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Data Breaches

Major incidents …
  • TJ Maxx credit and debit card theft (2005-07)

    Hackers gained access to accounts of over 100 million customers
    ⇒ Customers exposed to credit/debit card fraud

  • Yahoo! data breach (2013-16)

    Hackers gained access to all 3 billion user accounts
    Details taken included names, DOBs, passwords, answers to security questions
    ⇒ Customers exposed to identity theft
    ⇒ Over 20 class-action lawsuits filed against Yahoo!

  • Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal (2018)

    Millions of people's Facebook profiles used for political purpose without their consent
    ⇒ Cambridge Analytica went bust as a consequence