could you help me please Find a relevant story around a Security Breach that has
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could you help me please
Find a relevant story around a Security Breach that has occurred in the past 2-3 years? [use google "tools" "anytime" and pick relevant timeframe]. Also, as you look this time think of how relevant this selection could be to your project #1. In other words can you use a breach that may have been addressed by buying a specific security product.
Points to cover on the submission:
Introduction: What company? When did it happened? Where did it happened? When was it reported? [provide reference link(s)].
What was the Security Breach? what was exploited? how did it happened?
Has the security breach been remediated? and how? has anything been done to prevent from it happening in the future?
What got affected by the Security Breach, was it C ? I? or A? type of impact? any known cost to the company?
Explanation / Answer
What Company: - LinkedIn, Myspace
When did it happened: - 2012
Where did it happened: - United States of America
When was it reported: - May, 2016
Link : - http://fortune.com/2016/05/18/linkedin-data-breach-email-password/
What was the Security Breach: - 117 million records and password combinations on dark web market place.
what was exploited: - 6.5 million user’s encrypted passwords from the LinkedIn website and those data are being posted to a Russian crime forum.
how did it happened: - A ransomware has hit the LinkedIn database and it has been operated by a Russian Hacker name ‘Peace’ and demanded 5 bitcoins.
Has the security breach been remediated and how: yes, the security breach has been mitigated successfully, Cyber security team has been implemented and they run the hacked data search engine and able to track down the culprits.
has anything been done to prevent from it happening in the future: - LinkedIn has recommended their users to use complex password and to change the password regularly. Moreover, user should implement two factor authentication which sends a security code to user’s phone.
What got affected by the Security Breach, was it C or I or A type of impact: - Since all the user’s personal details are being leaked, Hence it is a A type of impact that has happened to the company.
any known cost to the company: - near about $84.4 million dollars LinkedIn has paid for the data breach incident.
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