10 Data Breaches That Shook the World


BANGALORE: Undoubtedly, from our name to bank account details everything is on the web and is highly vulnerable. Hackers and the government, everyone is onto the information that you have provided on the internet for various reasons.

Over the decade there have been attacks on the websites, who declare to be the most secured domains on the web. Some of these are networking and email sites while others are core commercial banking and payment websites like Heartland and CardSystems, which you had trusted for all your confidential data. Here is the list of dreadful data hacks that have disturbed the peace over the time, reports TechRepublic.

Ashley Madison

Ashley Madison, the extramarital affairs website was recently hacked and there is chaos everywhere. As the hackers not only hacked the control base but also the information database which stores the fate and finance of millions of people in its digital folds.

The news is hot on the internet with the hacker community who call themselves ‘The Impact Team’ releasing dump of data which contains names, email addresses, bank card details and more. This leak of data which is claimed to have more than 36 million accounts is creating havoc in lives of the names that were released. There were reports of suicide attempts and the remaining are in the fear of seeing their name in the next dump—basically they are living a nightmare.

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