{"id":386,"date":"2015-01-26T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2015-01-27T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T14:14:07","slug":"9-data-breaches-that-rocked-2014-and-what-you-can-learn-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/9-data-breaches-that-rocked-2014-and-what-you-can-learn-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Data Breaches That Rocked 2014 (And What You Can Learn In 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 was the year of the data breach<\/a>. One after another, big brands were subjected to malicious attacks by hackers that not only compromised countless pieces of customer data, but almost-irreparably damaged these brands.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the more notable businesses\u00c2\u00a0affected by cyber criminal attacks during 2014:<\/p>\n

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1. Ebay<\/h3>\n

In May, eBay revealed<\/a> that hackers had managed to steal the personal records of 233 million users. Usernames, passwords, phone numbers and physical addresses were all compromised. But the biggest victim: Ebay’s ego.<\/p>\n

2. JPMorgan<\/h3>\n

Tens of millions of Chase customers were affected<\/a> when accounts were infiltrated\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven if their bank accounts weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. The attack touched 80 millions households\u00c2\u00a0and 7 million businesses, making it one of the largest in history.<\/p>\n

3. Target<\/h3>\n

Last spring, Target confirmed<\/a> that a large data breach from late 2013 affected\u00c2\u00a040 million customers. The company later announced\u00c2\u00a0that more data was compromised,\u00c2\u00a0reaching 70 million people. Proving that the shame is 100% on them for exposing customers twice.<\/p>\n

4. \u00c2\u00a0Home Depot<\/h3>\n

Home Depot\u00c2\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0last\u00c2\u00a0September that their massive data breach allowed cyber criminals to harvest information from 56 million customers\u00c2\u00a0in the United States and Canada. Vendor credentials were used to steal customer data.<\/p>\n

5. Staples<\/h3>\n

Staples confirmed<\/a> its\u00c2\u00a0payment system’s data breach\u00e2\u20ac\u201can incident in which 1.16 million\u00c2\u00a0credit and debit cards used were stolen over a period of up to six months. The criminals behind the breach have been accused of already using the card data for fraud.<\/p>\n

6. U.S.P.S<\/h3>\n

Hackers attacked<\/a> the United States Postal Service’s online network. Blame was quickly placed on hackers based out of China. The damage? 800,000 employees’ data\u00c2\u00a0was\u00c2\u00a0compromised, including Social Security numbers and addresses.<\/p>\n

7. Domino\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pizza<\/h3>\n

A\u00c2\u00a0“hacking group” held Domino\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pizza hostage, demanding ransom for over\u00c2\u00a0600,000 customer records obtained<\/a> through a data breach. In exchange for the personal data (names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and even favorite toppings), the hackers\u00c2\u00a0demanded $40,000 from the pizza chain.<\/p>\n

8. Verizon Wireless<\/h3>\n

Verizon Wireless experienced<\/a> 1,367 data breaches and more than 63,000 security incidents in 95 countries during 2014. The company released their annual security report that painted a picture of the reality of data security (or lack there of) and the state of cyber crime.<\/p>\n

9.\u00c2\u00a0Jimmy John’s<\/h3>\n

Customers who swiped their cards inside one of 216 Jimmy John’s stores were affected<\/a> by last year’s data breach. Cards entered manually or online were not included in the attack. The information exposed may include the card number and in some cases the cardholder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name, verification code and\/or the card\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expiration date.<\/p>\n

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Data breaches are the new normal.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what can you learn from these big brands’ data breach incidents? That no business is truly immune from being the victim of a data breach\u00e2\u20ac\u201cbut you can practice best standards and practices by having a response plan<\/a> in place.<\/p>\n

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2014 was the year of the data breach. One after another, big brands were subjected to malicious attacks by hackers that not only compromised countless pieces of customer data, but almost-irreparably damaged these brands. Here are some of the more notable businesses\u00c2\u00a0affected by cyber criminal attacks during 2014: 1. Ebay In May, eBay revealed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[54,44,52,48,26,27,49,39,50,51,53],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-breach","tag-cyber-security","tag-data-breaches","tag-dominos","tag-ebay","tag-home-depot","tag-jimmy-johns","tag-jpmorgan","tag-staples","tag-target","tag-usps","tag-verizon-wireless"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t