The 25 Most-Disturbing Data Breaches in 2020
The rapid shift to remote work amid the pandemic has also opened new opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit. As many displaced workers lack secure equipment or protocols to maintain digital security, malicious actors are employing new TTPs to exfiltrate data and compromise business operations.
In fact, the IBM X-Force has reported a 4,300% rise in coronavirus-themed spam since February.
Here is an infographic on some of the most alarming data breaches in 2020:
Infographic Source: Stealthlabs
The 25 Biggest Data Breaches and Attacks of 2020
1) Estee Lauder Data Breach
· Data: January 2020
· Records exposed: 440,336,852
2) Microsoft Data Breach
· Date: January 2020
· Records exposed: 250 million
3) Unacademy Data Breach
· Date: January 2020
· Records exposed: 20 million
4) Tetrad Data Breach
· Date: February 2020
· Records exposed: 120 million
5) MGM Grand Data Breach
· Date: February 2020
· Records exposed: 10.6 million
6) Marriott Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: 5.2 million
7) CAM4 Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: 10.88 billion
8) Advanced Info Service (AIS) Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: 8.3 billion
9) Keepnet Labs Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: Over 5 billion
10) Sina Weibo Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: 538 million
11) Antheus Tecnologia Data Breach
· Date: March 2020
· Records exposed: 76,000 fingerprints
12) Nintendo Data Breach
· Date: April 2020
· Records exposed: 160,000
13) Zoom Data Breach
· Date: April 2020
· Records exposed: 530,000
14) Magellan Health Data Breach
· Date: April 2020
· Records exposed: 365,000
15) Easyjet Data Breach
· Date: May 2020
· Records exposed: 9 million
16) Wattpad Data Breach
· Date: June 2020
· Records exposed: 271 million
17) Twitter Data Breach
· Date: July 2020
· Records exposed: 130 user accounts
18) Mailfire Date Breach
· Date: September 2020
· Records exposed: 320 million
19) BigBasket Data Breach
· Date: October 2020
· Records exposed: 20 million
20) Broadvoice Data Breach
· Date: October 2020
· Records exposed: 350 million
21) Vertafore Data Breach
· Date: November 2020
· Records exposed: 27.7 million
22) Home Depot Data Breach
· Date: November 2020
· Records exposed: 40 million
23) FireEye Data Breach
· Date: December 2020
· Red Team assessment tools stolen
24) HMRC Data Breach
· Date: December 2020
· Impacted 23,173 customers
25) Leonardo SpA Data Breach
· Date: December 2020
· Records exposed: 100,000 files or 10GB data
