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Biggest Data Breaches in US History [Updated 2022] | UpGuard

Everyone is at risk of a https://www.upguard.com/blog/data-breach or https://www.upguard.com/blog/cyber-attack, no matter how small or large a company is. According to a https://www.idtheftcenter.org/post/identity-theft-resource-center-2021-annual-data-breach-report-sets-new-record-for-number-of-compromises/ published by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a record number of 1862 data breaches occurred in 2021 in the US.

The social media giant has constantly dealt with security breaches of user data since the company went public in 2012.

Since 2013, Facebook has faced multiple major data breaches, including: In March 2019, information leaked that Facebook employees had access to over 600 million user accounts.

Impact: 218 million users http://www.upguard.com/security-report/zynga, one of the most popular online gaming companies, announced a password breach in September 2019 that affected over 200 million users.