5 Biggest Companies That Have Been Hacked

3. Saudi Aramco

Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 329,784

Total profits of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 88,210.9

Total assets of the company in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 398,438.6

Total employees of the company in 2019: 79,000

The huge Saudi American Oil company was hit by a devastatingly large cyberattack in 2012, wiping out 35,000 PCs and forcing the company to turn to now obsolete, entirely offline methods to conduct their work. The hackers were able to gain access by sending employees a suspicious email containing a link. When clicked, the hackers were able to gain access to the system of one of the largest companies in the world.

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