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This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
Iraq War documents leak: A WikiLeaks disclosure of a collection of 391,832 United States Army field reports. [10] [11] [12] United States diplomatic cables leak: A WikiLeaks disclosure of classified cables that had been sent to the U.S. State Department by 274 of its consulates, embassies, and diplomatic missions around the world. [13]
Josh Duggar, a 27-year-old man who had become famous as a teenage member of a conservative Christian family featured on a reality television series named 19 Kids and Counting, was one notable user of Ashley Madison whose data was breached. The released data included records of nearly $1,000 of transactions on a credit card account in his name.
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Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American former NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower [4] who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.
February: The German Chaos Computer Club has reported more than fifty data leaks. Government institutions and companies from various business sectors were affected. In total, the researchers had access to over 6.4 million personal data records as well as terabytes of log data and source code. [209] [210]
Last month Musk’s DOGE crew quickly gained access to some of the country’s most sensitive data as part of its efforts to slash federal spending. In recent weeks, Musk’s associates have ...
June 2015 – United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that it had been the target of a data breach targeting personnel records. [9] Approximately 22.1 million records were affected, including records related to government employees, other people who had undergone background checks, and their friends and family. [10] [11]