{"id":38468,"date":"2020-12-01T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31811\/The-Biggest-Hacks-Data-Breaches-Of-2020.html"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:06:12","slug":"the-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/the-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Hacks, Data Breaches Of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cybersecurity may be far from many of our minds this year, and in light of a pandemic<\/a><\/span> and catastrophic economic disruption, remembering to maintain our own personal privacy and security online isn’t necessarily a priority.  <\/p>\n

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However, cyberattackers certainly haven’t given anyone a break this year. Data breaches, network infiltrations, bulk data theft and sale, identity theft, and ransomware outbreaks<\/a> have all occurred over 2020 and the underground market shows no signs of stopping. <\/p>\n

As a large swathe of the global population shifted to work from home<\/a> models and businesses rapidly transitioned to remote operations, threat actors also pivoted. Research suggests<\/a> that remote workers have become the source of up to 20% of cybersecurity incidents, ransomware is on the rise<\/a>, and we are yet to learn that “123456” is not an adequate password<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Many companies and organizations, too, have yet to practice reasonable security hygiene, and vulnerabilities pose a constant threat to corporate networks. As a result, we’ve seen a variety of cyberattacks this year, the worst of which we have documented below. <\/p>\n

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