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Data Breaches and Their Impact on Your Organization

Introduction

All users of the internet implicitly trust third parties with their data. These external organizations can be personal banks, social media platforms, healthcare providers, etc. These entities are given information that most people would be reluctant to share with anyone they did not know. Regardless, we trust these organizations with our information because we assume that they are following the best cybersecurity practices.

In most cases, this is required by law; however, there are always exceptions to the rule. These exceptions can lead to this sensitive information being leaked on the public internet, and soon that information could be sold on the Dark Web to the highest bidder. This cyber event is known as a data breach. In this article, we will discover what a data breach is, how data breaches occur, and how the information gained from a data breach can be used against the victims.

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