Data Breach
A data breach is an incident in which sensitive and confidential data is exposed to unauthorized entities when an individual or application exploits private data or an unauthorized logical IT perimeter.
Updated: November 30, 2023
A data breach is an incident in which sensitive and confidential data is exposed to unauthorized entities when an individual or application exploits private data or an unauthorized logical IT perimeter.
The leak of financial information such as personal information, bank details, or trade secrets of corporations may be involved in it. Data breach notification software is used by many organizations for document breaches and report them to authorities.
A data breach, also called unintentional information disclosure, information leakage, data leak and data spill can occur when individuals attack for personal gain, organized crime, or national governments. It can also happen due to poor system security.
Insider threats, Phishing, Malware, Ransomware, Physical data breaches, Keylogger breaches and Password breaches are some of the common types of data breaches. Data breaches often happen due to poor data security practices or system weaknesses. Unintentional internal breach, Intentional internal breach, Physical loss of documents and Digital data loss are some of the common scenarios.
You can identify weak areas, update technologies, never trust and verifies each request regardless of where it originates, provide high-quality training to their employees on best practices, security breach notification laws and incident response plan to prevent data breach. Weak passwords, stolen credentials, compromised details, bank details fraud and third-party access are common targets in data breaches.
Types of data breaches
- Phishing Attacks
- Malware Infections
- Insider Threats
- Ransomware Attacks
- SQL Injection
- Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks
- Credential Stuffing
- Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
- Physical Security Breaches
- Data Interception
- Brute Force Attacks
- Social Engineering Attacks
