The biggest data breaches of all time, ranked
Sadly, the Marriott hack only managed to tie for the second largest data heist ever uncovered.
As this list of history’s biggest hacks illustrates, no matter what you’re doing online—booking a hotel, looking for love, shopping, or checking your credit score—
every time you put your information on the internet, you risk it going up for sale on the dark web.
Company Accounts Hacked Date of Hack
Yahoo 3 billion Aug. 2013
Marriott 500 million 2014-2018
Yahoo 500 million Late 2014
Adult FriendFinder 412 million Oct. 2016
MySpace 360 million May 2016
Under Armor 150 million Feb. 2018
Equifax 145.5 million July 2017
EBay 145 million May 2014
Target 110 million Nov. 2013
Heartland 100+ million May 2008
LinkedIn 100 million June 2012
Rambler 98 million Feb. 2012
TJX 94 million 2003-2004
AOL 92 million 2004
MyHerita 92 million Oct. 2017
Sony Play 77 million April 2011
JP Morgan 83 million July 2014
Tumblr 65 million Feb. 2013
Uber 57 million Late 2016
HomeDepo53 million April 2014
Facebook 50 million
Quartz
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