Credit Card Hacks Make Up More Than Half of Biggest Data Breaches [Infographic]

With all the recent news about hacks, exploits and information leaks, data security is a bigger concern than ever.

With the increase of news about hacks, exploits, scams and information leaks, data security has come to the forefront of our minds in recent years. WhoIsHostingThis.com details the eight biggest security breaches to date in an infographic.

Credit card hacks make up more than half the list. The TJX hack, which targeted TJ Maxx and Marshalls, compromised 94 million credit cards and resulted in a loss of more than $170 million for the companies.

In 2013, a hack on Adobe exposed three million encrypted credit card numbers, and up to 150 million user accounts may have been compromised.

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