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Top 10 FinServ data breaches , according to Digital Guardian ’ s Data Insider blog :
10 . Citifinancial , 2005 : The subsidiary of Citigroup lost a box of computer tapes that held sensitive information on 3.9 million customers . 9 . Educational Credit Management Corp ., 2010 : Theft of the company ’ s ‘ portable media ’ impacted 3.3 million and , while it did not involve financial or banking information , it did see the loss of social security numbers . 8 . CheckFree Corp ., 2009 : Cybercriminals hijacked and redirected site traffic to a malicious site , to which 5 million customers logged in with their credentials . 7 . Data Processors International , 2003 : A hacker breached security systems to steal up to 8 million credit card numbers , including 2.2 million Mastercard-issued cards and 3.4 million issued by Visa . 6 . Korea Credit Bureau , 2014 : An employee copied databases that held customer details for 20 million people , including ID numbers , addressed and credit card details . 5 . CardSystems Solutions Inc ., 2005 : Systems were accessed by a hacker , which resulted in 40 million credit card numbers being compromised . 4 . JPMorgan Chase , 2014 : A data breach by the banking giant affected 76 million households and seven million small businesses — personal information rather than financial information was leaked . 3 . TRW Information Systems , 1984 : Theft of a credit file password gave access to the credit histories of 90 million people , including names , addresses , social security numbers and more . 2 . Heartland Payment Systems , 2008 : Systems were hacked at the payment processing firm that affected 130 million customers . 1 . Equifax Inc ., 2017 : 143 million accounts in the US were compromised by a data breach that involved personal information ; the hackers also stole more than 200,000 credit card numbers .
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