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6 Of The Worst Data Breaches in U.S. History | Incognito Mode | WIRED

On this episode of Incognito Mode, join WIRED Senior Editor Andrew Couts for a deep dive into the six worst data breaches of the past 10 years—and the lasting ramifications of each. 0:00 Incognito Mode: Data Breaches 0:18 Ashley Madison (2015) 2:32 Vastaamo (2020) 4:02 Office of Personnel Management (2015) 7:05 Equifax (2017) 9:36 DNC…

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On this episode of Incognito Mode, join WIRED Senior Editor Andrew Couts for a deep dive into the six worst data breaches of the past 10 years—and the lasting ramifications of each.

0:00 Incognito Mode: Data Breaches
0:18 Ashley Madison (2015)
2:32 Vastaamo (2020)
4:02 Office of Personnel Management (2015)
7:05 Equifax (2017)
9:36 DNC Hack (2016)
12:04 Salt Typhoon (2024)

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54 Comments

  1. @DubGamin420

    September 29, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    9:53 Yea I thought this DNC hack was a pretty cut and dry. It’s Russia trying to interfere with our democratic elections. Don’t know why Trump admin is currently “investigating” it, all the information is out there😭

  2. @jayesh__thakor77

    September 29, 2025 at 1:17 pm

    Cool video BRO! THNX

  3. @alishair2509

    September 29, 2025 at 1:17 pm

    Stop sitting around watching this, seriously. I’ve already tripled my money 🤑🤑🤑

  4. @netunikakogopsevdonima

    September 29, 2025 at 1:17 pm

    FIRST!!!!!

  5. @wolf1438

    September 29, 2025 at 1:22 pm

    Honorable mention – journalist who got invited to govt social group reading ongoing US missile attack on Iran.

  6. @pauls3075

    September 29, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    That doesn’t have a basement YOU could find! 😉

  7. @SethMcGee

    September 29, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    Too many adds

  8. @freekashyyyk896

    September 29, 2025 at 2:49 pm

    The constant zooming in and out for no reason is really distracting and unhelpful

  9. @jimjam7830

    September 29, 2025 at 3:02 pm

    Hey Vsauce. Simon Whistler here.

  10. @fishzebra

    September 29, 2025 at 3:55 pm

    What about the NSA hacking everyone that Edward Snowden revealed. How can you take Wired seriously if it omitted such an obvious winner

    • @stefansynths

      September 29, 2025 at 7:07 pm

      That was more than 10 years ago

  11. @just.jose.youtube

    September 29, 2025 at 4:03 pm

    So, is the USA wanting to buy Finland too? 😅

  12. @langlearnkorean8774

    September 29, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    july 15th… last 10 years?

  13. @russellzauner

    September 29, 2025 at 4:12 pm

    and we’re still here
    😀

  14. @GotGaMeR

    September 29, 2025 at 4:12 pm

    Wow… cool it on the jump zooms

  15. @urbanstrencan

    September 29, 2025 at 4:17 pm

    another great video, keep it up WIRED team

  16. @alexandrusterpu

    September 29, 2025 at 5:02 pm

    Discount Simon Whistler or upgraded version of Simon Whistler?

    • @realkarfixer8208

      September 29, 2025 at 7:18 pm

      Why not both?

  17. @goofoffbert

    September 29, 2025 at 5:28 pm

    The DNC hacked by the russians wasn’t the only political group hacked .. though DNC information was disclosed, the hacked Republican information wasn’t exposed.

  18. @PastyTacos

    September 29, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    Keep it up wired!

  19. @dr.eldontyrell-rosen926

    September 29, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Good IT security is expensive and complex and companies would rather give the $ to shareholders and the C suite.

    • @user-fed-yum

      September 30, 2025 at 8:02 am

      Bad IT security costs more.

    • @MicaiahBaron

      September 30, 2025 at 10:40 pm

      @@user-fed-yum Long-term it can, but constant updates cost money constantly.

  20. @_hyzer

    September 29, 2025 at 6:44 pm

    its pronounced day-tah and for this reason im not watching this video

  21. @Highnoonshred

    September 29, 2025 at 6:58 pm

    2:29 program with The Department of Jackasses!!! The people behind the corporation shouls have been investigate and held accountable!

    The people are the criminals!

    Laws need to be changed and those hidding behind the ignorant greedy corporations be broken up as well.

    Let’s also get help not harm for those we deem as criminals or the other.

    Corporate crimes are harming more people than those who the media and copaganda want you to think…

    ❤❤❤ more

    Stand up to Corporate greed

    Question more of your biases

    ❤✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼❤

  22. @dcewf4t3gy5

    September 29, 2025 at 7:06 pm

    * top ones we know of

  23. @zero11010

    September 29, 2025 at 7:47 pm

    This was released 7 hours ago. I’m sure by now we need to address a new major breach.

  24. @VectorAlphaSec

    September 29, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    No technology is hack proof. Now the question is who is gonna hack to get the Epstein files?

    • @apathysarahndrome

      September 30, 2025 at 10:42 pm

      Now THAT is ethical hacking!

  25. @thegadgetrulez

    September 29, 2025 at 9:13 pm

    Wow!

  26. @tamarazwinak

    September 29, 2025 at 9:57 pm

    Who set up the “server room” to spy on the UN? It was discovered this August along with 8 oz of cocaine and guns? Russia, China or Israel? The drugs led me to think it was Russia. Israel and China have tighter operations.

  27. @robertkelleher1850

    September 29, 2025 at 10:52 pm

    Did you think we wouldn’t notice the Baba O’Riley bumper music?

  28. @drskelebone

    September 30, 2025 at 1:15 am

    We’re just pretending that DOGE wasn’t the biggest data breach in US history? Is that because when the president says it’s ok to hack the government, we just accept that?

  29. @annehersey9895

    September 30, 2025 at 2:53 am

    HELLO!! Pete Hegseth showed us earlier this year that Signalgate is NOT encrypted!

  30. @BabettaFaria

    September 30, 2025 at 5:53 am

    Pray for alt season, or step into mevoláxy and stop praying altogether.

  31. @jonathanirons231

    September 30, 2025 at 6:48 am

    Stop with the jump zooms already. It’s not 2015 anymore.

    • @Mrs.Jekyll

      September 30, 2025 at 2:10 pm

      Better than viewfarming with shorts with making your video loop with the short, like ending the video with “and now you know that-” “did you know that blah blah blah”

  32. @user-fed-yum

    September 30, 2025 at 7:57 am

    I did a cross reference of every exposed Ashley Madison email address with every email I’d ever received or cc’ed on. It was more of a programming challenge than for any other reason. I got a single match. It was my partner at the time. A pretty amazing and unexpected coincidence. I sill laugh about it today. I never bothered to tell them.

    • @likony

      October 7, 2025 at 1:41 pm

      If you don’t mind me asking, why not tell your partner?

  33. @donwold1622

    September 30, 2025 at 11:09 am

    It amazes me to learn what conspiracy theories stupid people will believe. It’s very disheartening.

  34. @visualglitch91

    September 30, 2025 at 3:36 pm

    STOP ZOOMING IN AND OUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

  35. @antonharmacinski276

    September 30, 2025 at 10:17 pm

    11:45 – Turns out Pizzagate was real, it happened on Epstein Island and a certain political group that isn’t the Democrats doesn’t want the guest list released.

  36. @iscmrts1

    October 1, 2025 at 10:37 am

    “Completely unfounded,” lol. The emails were very clear about the “children in bath tubes for their entertainment” and the thousands of dollars spent on “hot dogs” and “pizzas”. All that during the Epstein highlights. If someone check this presenter’s laptop, they may find the children. Careful guys.

  37. @annix493

    October 1, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    0:29 wtf guys, a content warning would’ve been nice here

  38. @MattMurphyMusicTeacher

    October 1, 2025 at 4:52 pm

    The editor’s having a seizure again

  39. @danielgolarz2117

    October 2, 2025 at 12:22 pm

    Wired please talk about blindness caused by RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION

  40. @felixaz2

    October 2, 2025 at 2:24 pm

    Why did youtube nonstop push me this video

  41. @YaMehdi

    October 3, 2025 at 8:03 pm

    1:54 False information: The punishment for adultery is not death. However, if you are married and there are other conditions, the death penalty is carried out for Marital infidelity (in your terminology), In Islam it is considered a betrayal of God’s covenant and the solemn pact between a husband and his wife.

  42. @IDK-kn8tq

    October 4, 2025 at 4:25 am

    I didn’t know they made a temu Simon whistler

  43. @Rr-qz5rc

    October 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm

    YOU’RE NOT SIMON

  44. @Icebearhaswares

    October 5, 2025 at 8:35 pm

    Really?? JOSH DUGGAR MOLESTED HIS SISTERS THE PARENTS KNEW.

    it’s disgusting you didn’t say that.

  45. @Mimi-cq4bg

    October 5, 2025 at 8:38 pm

    It wasn’t just the DNC that got hacked. The RNC was also hacked. It was only the DNC that had their info released.

  46. @KingSnorby

    October 6, 2025 at 9:32 am

    And now they want to refund teaching the military about cyber security. I can not imagine as someone who works in this field, that this is going to go over well….

  47. @nonameophelia24

    October 8, 2025 at 10:47 am

    Lmfao their suggestion to avoid security breaches is to use Signal app is laughable and that is why these kinds of breaches keep happening all the time 😂😂

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