Data breaches impact countless companies across all industries. When choosing the top cybersecurity incidents, we considered:

The scope of the breach
Type of information accessed
Overall damage done
Many of these breaches occurred because of basic cybersecurity failures at multiple levels. Some of the largest companies in the world fall into these holes and leave themselves vulnerable to attackers, whether they’re a solo hacker or a state-sponsored group.
The following 9 data breaches are among the most egregious cases.

1. Clearview AI
2. First American Financial Corporation
3. Facebook
4. MongoDB Databases
5. Equifax
6. Capital One
7. US Office of Personnel Management
8. Uber
9. Yahoo

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