5 scariest data breaches of all time

Scariestdata breaches5 of all time

Malware infecting Heartland’s network recorded card data as it arrived from retailers. Because the company processed payments for more than 250,000 businesses across the country, the impact was huge.

When: 2008-2009Damage: 130 million debit and credit cards compromisedHeartland

Payment Systems1

$140 millionThe breach cost more than

Retail giant Target confirmed that hackers had infected the company’s payment-card readers, stealing about 40 million credit and debit card numbers.

In January 2014, Target announced that the contact information (full names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers) of 70 million customers were also compromised in the breach.

When: 2013-2014Damage: 110 million records compromised

Target Stores2

$148 millionThe breach cost Target

Sony Online3

When: 2011Damage: 102 million records compromised

In April 2011, attackers targeted the PlayStation Network that links Sony’s home gaming consoles, as well as the Qriocity video and music streaming service and Sony Online Entertainment, which hosts huge multiplayer online computer games.

$171 millionsony estimatedits cleanup costs at

When: 2011Damage: 60 million to 250 million records compromised

This marketing firm’s email address database of at least 60 million customers (including seven Fortune 10 companies) ended up in the hands of cybercriminals. More than a dozen major retailers, banks and hotels were affected. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the number of compromised records may have been as high as 250 million.

Epsilon4

$4 billionanalysts estimate the breach cost

Home Depot5 When: 2014

Damage: 56 million payment cards compromised“Carders” infected Home Depot’s point-of-sale systems at stores in the U.S. and Canada with malware that stole customer credit and debit cards. The theft is likely the largest theft of payment cards from a direct attack on a retailer.

21 lawsuitshome depot now faces

Think again!Think your business is immune?

44% of small businesses

report having been victim to a cyber attack

$8,699The average cost of each data breach for a small business is

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