What is hacking? Hacking is the unauthorized access to a particular company or individual’s website or profile and causes damage to it. This damage can range from small-scale hacks to massive attacks that cause a lot of destruction, in terms of money, reputation, revelations, etc.
We have brought to you the biggest hacks ever recorded in the history! Check them out:
#1. Ashley Madison Hack 2015: 37 Million Users
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A group of hackers, known as Impact Team, hacked the Avid Life Media and stole the personal information of 37 Million Ashely Madison Users. This data was then made public worldwide through many websites leading to loss of repute of people.
The interesting fact about this hacking was that the hackers were praised and applauded for bringing the truth into the limelight.
#2. LinkedIn 2016
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The specialty of this hacking is that the company recognized that it had been severely hacked after four years! It admitted that 117 million users got their password and login details stolen (in 2014) and later sold on the black market in 2016.
#3. Stuxnet Worm 2010
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This attack was incredibly massive that ever got recorded in the history. We might even call it the most severe attack. Here, the hackers attacked Iran’s Nuclear Plants by digging itself in that their nuclear programs.
It also managed to remain in their system and diverted scientists in the wrong direction (for testing etc.) for 17 months! Not to mention that it also secretly destroyed many of their uranium samples.
#4. Home Depot Hack 2014
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The hackers got the password from one of the store vendors and hacked the systems. They found the information from there and recorded the personal details of 50 million customers’ for their mischievous activities. This hacking incident caused great harm to the store and so many people’s trust.
#5. Spamhaus 2013: the Largest DDOS Attack Ever
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Here the attackers use data flood as the way to hack the computer systems. They repeat signals at high volume to overload your computer and flood it with data.
This attack was so severe that it made the global internet slow and also including some of the servers to collapse and shut down the internet for hours!
Spamhaus was the center of its activity. It’s flooding speed was 300 GB per second!
#6. eBay Hack 2014
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145 Million users became a victim of this hack. Here, the personal information of many users was leaked. It led to a lot of problems by damaging the trust of the users.
Also, the security of eBay was questioned severely in this incident. Fortunately, the financial details of the users were safe.
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#7. Sony PlayStation Network Hack 2011
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Hackers stole the information of people from the database of the PlayStation network disclosing data of 77 million players related to login, passwords, contact information, etc. The company claimed that no financial information was made public.
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