Finances/government
In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked that the NSA was illegally collecting this from American citizens and political leaders.
Data like phone records, emails, and internet activity
Takata had to mass recall this car part because it was known to implode under stress and kill people, instead of deploying safely.
Airbags
United Health Group executives were investigated for this illegal practice of exploiting secret information to profit off trading stocks.
Insider Trading
Equifax had a huge data breach in 2017, leaking millions of these 9-digit numbers which are unique to every American.
Social Security number
This ride-sharing app was exposed in 2017 by a former engineer for having a toxic workplace culture that featured harassment and discrimination under its prior CEO.
Uber
Before Enron went bankrupt in 2001, they used fraudulent accounting to hide this from its shareholders.
Debt
This American car manufacturer ignored the fact that its model Pinto was liable to explode in rear-end collisions because they wanted to save money.
Ford
This healthcare giant, which also made a COVID vaccine, faced lawsuits claiming its talc-based baby powder was linked to cancer.
Johnson & Johnson
This social media company got in trouble in 2018 when millions of users’ data was taken without permission to contribute to political advertising.
This airplane manufacturer was accused of putting profits over safety, leading to unnecessary, deadly crashes.
Boeing
In 2021, this brokerage app faced backlash after freezing trades on stocks like GameStop during a historic market surge.
Robinhood
In 2018, this airline sued its own pilots for organizing mass “calling out sick” protests and halting operations.
Spirit Airlines
This DNA testing company faced a major data breach in 2023, exposing personal genetic information of millions of users.
23andMe
In 2011, hackers broke into this company’s information bank for PlayStation, stealing millions of users’ personal data.
Sony
The leaders of this international sports organization were charged with bribery and corruption over World Cup hosting rights.
FIFA
Although it’s the 4th largest bank in the United States, employees from this financial services company created millions of fake accounts to inflate sales numbers and meet quotas.
Wells Fargo
In 2015, this German car manufacturer admitted it cheated emissions tests by installing secret software in millions of vehicles.
Volkswagen
This blood-testing startup collapsed when it was revealed its technology didn’t actually work, leading to fraud charges against founder Elizabeth Holmes.
Theranos
This gaming company, which made Fortnite, sued Apple after claiming the App Store rules were unfair to developers.
Epic Games
This global organization was rocked by scandal when officials and companies stole billions meant for humanitarian aid to Iraq.
United Nations
This 2019 scandal exposed wealthy parents bribing their kids’ way into top colleges like Yale, Stanford, and USC.
Operation Varsity Blues
This oil company was sued for massive environmental damage in the Amazon rainforest after decades of toxic waste dumping.
Chevron
This company, maker of OxyContin, fueled the US opioid epidemic through aggressive and misleading marketing.
Purdue Pharma
This company revealed that 3 billion user accounts were hacked, which was the biggest data breach in history.
Yahoo
These companies were exposed for labor abuse when the Rana Plaza Garment Factory collapsed and killed more than 1,000 Bangladesh workers.
Walmart, Primark, Children’s Place, Benetton, Old Navy, H&M, Forever 21