The biggest breach of 2012 was from the Government Sector which it was reported that 268 individual data breaches occurred over a period of three years. The government reportedly exposed over 94 million records that contained personal information that could identify these individuals. It is also stated that this number has escalated since 2009......scary right? There are several ways for individuals to protect themselves on their personal computers and e-mails. It is extremely hard to protect your personal information if somewhere like a bank or government agency has a data breach. It is quite un-nerving to know that someone may have access to all of my personal information and plan to maliciously use this information for their gain. It is always good to keep an eye on your credit report just in case someone has your information!
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Top Security Breach of 2012
Information Security covers a lot things but today I am going to talk about the biggest breach of 2012.
The biggest breach of 2012 was from the Government Sector which it was reported that 268 individual data breaches occurred over a period of three years. The government reportedly exposed over 94 million records that contained personal information that could identify these individuals. It is also stated that this number has escalated since 2009......scary right? There are several ways for individuals to protect themselves on their personal computers and e-mails. It is extremely hard to protect your personal information if somewhere like a bank or government agency has a data breach. It is quite un-nerving to know that someone may have access to all of my personal information and plan to maliciously use this information for their gain. It is always good to keep an eye on your credit report just in case someone has your information!
The biggest breach of 2012 was from the Government Sector which it was reported that 268 individual data breaches occurred over a period of three years. The government reportedly exposed over 94 million records that contained personal information that could identify these individuals. It is also stated that this number has escalated since 2009......scary right? There are several ways for individuals to protect themselves on their personal computers and e-mails. It is extremely hard to protect your personal information if somewhere like a bank or government agency has a data breach. It is quite un-nerving to know that someone may have access to all of my personal information and plan to maliciously use this information for their gain. It is always good to keep an eye on your credit report just in case someone has your information!
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