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The 8 Biggest Data Breaches in Financial Services (2021 Edition) | UpGuard

Cybercriminals choose their targets based on two conditions - maximum impact and maximum profit. This is why the financial sector is disproportionately targeted by cybercriminals, behind healthcare.

To support this effort, we've listed the 8 biggest data breaches in the financial industry, ranked by level of impact.

While such data leaks remain undetected, breach victims, and their impacted customers, are at an increased risk of ongoing data breaches.

The malicious employee accessed the following member data: Social security numbers Names Email addresses Transaction records