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Data Breach Security Incidents & Lessons Learned (Plus 5 Tips for Preventing Them) A data breach is an event that exposes confidential, private, or sensitive information to unauthorized individuals.
This page is a timeline of published security lapses in the United States government. These lapses are frequently referenced in congressional and non-governmental oversight. This article does not attempt to capture security vulnerabilities.
On December 12, 2020, a National Security Council (NSC) meeting was held at the White House to discuss the breach of federal organizations. [9] On December 13, 2020, CISA issued an emergency directive asking federal agencies to disable the SolarWinds software, to reduce the risk of additional intrusions, even though doing so would reduce those ...
After the breach was discovered BeyondTrust revoked the stolen API key and shut down all compromised instances of the tool. [12] The company stated that the hacker was able to access unclassified documents, remotely access workstations, and override server security. [13] Several workstations were accessed. [14]
Security experts have stated that the biggest problem with the breach was not the failure to prevent remote break-ins, but the absence of mechanisms to detect outside intrusion and the lack of proper encryption of sensitive data. OPM CIO Donna Seymour countered that criticism by pointing to the agency's aging systems as the primary obstacle to ...
On August 27, 2024, The Washington Post reported that at least 2 major internet service providers in the United States had been compromised by Chinese hackers. [1] It was later reported that the hackers affected at least nine telecommunications firms in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and T-Mobile, and had also affected dozens of other countries.
In January 2024, a data breach dubbed the "mother of all breaches" was uncovered. [6] Over 26 billion records, including some from Twitter, Adobe, Canva, LinkedIn, and Dropbox, were found in the database. [7] [8] No organization immediately claimed responsibility. [9] In August 2024, one of the largest data security breaches was revealed.
Although attention to security can reduce the risk of data breach, it cannot bring it to zero. Security is not the only priority of organizations, and an attempt to achieve perfect security would make the technology unusable. [39] Many companies hire a chief information security officer (CISO) to oversee the company's information security ...