Solutions Review presents the Breach of the
Month.
August 2020 marked the discovery of an unsecured
database containing the personal information
of nearly 235 million Instagram, YouTube,
and TikTok users, the SANS Institute - a cybersecurity
training and certification service – lost
28,000 items of personal info in a phishing
attack, while in South Africa, Experian disclosed
a data breach exposing 24 million.
The Breach Of The Month however is Carnival.
The world’s largest cruise line operator
suffered a ransomware attack on an undisclosed
brand, which blocked access to their administrators
and resulted in an unknown amount of data
files stolen by hackers.
Without knowing more details, this breach
may not seem that bad, but it highlights how
cyber attacks can exacerbate existing challenges
facing businesses.
The coronavirus pandemic hit the cruise industry
particularly hard.
Combine that with a separate incident Carnival’s
Princess brand disclosed in March, and the
result is bad news for business.
According to a seminal study by Ping Identity,
81 percent of consumers say they’d stop
engaging with a brand online after a data
breach – adding yet another challenge to
a company already facing major hurdles.
Your own enterprise should take steps to prevent
attacks like this.
Start by finding an endpoint security solution
with strong, next-generation anti-ransomware
capabilities.
Additionally, seek out a backup and disaster
recovery solution that’ll help you bounce
back if a ransomware attack does penetrate
your digital perimeter.
To better prepare yourself, and maintain a
strong security awareness, click the link
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