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Monday's news that a hacker had accessed the personal information of millions of Capital One credit card customers and card applicants probably didn't shock all that many people.
Data breaches sadly are becoming a common occurrence.
Even with 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians possibly affected, this latest event doesn't even rank among the top 10 such breaches (measured by number of customer records affected.)
Here's a look at five of the largest data breaches on record to date:
1. Yahoo
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2. First American Financial Corp.
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3. Facebook
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4. Marriott International
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