152,000 ...
This hacking incident is arguably one of the worst in recorded history. 2017 saw Equifax get compromised in a big way, with 143 million customers affected. Personal information like date of birth ...
[18] [22] [23] The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber-espionage incidents ever suffered by the U.S., due to the sensitivity and high profile of the targets and the long duration (eight to nine months) in which the hackers had access. [29]
Last December, the U.S. was hit with two of the worst cyberattacks in our history, courtesy of the Chinese government’s elite corps of hackers. In one assault, they breached multiple U.S ...
Hackers exposed the personal data of more than 37 million users of Ashley Madison, a now-infamous website aimed at helping married people begin an affair, in July 2015.
Described at the time as the "worst breach of U.S. military computers in history", the defense against the attack was named "Operation Buckshot Yankee". It led to the creation of the United States Cyber Command. [1] [2] [3]
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