{"id":53029,"date":"2016-04-05T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53029"},"modified":"2016-04-20T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:34:13","slug":"biggest-hack-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/biggest-hack-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Hack in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Off shore law firm, Mossack Fonseca, experienced a data breach that\u00a0compromised 11.5 million records&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What could be deemed the biggest hack in history, led to 11.5 million records being leaked from one of the largest off shore law firms, Mossack Fonseca.\u00a0 These records included off shore account information for some of the most powerful people in the world.\u00a0 Just one of the people affected by this hack was Russia&#8217;s President, Vladimir Putin.\u00a0 The information taken also shows how the law firm was helping clients evade taxes, avoid sanctions, and launder funds.<\/p>\n<p>There are concerns this hack shows the true capacity of insider threats.\u00a0 However, at this time, the root of the hack is still unknown.\u00a0 It could have been an insider, a phishing scheme, or malware.\u00a0 Our Vice President of Cybersecurity made the following statement to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecuritymag.com\/The-Panama-Papers-Biggest-Data,20160404,61033.html\" target=\"_blank\">Global Security Magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;if you want to keep something confidential, don\u2019t put it on a computer specifically one connected to the Internet. 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