Famous Hacks of all time !

#1. Ashley Madison Hack 2015: 37 Million Users

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

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

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.

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