Top 2016 security breaches

2016 cybersecurity root cause:

·         #IAM - Unauthorized access to laptop

·         #DDoS likely

·         Still to be determined - Weebly

·         #SDLC - malicious code

·         #ThirdParty possibly

·         #VTM - vulnerability in portal

·         #PhysicalTheft

·         Just bad #securityPractices |

·         #Encryption

·         #DLP email and inadvertent leak

 

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1.       HPE Navy Breach: In October, a grave access issue came to light, as the Navy identified that an HPE laptop had been accessed by "unknown individuals"... 

2.       Patient data gets exposed: 21st Century Oncology: Cancer care provider, 21st Century Oncology was hit by a cyber-attack that exposed its patient information to the order of 2.2 million patients globally... 

3.       Website builder Weebly is attacked: The web hosting and website building site was hit by a hack in October. It affected more than 43.5 million accounts including user names, passwords… 

4.       Oracle – Micros credit card systems hacked: One of the biggest data breaches was revealed in August, when Oracle-Micros data systems underwent a data breach, allegedly by a well-known Russian organized cybercrime group...

5.       State Fishing and Hunting Licence sites: The wildlife sports sites of four states, namely Washington, Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho were hacked in August. Hackers got unauthorized access to the personal information of 6 million users, including their Social Security numbers..

6.       Verizon enterprises systems: Verizon became sitting duck, as a hacking group broke into its enterprise network and dug into customer data of about 1.5 million... 

7.       US Dept. of Health and Human Services: This was a physical theft, with a laptop and some portable hard drives being stolen from the public entity... 

8.       Myspace breach: 360 million accounts were illegally accessed, primarily those accounts which were created before June 11, 2013. The breach was a result of not so great security measures...

9.       Yahoo: Yahoo was the scapegoat of two horrendous hacks- one that started in 2014, and involved more than 500 million users; and the other in December, that led to more than 1 billion user accounts being hacked  somewhere in August 2013... 

10.   Democratic National Committee: This was the biggest of the big, with direct repercussions on the US Presidential Elections. Numerous leaked emails from the DNC found their way to public forum, WikiLeaks...