5 Biggest Companies That Have Been Hacked

4. Volkswagen

Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 282,760

Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 15,542

Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 547,810.9

Total employees of the company in 2019: 671,205

Though not confirmed by the German automaker itself, rumors of hacking using a ransomware by the name of “Conti” surfaced in 2020. According to reports from multiple sources online, the group was able to steal data from more than 8,000 documents which were then posted online in an underground forum.

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