Personal Data Compromises
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Personal Data Compromises
I just stumbled on a page that shows all of the major (30,000 accounts or more) known data breaches, and what data was compromised.
It's amazing that in today's world these breeches occur so often. Heads should roll!!!
https://informationisbeautiful.net/v...reaches-hacks/
It's amazing that in today's world these breeches occur so often. Heads should roll!!!
https://informationisbeautiful.net/v...reaches-hacks/
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Part of the problem is that most computer systems have always had holes in them, many by design.
Remember Stuxnet from a few years back? It's the virus that found its way into Iran's nuclear program, did extensive damage, and escaped to impact a lot of the outside world. Nobody will ever convince me that the U.S. and Israeli services discovered a hole that they could exploit. It was built into Windows, by Micro$oft, for the explicit use of those security forces. It was later "found" by other hackers and used until Micro$oft patched over it.
Modern exploits are much more subtle. There aren't many holes in the core O/S so hackers have to attack peripheral processes. That so many exploits are still being found is inexcusable.
Remember Stuxnet from a few years back? It's the virus that found its way into Iran's nuclear program, did extensive damage, and escaped to impact a lot of the outside world. Nobody will ever convince me that the U.S. and Israeli services discovered a hole that they could exploit. It was built into Windows, by Micro$oft, for the explicit use of those security forces. It was later "found" by other hackers and used until Micro$oft patched over it.
Modern exploits are much more subtle. There aren't many holes in the core O/S so hackers have to attack peripheral processes. That so many exploits are still being found is inexcusable.
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