National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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According to Homeland Security, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is held every October and it is a collaborative effort between government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and to ensure that all Americans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online.

A cyber attack can be defined as an information security threat that involves an attempt to obtain, alter, destroy, remove, implant or reveal information without authorized access or permission. It happens to both individuals and organizations. There are many different kinds of attacks, including but not limited to passive, active, targeted, clickjacking, brandjacking, botnet, phishing, spamming, inside and outside. (Techopedia)

In recent years companies and individuals have been facing the rise of cyber criminals. Recent research shows that half of all Cyber attacks are targeted at small businesses. Big and popular companies are not immune to it either. Check out the greatest data breaches for those companies in US:

Company	Accounts Hacked	Date of Hack
Yahoo!	3 billion	Aug 2013
Marriott	500 million	2014-2018
Yahoo!	500 million	Late 2014
Adult FriendFinder	412 million	Oct 2016
MySpace	360 million	May 2016
Under Armor	150 million	Feb 2018
Equifax	145.5 million	Jul 2017
Ebay	145 million	May 2014
Target	110 million	Nov 2013
Heartland Payment Systems	100+ million	May 2008
LinkedIn	100 million	Jun 2012
Rambler.ru	98 million	Feb 2012
TJX	94 million	2003-2004
AOL	92 million	2004
MyHeritage	92 million	Oct 2017
Sony PlayStation Network	77 million	Apr 2011
JP Morgan Chase	83 million	Jul 2014
Tumblr	65 million	Feb 2013
Uber	57 million	Late 2016
Home Depot	53 million	Apr 2014
Facebook	50 million	Jul 2017

Table by CPM Magazine

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