Major Data Breaches in 2015: 579
Yahoo (occurred in 2014, revealed in 2016): 1,000,000,000
Anthem Blue Cross (January 2015): 80,000,000
Chase Bank: 83,000,000
US Postal Service: 500,000 employee records
Internal Revenue Service: 1,400,000 taxpayers
Homeland Security: ALL employee records
Target: 70,000,000
Neiman Marcus: 1,100,000
Ebay: 145,000,000
Sony: Unknown
Michaels Art Stores: 2,600,000
Community Health Systems: 4,500,000 patients
Home Depot: 56,000,000
US State Department: Unknown
LinkedIn: 100,000,000
Red Cross (October 2016): 500,000
Quest Diagnostics (November 2016): 34,000
This is not a complete list of all cyber data breaches, just the major ones that have occurred since 2015. Page will be updated as additional data becomes available. For information on how Hayes Brokers can help you insure your business against a cyber data breach, click here.
(page updated January 2017)