Top seven data breaches of 2016

 Hi all again,
In this blog I am going to tell you about "Top 7 Data Breaches of 2016".
First of all what is "Data Breach".
 "A Data Breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment. Other terms for this phenomenon include unintentional  information disclosure, data leak and also data spill."

So now here are the "Top 7 Data Breaches of 2016".

· Fling.com- The adult dating website was hit by a identity theft breach by a malicious outsider. This incident took place on 6th May 2016. In which about 40 Million Records were exposed. Tens of millions of credentials stolen from the site were put on the sale on the dark web, according to International Business Times. The information supportedly included email addresses, plain text passwords, usernames, IP addresses and date of birth records.

· 17 Media- The software company's photo sharing and video steaming app  17 was hacked, resulting in the theft of 30 Million records. The identity theft attack was committed by a malicious outsider. According to Motherboard, the hacker advertised email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, and other information from users. This incident took place on 24th April 2016.

· Philippines Commission on Elections- The Government agency suffered an identity theft attack from a malicious outsider that accounted for the loss of 55 Million records. The group Anonymous Philippines hacked the commission’s website a little over a month before the Philippines was to hold its 3rd automated elections according to Rappler. This incident happened on 28th March 2016.

· Mate1- The dating site was hit with an account access attack by a malicious outsider that involved 27 Million records. A hacker in the dark web hacking forum claimed to have gained access to plaintext passwords from Mate1.com, which he later sold according to the Next Web. This incident took place on 16th February 2016.

· Mexican Voters- According to a number of published reports, Millions of Mexican voters had their records exposed online, following an identity theft attack that affected a total of 93.4 Million records. Mexican election officials probing the leak of database containing voter registration records indicated one of the main political parties in Mexico might have played a part, according to International Business Times. This attack took place on 14th April 2016.

· Vertical scope- The Company which specializes in the acquisition and development of websites and online communities for various vertical markets, experienced an account access attack by a malicious outsider that exposed 45 Million records. Vertical scope said it became aware that data stolen from the company was being made available online. Community member usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, and other information was involved. This attack was on 9th February 2016.

· U.S. Healthcare Insurer's Database- An unnamed healthcare insurer was hit with an identity theft attack by an malicious outsider that resulted in the loss of 9.3 Million records.

So see you next time Till Then.

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