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Data Breaches in History Quiz Trivia Questions and Answers

Explore significant data breaches in history, learning about their impacts and the lessons learned for future cybersecurity improvement.. Test your knowledge and challenge yourself with our comprehensive quiz covering all aspects of this fascinating topic.

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1. In what year did the Yahoo data breach, one of the largest in history, initially occur?

2. Which company experienced a significant data breach in 2017 involving the exposure of sensitive customer data?

3. What type of personal information was compromised in the 2015 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach in the U.S.?

4. The Target data breach, which occurred during the 2013 holiday shopping season, primarily compromised what type of customer data?

5. Which online platform experienced a breach in 2016 resulting in the leak of user data including passwords?

6. What was the primary method used by hackers in the 2014 Sony Pictures breach?

7. In which year did the Marriott International announce a data breach affecting up to 500 million guests?

8. The breach of which company in 2011 is considered one of the biggest of its kind in the gaming industry?

9. What type of data was primarily stolen in the 2018 Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal?

10. Which payment system suffered a breach in 2012 affecting data from multiple banks?

11. What was the main consequence of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack?

12. Which health insurer was targeted in a major data breach in 2015, impacting millions of people's health records?

13. Which country was primarily blamed for the 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?

14. The 2019 data breach of Capital One affected approximately how many customers?

15. What method was primarily used in the 2013 Adobe data breach that compromised millions of accounts?

16. Which social media giant revealed a breach in 2018 that affected 50 million user accounts due to a flaw in their system?

17. In what year did hackers breach Uber's data, affecting 57 million riders and drivers worldwide?

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