The consumers affected by the following 10 internet hacks still have their information exposed — even though some of the breaches took place years ago.
1. MySpace (360 million affected) — data breach likely took place before 2013
2. LinkedIn (117 million affected) — data breach took place in 2012
3. Tumblr (65 million affected) — data breach took place in 2013
4. Fling.com (41 million affected) — data breach likely took place before Ashley Madison hack
5. 21st Century Oncology (2.2 million affected) — data breach took place in 2015
6. Verizon Enterprise Solutions (1.5 million affected) — data breach took place in March
7. Internal Revenue Service (724,000 affected) — data breach took place in 2015
8. University of Central Florida (63,000 affected) — data breach took place in January
9. FDIC (44,000 affected) — data breach took place in February
10. Wendy’s (unknown amount of people, but at least 300 locations affected) — data breach took place in 2015
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