5 Most Shocking Cases of Cyber-Security Hacks

Cyber attacks cost companies millions of dollars as hackers tend to either steal data, money or entirely shut down the site. Here is a list of 5 of the most shocking cases of cyber-security hacks in the world.

Peace lists Yahoo accounts for sale on the dark web

Imagine one day you wake up and you find your details for sale on the dark web. Won’t that scare you? Well, Peace, an infamous cyber criminal hacked Yahoo’s database to gain illegal access to 200 million user’s data. This includes the date of birth, usernames, and passwords. Yahoo said that they knew what Peace was up to but they didn’t acknowledge the hack. The data could be obtained for a price of 3 bitcoins.

Hacker steals £2.5m from Tesco Bank

Tesco had to stop its internet banking service after it got hacked. They managed to steal £2.5m from thousands of customers through fraudulent transactions. After the attack, Newcastle University highlighted the payment card vulnerability and how the hackers used this to gain access to Tesco Bank.

Shadow Broker puts NSA’s cyber weapon for sale

For a price of 1 million bitcoins, you could get access to NSA’s sophisticated cyber weapon. Shadow Broker, an unknown hacker group managed to steal codes from NSA in 2013. Even though the codes are outdated, it’s scary that a government organization that has access to America’s biggest secrets got hacked by a little-known group. Edward Snowden indirectly linked the Russian government to Shadow Broker.

Brazilian Anonymous attacks government sites

The protest by the locals of Brazil against the Olympics sparked off this cyber attack by the Brazillian Anonymous group. They targeted government sites that were related to the Olympics such as the local portal for Rio de Janiero, the Ministry of Sports official 2016 Olympics website and the federal government’s page for the Olympics. They took down the sites and later released data of financial, login, and personal details of various Brazilian sporting confederations.

Rocket Kitten attacks mobile messenger users in Iran

One of the best messaging apps that is focused on security was hacked in Iran and 15 million user’s data was compromised. State sponsored hacking group Rocket Kitten was believed to be responsible for this attack and they also might have targeted people working for humans right organizations in Iran.

The Internet is an extremely powerful tool when used in the right hands and it is a mighty weapon.