#8: Cyworld
Summary: About 35M records were taken from South Korea’s largest social networking site.
Details: The records taken included phone numbers, email addresses, names and encrypted information about the sites’ members. It is believed a foreign government took the data.
Why Significant: This breach highlights what a significant data repository social networking has become. In this case, it is presumed that a foreign government found the data useful enough to take it all. What does this say about Facebook’s value to government and private hackers?
Loading ...
