The 10 biggest hacks, breaches, and security stories of 2016

PC World
Dec 21, 2016, 6:15 am77 pts
Biggest bads Image by Thinkstock It’s been a long, depressing, breach-filled year in the world of computer security. Yahoo broke the record for allowing the largest hack in history—twice. Millions of zombified webcams and DVRs took down the Internet for users in the United States. Russia was accused of…

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