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Data breaches and types of data breaches

Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of protected data to the unauthorized person. It is a security event in which unauthorized person get access to personal information through illegal ways and leaks that information. The protected data includes personal data of employees and customers, personal health information, financial information’s, personal identity information, payment card information and other security information. A data breach can also affect corporate information or intellectual property like trade secrets, manufacturing process details, suppliers and customer’s information.

Data breaches may also happen unintentionally in which users or an employee sends personal information to a wrong email address or uploads to a wrong link. According to a study it was estimated that 17% of the breaches have happened due to mistake accounts. A large number of the breaches occur intentionally where the cybercriminals gain access to network and stoles personal information.

Types of data breaches

Data breaches are when personal information is exposed by cybercriminals or mistakenly by employees or users.

There are five common types of data breaches.

  • Denial-of-Service: This is a common type of data breach in which a website is overwhelmed with requests that deny the access of other users to the sites.
  • Malware: Malware is another type of virus which is used to interrupt, or gain access to unauthorized servers, computers, or network. Malware can be a worm, Trojan etc.
  • Ransomware: Another common type of data breach is ransomware, which is used by cybercriminals to get access to the network. One the attackers get access to the network they gain the control of the network and lock it from use. A note within a virus is left on the network and the cybercriminals ask for a ransom to be paid. The owners need to pay that ransom to get access to the network again.
  • Password attacks: Through this type of data breaches, the attackers target the passwords to get access to the network. They use multiple passwords to get access to the user’s personal information. They keep on trying different password until it works.
  • Phishing emails: Phishing emails are also used to gain access to personal information. A phishing email is sent on employees or users email and after clicking on that link or opening the email the personal information became vulnerable through which the attackers can get access to the entire network.