Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks‚ thieves steal employee
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Unit 6 Assignment: Analysis of the Breach Notification Law IS 3350 Victor Sabani ITT Technical Institute October 21‚ 2014 Unit 6 Assignment: Analysis of the Breach Notification Law A breach notification letter is a good thing‚ as it means the company is doing something. If one of these letters happens to find its way to you‚ it means your PII was stolen. If it happens to be a company that has a records department‚ they would have to identify whose and what records were compromised. Also the CFO
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CASE WRITE-UP Case: Adobe Data Breach 1. About the Case On October 3‚ 2013‚ The Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States of America discovered that there was a cyber-attack on their network during its regular monitoring of security check. The hackers made it through breaking in to the network and stole the sensitive and personal data of the customers which includes encrypted credit and debit card information‚ illegal access of customer ID ’s and also source code of other various Adobe
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ChoicePoint Data Breach Brandon Harvey CSIA 301-7381 August 8‚ 2012 Professor Abraham Bloom Abstract The ChoicePoint data breach occurred in 2005. This insider data breach brought to light how a company can still be vulnerable to having data stolen from its databases even without any type of hacking of their system. By not properly vetting request for new accounts and request for information led to the theft of over a hundred thousand records of people’s personal information. ChoicePoint Data Breach
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Introduction: Data breach has always been a sensitive topic‚ let alone when the data breach is related to banking. In the mean time‚ there’s a breach was found happened to the online banking system of the competitive bank of First Union Bank‚ and the hacker had stolen quantities of customers’ personal information and data. It has been an alarm for all the banks‚ it reminds the whole society to be alert of the damage caused by the data breach. The Chief Information Officer of the First Union Bank
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Utah Department of Health Data Security Breach September 12‚ 2013 Accounting Information Systems Utah Department of Health Data Security Breach Introduction On March 10‚ 2012‚ thousands of people fell victim to having their social security numbers‚ birthdays‚ names‚ addresses‚ and even their medical diagnosis stolen by computer hackers. On April 2‚ 2012‚ the breach was realized and 780‚000 people learned that their identities were stolen and would now need to monitor their credit
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Target Data Breach Charles Moore American Military University Abstract Target a large retail corporation that operates over 1‚700 stores across the United States. They also operate as an online retailer at target.com. In 2012 the retailer earned more than $73 billion dollars in revenue and grew their sales by 5.1% from the previous year. Looking at the revenue and sales growth rate it is hard to fathom that more money could not be spent to ensure that consumer data is protected as much as
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information. For many people‚ this is considered a breach of security. According to wisegeek.com‚ a security breach is “an incursion into a computer or network of computers‚ usually by hackers or malicious software that compromises sensitive data or causes damage to computers or network function.”1 Most of the time these so-called “computer hackers” find ways to evade security systems to steal important personal information such as social security numbers‚ home addresses and banking information. These
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TARGET DATA BREACH 2013/14 Introduction There are many types of breaches that can occur when it comes to secure systems and networks. The target breach of 2013/14 was due to human error. It is said that the company had easily stolen credentials. If there was the necessary secure measures taken‚ this breach could have been stopped. Target did not have an adequate firewall which is why the hackers were able to corrupt the system and steal personal information and credit card information. This whole
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iPad’s Security Breach Meredith Morrison Strayer University BUS 508 [ November 26‚ 2012 ] Dr. Ronald Steffel The Goatse Security firm’s possible objectives when they hacked into AT&T’s Website was to test for security. If they could hack into the system‚ so can any other hacker (iPad Security Breach‚ 2010). The Goatse Security firm wanted to confirm that if they could gather e-mail addresses‚ discovering vulnerability‚ so can people who are hackers. “We’ve reached out to the
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