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It is important to look back on the year and remember that we still have a long way to go regarding our cybersecurity. Here are the 6 worst data breaches of 2019.

Door Dash

In September, DoorDash confirmed in their blog post that 4.9 million DoorDash customers and employees had their data compromised by hackers. This data included names, email addresses, delivery addresses, order history, phone numbers, and passwords. Additionally, some customers had the last 4 digits of their payment cards accessed. This 2019 breach was the second breach suffered by DoorDash, having also been attacked in 2018.

Capital One

In July, Capital One suffered what they refer to as a “security incident“, in which a hacker gained access to 100 million credit card applications and accounts in America, as well as 6 million in Canada. Within these applications and account, alleged Capital One hacker Paige Thompson accessed 140,000 social security numbers, 1 million social insurance numbers and 80,000 bank accounts.

In addition to that info, the alleged hacked gained access to credit scores, limits, balances, pay history, and transaction data. As a result, Capital One was hit with a class action lawsuit. In the wake of all this, the company offered free credit monitoring to consumers that were affected by the breach.