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The 10 biggest hacks that prove
your personal data isn’t safe
N
ew research from data privacy
experts vpnMentor shows that some
of the biggest personal data hacks
in recent years may have affected you
without your knowledge.
As the world becomes increasingly digitised,
the amount of personal data shared with
companies online also increases. While the
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public tends to trust that this data is safe, the
number of hacks accessing personal data has
been on the rise. In a new graphic, vpnMentor
exposes the 10 hacks affecting nearly 5.4
billion accounts in the last five years.
Is your data secure?
While some of the hacks are unlikely to have
affected most members of the public, such
as the Ashley Madison extra-marital website
scandal and the FriendFinder network data
breach, others have affected tools used by
many. These include:
1. Yahoo! – One of the biggest personal
data breaches in recent years, the Yahoo!
hack retrieved data from more than three
billion accounts.
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