The Biggest Leaks of Data Known Today So Far

The digital age and the rise of the Internet have irreversibly transformed the world, in many areas. This includes, of course, laws, criminals, fraud and crimes, the nature of which has also changed: now thefts can be not only of material goods, but also of virtual information. The large amount of data that circulates digitally and its infinite value have meant that, for relatively few years, the theft of information and its misuse, such as personal data, leaks of confidential information from governments and organizations, etc.

Thanks to these leaks, bad practices of the administrations in some states of the world have been revealed and company projects have been discovered months in advance and that is why we will see some of these most important data leaks that have occurred in history.

Thanks to these leaks, bad practices of the administrations in some states of the world have been revealed and company projects have been discovered months in advance, although of course there are leaks that have disclosed user information and other information that have harmed users on the internet and that is why we will see some of these most important data leaks that have occurred in history.

▸WikiLeaks

Arguably the story of WikiLeaks and its creator, Julian Assange, was one of the first and most important leaks of information in history, not only because of its media reach, but because of the creation of an entire institution around it. It is an international non-profit organization that was born in 2007. Through its site it publishes anonymous reports and leaked documents with content of public interest that denounce unethical conduct by the governments of the world.

▸Kaspersky Source Code

A former Kaspersky employee was responsible for taking part of the source code of their antivirus and distributing it in a torrent file. It was an older version of the antivirus that was being sold at that time, but it was also detrimental to the company.

▸Edward Snowden

The government agency that you exposed in an irreversible way. In 2013, Snowden published thousands of secret documents through the Guardian and Washington Post newspapers that revealed unethical and illegal activities of the agency regarding the espionage of people within the United States and also internationally; These included espionage by telephone and through searches and histories of people on the Internet through pages such as Google and Facebook.

▸The iPhone 4 prototype

It was the first time we saw an Apple product in full detail ahead of time, it came into the hands of a Gizmodo editor. What this editor did not know was the price he paid for this was a search of his house and uncomfortable conversations with the Apple company.

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