Mindblowing Data Breaches of 2007
CSO Online has recently published a top 10 of the most significant data breaches of 2007. They have analyzed stolen hardware, malware infections and other such security breaching activities. CSO has also concluded the “most brilliant lunacy” of the year was to require the usage of social securities numbers as passwords.
If you haven’t guessed who the dark winner is, it’s the nasty TJX affair. But considering other data and facts we’ve recently told you about, the CSO estimated losses seem to be a bit off. Nevertheless, the top is quite interesting and a very good reminder security should never be taken lightly.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
[...] is one of the largest data breaches ever reported, although it is still far from the top leader, the TJX incident. Hannaford became aware of the breach Feb. 27. Investigators later discovered that the data breach [...]
June 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
[...] TJX? The company who had experienced the largest data breach in history? The one that exposed at least 45.7 million debit and credit card accounts to fraud, theft and [...]