History of data breaches.
December 28, 2014 |
It is no understatement to say that 2014 was a banner year for data breaches worldwide. The Sony breach marked an apogee for the year though it might seem hum drum when viewed historically at some point in the near beyond. In The World’s Biggest Data Breaches, In One Incredible Infographic highlights both the ever increasing problem of unauthorised access to data, of which hacking is but one manifestation of this multi headed hydra, but also the laxity of organisations in maintaining adequate data security. It provides:
In late November, hackers targeted Sony Pictures Entertainment in an unprecedented cyber attack. This led to the exposure of thousands of sensitive emails from Sony executives and threats to release more if the release of the film “The Interview” wasn’t canceled.
While this breach was indeed historically devastating, it’s not the first successful cyber attack on a big corporate powerhouse.
The folks over at Information Is Beautiful have put together an amazing infographic with the biggest data breaches in recenty history. You can see when the attack happened, who it happened to, and how large the impact was.
And the graphic is illustrative as to how both the volume of data accessed/lost has grown as has the frequency of the breaches. It provides:
View an interactive version of this dataviz.
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