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A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment. Other terms for this phenomenon include unintentional information disclosure, data leak and also data spill. Incidents range from concerted attack by black hats associated with organized crime, political activist or national governments to careless disposal of used computer equipment or data storage media.[1]
Readings
Case Studies
Case studies of data breach events (based on haveibeenpwned.com): Special:Prefixindex/Computer Security/Data Breach/
See Also
External Links
- Have I been pwned? - Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach
References
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