Top 5 Famous Data Leaks

 Top 5 Famous Data Leaks

1. RockYou2024

In brief: The largest-ever password leak—data of nearly 10 billion real user credentials compiled and exposed.
When: July 2024
Who was affected: Internet users worldwide.

2. CAM4

In brief: A misconfigured server exposed 10.88 billion sensitive data records from an adult streaming site.
When: 2020
Who was affected: CAM4 users.

3. Yahoo

In brief: All 3 billion Yahoo accounts' data were compromised, though this wasn’t confirmed until years later.
When: Between 2012–2014
Who was affected: Every Yahoo user.

4. UIDAI (Aadhaar)

In brief: Biometric data of over 1 billion citizens and residents of India was leaked and sold.

When: 2018 (another major breach in 2023)
Who was affected: Citizens and residents of India.

5. Facebook

In brief: Facebook sat on a 533 million-user data breach for two years before informing the public.
When: Breach in 2019, revealed in 2021
Who was affected: Facebook users globally.

 

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