Two years ago Marriott released a statement that the hotel chain had received a significant hack. Between 2014-2018, 327 million customer records were taken including over 9 million encrypted payment card numbers, and over 5 million contact information and passport numbers had been breached.
It had been reported that Chinese hackers suspected to be working for China’s Ministry of State Security were behind the massive cyberattack on Marriott International’s subsidiary.
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LifeLabs
In December 2019, LifeLabs disclosed an unauthorized breach of its computer systems containing customers’ private information. The cyberattack affected 15 million people- a majority from British Columbia (B.C) and Ontario, Canada. Around 40% of all Canadians had their private medical data stolen. A class-action lawsuit was filed against the company following the hack. The plaintiffs alleged that “the data in question was stored on unsecured servers and not encrypted.”
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NASDAQ
From 2006 to 2012, hackers breached the NASDAQ and stole over 161 million credit and debit card numbers. The cost to the companies affected by the hack was $300 million. In 2013, federal prosecutors filed charges against a gang of Russian and Ukrainian hackers for committing the crime.
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eBay
In 2014, cyber thieves compromised 145 million eBay buyer and seller accounts. There were class-action lawsuits filed against the company, as a result. It cost the company over $200 million in fees.
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JP Morgan/Chase Bank
In 2014, hackers breached Chase Bank and gained access to 83 million personal and small business accounts. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suspected a Russian hacker group for the theft, they were never charged.
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Equifax
In 2017, Equifax, the multinational consumer credit reporting company suffered a massive data breach in which 15.2 million U.K. customer accounts and 145.5 million U.S. consumer accounts were compromised. The company agreed to pay $700 million to settle a nationwide complaint against it related to the cyberattack.
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Cognizant
New Jersey-based Cognizant, is one of the top CRN solution providers in the world.
