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The 3 biggest hacks of 2017

Mar 21, 2017, 17:25 IST
The past year was a record-setter for hacking scandals, and the features hint at no slowing as 2017 commences. In earlier years, most system intrusions targeted enterprises and large corporations. Be that as it may, in 2016, we saw an a great deal more diverse field of victims, extending from celebrities, technology CEOs, political parties, even Netflix and the Olympics.
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Here are the top 3 hacks of this year

WWE

Famous hacker group OurMine is back at it, hacking social media profiles to give the world know exactly how simple is to get inside an account. This time, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) group is at the receiving end. The group insists it is just testing security. Notwithstanding, on its site, it offers commercial security including testing social media and email accounts for vulnerabilities.

Indigo Airlines

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In a cyber security breach, the official Twitter account of India's largest domestic airline, IndiGo was hacked in January. The group's inception was from "@sigaint.org". As indicated by the Sigaint site, it is a “darknet email service that allows you to send and receive email without revealing your location or identity.”

Supercell

On January 18 staff at Supercell warned users on their forum to change their passwords following a data breach.

The data get occurred in September 2016 and identifies with third-party forum software. It was at first reported the issue and verified the customer data and it is guaranteed the dataset being sold online has more than one million account details.
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