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Summary:<\/strong> This blog shares tips to protect data and discusses how data breach is more critical than it is perceived to be.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

An individual’s personal data is being processed and accessed every second <\/span>\u2013 in the form of card and digital payments, at work, in dealing with public authorities and offices, for medical procedures, for travel bookings, or during something as regular as surfing the internet. Most individuals, however, are usually unfamiliar with the risks of the data breach. Data Privacy Day <\/strong><\/span>is observed in order to sensitize individuals and disseminate privacy practices and principles. Whether it\u2019s an internet user, a consumer, or privacy personnel, the onus of safeguarding privacy lies with every individual.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a Data Breach?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

With the advancement of technology, much of our personal information has been moving to digital. A <\/span>data breach<\/b> is a security incident where information is accessed without authorization, affecting individuals and businesses in many ways. Online crime, a result of a data breach, is a threat to anyone on the Internet. It can often damage lives and reputations. The data breach is a growing concern for both individuals and business organizations.<\/span>
\nBreach, defined as \u2018<\/span>an act of breaking<\/b>\u2019, is an attack on one\u2019s cyber data. By breaking into your personal and valuable information to access your confidential and personal identification details like personal health information, PINs, social security numbers, bank details, credit card details, intellectual property, trade secrets, etc, cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cyber attacks<\/strong> lead to compromised personal data that can easily be viewed, transmitted, or copied for nefarious activities by fraudsters, hackers, and spies. Cybercrimes<\/strong> often occur due to spear-phishing, accessing not-so-secure website\/payment gateways, accessing your private chats and profiles on social media apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram,<\/strong> etc, opening suspicious emails<\/strong> that lure you with monetary rewards. In 2016, <\/span>Leoni AG lost $44 million in an email scam<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/span>Data leak\u2019, \u2018Data spill\u2019 are some other terms of data breach<\/b><\/h2>\n

Stories of massive data breach pops up in the news frequently these days. 2020 witnessed some alarming data breach and cyber-attacks. On January 22, Microsoft disclosed a data breach from December 2019<\/strong>. In a blog post, Microsoft said a change made to the database\u2019s network security group on December 5, 2019, contained misconfigured security rules that enabled exposure of the data.<\/em> According to ZDNet, the servers contained 250 million entries, with information such as email addresses, IP addresses, and support case details.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, the Covid-19 induced pandemic pushed organizations and businesses to transition most of their work to remote working, making the use of digital and technological tools even more prominent than earlier. It meant more digital exposure and adoption of technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The data breach that affected India in 2020<\/b><\/h2>\n