Between 2008 and 2025, the most significant data breach in the financial industry worldwide was detected in 2019 in the United States at the First American Financial Corporation. This data breach caused the leakage of *** million financial and personal records. The financial industry is one of the most targeted sectors by cyberattacks that lead to data breaches. However, cyberattacks are not the only reason for a data breach. Sometimes data compromise occurs due to other reasons, such as system errors.
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