The worst violations of past data: PWNED edition

The worst violations of past data: PWNED edition -

This list of the worst violations of the 2014 data are not yet going to include the Sony Hack. It was simply the sexiest hack of the year, with Hollywood celebrities and drama of the scene. The real worst 2014 data breaches involved your information, credit card data and personal details. Read about them below.

The worst Violations 2014 data

The data breach of Michael

Michael was to be the lamest of all data breaches. Who wants to fly a bunch of craftsmen and some artists? What kind of money do they have?

Joking aside, more than 3 million customers had their credit card and debit card of return flight service in January 2014. In addition, their affiliate store, Aaron Brothers Framing , still had 400,000 compromised payment records.

It was reported that highly sophisticated malware was used to hack their payment system. I do not know, it sounds like a lot of work to piss on artists and grandmothers looking for a hobby.

profiles LivingSocial raped

Hackers stole the names, email addresses, birthdays, and worst of all, encrypted passwords over 50 million users LivingSocial back in April 2014. That's a lot of signs in the data.

Although no credit card or debit information has been stolen, the passwords can be used in combination with e-mail addresses to all kinds of online stores. It was informed that anyone using LivingSocial should change all passwords on a website that has been shared passwords. I recommend using a password manager so that all your passwords are unique.

The Home Depot suffers from a payment system hack

Home Depot reported a payment system hack back in September 2014. 56 million records debit / credit card were stolen. The theory was that malware was installed on the payment systems themselves.

Unlike the target last year, who suffered the loss of customer confidence and dipping profits, profits from Home Depot rose 20 percent. Go figure.

eBay gets flayed

One of the largest retailers in the world should really take care of customer data, but in May 2014 the hackers stole user names and emails and encrypted passwords. The company asked all of their 145 million users to change their passwords as a precaution. The exact number of accounts that have been compromised was never published.

This is not a case where a VPN could protect you. However, in the case of attacks man-in-the-middle, having a VPN provider is your best bet against have stolen your password.

PF Chang received notice from the Secret Service

I can not think of a time when I never want to hear the Secret Service, unless this either to meet the President. But in June 2014, headquartered in mp Chang has been notified of a security breach in 33 of his 211 pitches.

The current thinking is that malware was used to steal credit issues / debit cards and expiration dates and the names of clients who have dined at the restaurant. No data were given as to how many people were affected, but the estimated time for the flight was over a period of eight months before notification.

Snapchat users have exposed stupid photos

it was not as detrimental as it was embarrassing. The data breach Snapchat in October 2014 consisted of 98,000 completely stupid and useless files being uploaded to The Pirate Bay. Some naked pictures and sex were also uploaded to 4chan and Reddit, but those that have been deleted because most Snapchat users are under the age of 18.

Snapchat is blamed third-party applications for the violation. They are never named a specific application that was to blame. For real well, why do you need a third party application to Snapchat? You shoot, you send more. Anyway ...

JPMorgan Chase gets MEGA-PWNED

I saved the best for last when JPMorgan Chase saw 76 million people, and 8 million small businesses, have their stolen data. The stolen data were mostly names, phone numbers and addresses. They said that all Social Security numbers and banking information, was safe. Anyway, it is a bank and we all expect better from someone whose only job is to protect our money.

How hackers themselves in, it is believed, was gaining root access on a number of servers JPMorgan. Many were shocked by what we believed they had exceptional online security measures. But as WarGames taught us many years ago:

So deeply written ...

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