What is a Data Breach?
Data breaches are when private or confidential information is released to an untrusted source, either intentionally or unintentionally. Incidents range from planned cyber-attacks by cybercriminals to accidents such as careless disposal of computer equipment or data storage media. However, they happen, data breaches are costly incidents that hurt both businesses and consumers by damaging lives and reputations. The most common data breaches occur as aresult of Ransomware.
What Type of Data is Stolen?
When a data breach occurs valuable data including names, email addresses, passwords, social security numbers, birth dates, financial information, passport numbers, phone numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical records, and more can be taken for fraud, identity theft, and even worse scenarios.
