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State-Sponsored Attack

12 of the 76 analyses in Data Breaches carry this tag.

HSF · PEC · EGR · SCA — filled where the invariant would have prevented or contained the breach

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Yahoo Data Breach August 2013

Prevented by: HSF, PEC, EGR

In August 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the largest data breaches in history, compromising the account information of approximately 3 billion users. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, telephone numbers, hashed passwords using MD5, and both encrypted and unencrypted security questions and answers. The attack was attributed to state-sponsored actors from Russian intelligence, highlighting a significant cyber-espionage operation.

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Google Aurora Incident

Prevented by: PEC, EGR

The Google Aurora Incident was a significant cyber attack in December 2009 targeting Google and other corporations. The attack, attributed to actors linked to the Chinese state, aimed to steal intellectual property and infiltrate Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, using malware to gain unauthorized access and exfiltrate sensitive data.

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