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Avast Blog Tips & Advice_The Data Breach Survival Guide - jasonX - 05 January 19

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The Data Breach Survival Guide

Data breaches have been up-and-about this 2018 that all are weary that they will be hit soon. These days data breaches are getting far more nastier and painful especially to relevant organizations such as the banking industry, medical and the like. 

Avast's Charlotte Empey shares us relevant information about what you need to do when involved with a data breach. Read on below.


Here’s what you need to do if you’ve been involved in a data breach.

Over the past year, have you done any online shopping at Macy’s, Sears, Kmart, or Adidas? How about any in-store shopping at Lord & Taylor, Forever 21, or Saks Fifth Avenue? Have you eaten at Panera Bread or Whole Foods? Bought electronics at Gamestop or Best Buy? Purchased airline tickets from Delta? Made cryptocurrency trades using Atlas Quantum cryptocurrency platform?

Every one of those companies suffered a data breach over the last year, and that’s only a partial list. In addition to the victims affected by all those breaches, the notorious Equifax breach reportedly put the information of 143 million people at risk, and the Exactis breach affected a whopping 340 million. What? You haven’t heard of Exactis? You’re not alone.

The Exactis breach exactly demonstrates a key problem in these rampant data breaches. Not only do we have to worry about every business we patronize, but we need to be aware of all those data aggregators out there like Exactis. The sole purpose of these aggregators is to collect (legally) as much data on as many people as possible, and then sell that info to legitimate businesses. There’s big money in data collection, buying, and selling. The e-commerce world wants to know your habits, your likes, and your wants, as well as your finances, your contact info, and your friends. Businesses like Exactis collect this data. When hackers infiltrate that kind of database, they get the motherlode.

Quote:What is a data breach?
A data breach is when protected information is infiltrated. It’s that simple. A breach is an opening that is not supposed to be there — a hole in the bottom of a boat, a tear in a protective wall, or an exploitable crack in online security, to name a few. A data breach is when that unlawful opening leads to sensitive online information.

What kind of information gets compromised in a data breach?
Really, it varies depending on the breached company’s infrastructure and the nature of the breach itself, but it could be anything and everything you’ve shared with the company in question, which can include your:

  1. Username
  2. Email address
  3. Password
  4. Address
  5. Phone numbers
  6. Birthdate
  7. Driver’s license info
  8. Credit card number
  9. Purchase history
  10. Bank account details
  11. Social security number
How do I know if my data was breached?
Good question. If any of your sensitive info gets compromised, hopefully the breached company would alert you right away, reporting when the breach happened and what data was exposed. Historically, this hasn’t always been the case. Equifax, for instance, sat on the news for a couple months before alerting their client base. Whether out of embarrassment, quiet damage control, or just poor management, some other breached companies have also waited before announcing they’d been breached. This practice is unacceptable, as consumers have a right to know the moment a bad actor may have your info in hand. Click to see if any of your emails have been involved in a data breach and if any of your passwords have been exposed in a data breach...

MORE INFO HERE
https://blog.avast.com/data-breach-survival-guide


Atlas Quantum breach affects 261,000 users
https://blog.avast.com/atlas-quantum-breach-affects-261000-users

EXACTIS Breach
https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/

If you shopped at these 10 stores in the last year, your data might have been stolen
https://www.businessinsider.sg/data-breaches-2018-4/?r=US&IR=T

Avast Blog
https://blog.avast.com/