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2. Uber – Uber was the victim of a
cyberattack that resulted in 57,000,000 drivers
and passengers’ details being compromised.
3. Equifax – A cyberattack on the credit
scoring company that seized up to 143
million names, social security numbers, dates
of birth and addresses among others.
4. Dropbox – In 2012, hackers obtained
the login details of a member of staff and
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accessed private customer data of popular
storage application Dropbox. The full scale
of the breach wasn’t fully established until
years later when it was found that 68.7
million accounts had been compromised.
5. Tumblr – In an attack by only one hacker,
the email addresses and hashed and salted
passwords of nearly 65.5 million accounts
were obtained. The details were later sold on
a black market website for only £103.
What can you do?
If you’re worried your data may have been
compromised, there are resources available
online to check if your personal accounts
have appeared in breached data files. With
the increasing prevalence of data hacks
today and in a time when personal data is
seen as a commodity, it is more important
than ever to go to extra measures to protect
yours. This graphic from vpnMentor includes
10 top tips for protecting your data. n
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