{"id":15396,"date":"2020-01-17T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T04:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?p=15396"},"modified":"2023-03-10T18:52:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:22:28","slug":"the-worst-and-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-that-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/security\/the-worst-and-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-that-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst and Biggest Hacks\/Data Breaches that Happened in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many things that can unfortunately happen that can be incredibly harmful to a company. You can have a product defect, your website can go down or your suppliers can discontinue selling an important part of your product. All of these can hurt your profits and force you to get creative with how to respond.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, worse than all of these is that your company can be hacked<\/a>. A hack, or data breach, is when an individual or group gains access to the information or data that your company holds. This could be sensitive data about your company, but also the personal information and data of your customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you could imagine, this has the potential to be terrible. These data breaches can <\/span>cost companies millions of dollars<\/span><\/a> in fines and damage control, and can ruin their reputation in the public eye. And unfortunately, they are <\/span>on the rise<\/span><\/a> and some of the largest companies on the planet fell victim to data breaches recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that in mind, this article is going to look at some of the biggest and worst hacks\/data breaches<\/a> that took place in 2019.
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