Hezbollah data breach leads the list of the biggest cybersecurity events of the year Digital Journal

pHi what are you looking forppHezbollah data breach in Lebanon is the latest major data breach recorded causing thousands of injuries and nine fatalitiesppByppPublishedppHezbollah data breach in Lebanon is the latest major data breach recorded causing thousands of injuries and nine fatalitiesppNew research has identified the most recent and biggest data breaches involving government or public entities analysing the year of the breach the number of people affected the number of articles written and how the breach occurredppThe analysis reveals France Travail Data Leak had the highest confirmed number of victims in 2024 and received the most media attention In more general terms hacking is the most common method of these breaches affecting groups like the US Presidential campaigns France Travail and Indias Medical Research CouncilppThe company Psono conducted research The analysis focused on several metrics including the year of the breach the number of people affected the number of articles written and how the breach occurred The final ranking was primarily based on the recency of the incident and the number of individuals impacted providing an uptodate overview of the biggest government data breaches in recent historyppThe outcome isppLeading the list is the recent 2024 Hezbollah data breach in Lebanon which involved remotecontrolled explosions Although not a typical data leak this is the latest breach recorded referenced in more than 667000 writeups The attack caused thousands of injuries and nine fatalities  making it one of the most discussed governmental breachesppThe US Presidential campaign breach of 2024 is ranked as the second largest breach Hackers accessed both Trumps and Bidens campaigns creating a serious risk to politics Although the exact number of individuals impacted remains unknown its political importance made it newsworthy with over 80000 reportsppThe France Travail Data Leak takes the third spot with 43 million individuals affectedmarking it as the largest confirmed data breach victim count for 2024 It was referenced in over 865700 articles the highest media coverage overallppThe Indian Council of Medical Research Hack ranks as the fourth largest government breach on the list While it might not have topped the headlines as much with 48900 articles it impacted over 815 million people the secondhighest on recordppThe Indonesian Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration Leak ranks fifth with 3372 million individuals affected While this is a massive number it appeared only in 21900 articles making it one of the leastcovered incidents compared to the number of victims ppSuch breaches show that even the most secure organizations can be at risk with hacking being the most common way attackers get inppDr Tim Sandle is Digital Journals EditoratLarge for science news
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