A data breach , also known as data leakage , is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information". Attackers have a variety of motives, from financial gain to political activism, political repression, and espionage. There are several technical root causes of data bre...
Between May and July 2017, American credit bureau Equifax was breached. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft....
This is a list of reports about data breaches , using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occ...
Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 2 Contents Executive summary 3 What’s new in the 2020 report 5 How we calculate the cost of a data breach 7 Key findings 8 Complete findings 13 Global...
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A data breach is an unauthorized access and retrieval of sensitive information by an individual, group, or software system.
Canada's privacy commissioner is teaming up with his U.K. counterpart to investigate a data breach discovered last year at genetic testing company 23andMe.
A data breach is any security incident that results in unauthorized access to confidential information.
Some experts say it may be the worst data breach in Australia's history. But this week has seen more dramatic and messy developments - including ransom threats, tense public exchanges and...
More Information About the Settlement In September of 2017, Equifax announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people. The company has agreed to a global...