New York Times Malvertising Cyber Attack

• Data Breaches

In August 2015, MyVidster, a social video sharing website, was hacked and almost 20,000 user accounts were stolen and published online including email addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In July 2015, myRepoSpace, the digital distribution platform that allows users to find and install software on jail broken Apple products, was hacked and more than 250,000 user information including email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames were stolen and published publicly.

• Data Breaches

In July 2015, the Hacking Team, which is an Italian security firm, was breached and 400 GB of data stolen from their servers was posted online. Hackers stole and publicly published email addresses and email messages.

• Personal Data Security

Cyber data breaches and threats are a common occurrence these days. It doesn't matter whether you are a large corporation or a small business, it's important to have a plan of action on how to remediate the damage should you be a victim to a cyber security issue.

• Data Breaches

In April 2007, Foxy Bingo, which is an online gambling website, was hacked and 252,000 user accounts were stolen that included information about the user's account balances, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, home addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In June 2011, hacked a website called Hackforums.net and stole 200,000 member's information including dates of birth, email addresses, Instant Messenger IDs, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In November 2015, a support forum called MajorGeeks was hacked and 270,000 accounts were stolen, sold and traded including email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In November 2013, Vodafone, a British telecommunications company operating in Iceland, was hacked and more than 56,000 user's information was stolen including credit card information, email addresses, Government issued IDs, home addresses, IP addresses, names, passwords phone numbers, purchases, SMS messages and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In July 2015, Plex, a discussion forum, was hacked and more than 327,000 accounts were stolen including information about the user's email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In 2009, an e-wallet service called Money Bookers was hacked and nearly 4.5 million customer accounts were stolen including dates of birth, email addresses, home addresses, IP addresses, names and phone numbers. Money Bookers is now called Skrill.

• Data Breaches

In February 2014, Spirol Fastening Solutions, which manufacturers and distributes pins, inserts and brass nuts in the U.S. and Europe, was breached and 70,000 customer accounts were stolen including information about the user's email addresses, employers, home addresses, job titles, names and phone numbers.

• Data Breaches

In October 2015, a gaming forum, Gamerzplanet, was breached and more than 1.2 million member email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames were stolen.

• Data Breaches

In July 2015, Seedpeer, a torrent website, was hacked and approximately 282,000 user accounts were stolen and published including information on the user's email addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

In July 2015, PS3Hacks, a Sony PlayStation hack and modification forum was hacked and more than 447,000 accounts were stolen including information the user's email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Data Breaches

On two separate occasions, in 2015 and 2016, a forum called i-Pmart was hacked and, in total 2.4 million member dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and usernames were stolen and published.

• Data Breaches

In February 2015, an Xbox forum called Xbox-Scene was hacked and more than 432,000 user accounts were breached. Hackers released the users' email addresses, IP addresses, passwords and usernames.

• Malvertising

AOL.com was a victim of a malvertisement attack in March 2016. This malvertising cyber breach affected the millions of customers who visited the website in the weeks after the attack.

• Malvertising

Answers.com was a victim of a malvertising attack in March 2016. This was at least their third malvertising attack in recent years.