2021 saw nearly six billion accounts affected by data breaches
Data breaches in 2021 were extensive and widespread, some of those data breaches never got a lot of press, and a new report says 6 billion accounts were affected.

Data breaches in 2021 were extensive and widespread, some of those data breaches never got a lot of press, and a new report says 6 billion accounts were affected.
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The recent Twitch data breach was a big deal, but there may be good news for users; according to Twitch, logins and passwords were not taken.
T-Mobile has now confirmed that they have suffered a data breach after rumors started online, but they haven’t given complete details yet.
T-mobile is looking into an online claim that its network was the victim of a data breach in which user information has been leaked.
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The most commonly used cyber-attacks in data breaches are ransomware, malware, phishing, and Denial of Service (DoS).
It seems the company has been hit with a data breach that included names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. This information was publicly accessible for a “short period of time.”
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Failure to handle data breaches properly can lead to immediate resignations and firing of people in managerial posts.
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vpnMentor says this open database is a threat to everyone included in it. Access to your full name can help hackers calculate and guess a variety of other data needed to steal identities.
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Marriott was alerted to the data breach on September 8, 2018, from a security tool when hackers attempted to access the database in the United States.
The data breach has been confirmed by Amazon and involves users email addresses and names.
The hospital identified the first incident August 24, 2018, when an unauthorized user hacked into the hospital’s physician email account system a day earlier.
In addition to the privacy breach, Google mentioned low user engagement as reasons for shutting down “consumer” Google+
A spokesperson from T-Mobile told Motherboard that about 3% of customers were affected.
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The data breach included names, addresses, and phone numbers.
For now, the breach is limited to contact info, encrypted passwords, and usernames.
Dixons Carphone says that the data breach goes as far back as July 2017 but did not say when they first detected it.
Even the earliest stories about this breach, as they broke, were clear that the scope of the incident was vast.
The company says the hackers gained access to the information between October 1st and December 22nd, 2017. The stolen data was information from Jan 1st through June 22nd of 2016.