Moreover, as this research shows, data breaches often occur from inside an organisation, meaning it is extremely important that staff are adequately vetted before
gaining access to sensitive information.
The hacker was thus able to gain initial access to a test environment and a local administrator account and later move between environments to
gain access to sensitive information of customers (and their children) on a global basis.
Apple faces its first legal action over Meltdown and Spectre in the United States, even though the vulnerabilities were found to affect nearly all computers and other devices, according to court documents reviewed by MacRumors.Meltdown and Spectre are serious hardware - based vulnerabilities that take advantage of the speculative execution mechanism of a CPU, allowing hackers to
gain access to sensitive information.
Not exact matches
Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly
gaining access to the
sensitive user
information for as many as 87 million Facebook users.
Malware interferes with your computer's normal operation and gives hackers a chance
to gain access to your computer and collect
sensitive personal
information, such as the sites you visit, the e-mail you send, and the financial records you keep.
Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly
gaining access to the
sensitive user
information of Facebook users.
Protect Your Personal
Information In order to effectively use most personal finance apps, you must enter sensitive information, such as your bank login and password, with which criminals can gain access to you
Information In order
to effectively use most personal finance apps, you must enter
sensitive information, such as your bank login and password, with which criminals can gain access to you
information, such as your bank login and password, with which criminals can
gain access to your accounts.
The challenge is
to detect the intrusion quickly after the inevitably successful phishing attack, shut it down, and make it very difficult for bad actors
to access sensitive information in the interim even if they
gain access the network.»
The research firm was accused of improperly
gaining access to the
sensitive user
information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.
Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly
gaining access to the
sensitive user
information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.
We take steps
to protect the security, integrity and confidentiality of the personal
information and other
sensitive information that we collect, store or transmit, but can not guarantee that inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure will not occur or that third parties will not
gain unauthorized
access to this
information despite our efforts.
The regulation is in response
to the recent Equifax data breach, in which hackers
gained access to sensitive personal
information of an estimated 143 million American consumers, according
to the Federal Trade Commission.
Corporate account takeover is a type of fraud where thieves
gain access to a business» finances
to make unauthorized transactions, including transferring funds from the company, creating and adding new fake employees
to payroll, and stealing
sensitive customer
information that may not be recoverable.
And if they can
access your data, they could make off not only with your documents and
sensitive client
information, but use you
to gain access to your vendors, client trust account and other abundant sources of digital treasure.
Likewise, a complainant who makes allegations against a business - related professional, such as an accountant or a solicitor, should not thereby
gain access to sensitive financial or strategic
information that may relate
to the matter complained about.
The latest in our series of comments on security, Chris Oakley, managing principal security consultant at Nettitude gives us an insight into the recent spear - phishing and black box security tests the company has run on clients —
gaining access to an alarming amount of
sensitive company data, including intellectual property, employee
information and company contracts — as well as outlining what should have been done differently.
Identity theft, under 530 PC usually occurs when: a defendant unlawfully
gained unauthorized
access to a computer's
information or someone else's
sensitive personal
information and used that
information for financial or personal
gain.
Cybercriminals are continually evolving their attack methods in an attempt
to gain access to your firm's highly
sensitive client
information.
Regardless of how
sensitive or how much personally identifiable
information your business holds, you're at risk of a hacker
gaining access to information you don't want leaked.
The attacker isn't performing a phishing attack just
to mess with you — they're doing it
to gain access to your
sensitive financial
information so they can make a profit.
All of the phishing scams are inevitably trying
to trick you into giving up your
sensitive information and
gain access to your funds.
The very real fear is that attackers could exploit the flaw on vulnerable systems
to gain access to parts of the computer's memory which may be storing
sensitive information.
If you make purchases or do your banking online, hackers also can
gain access to financially
sensitive information that can cost you thousands of dollars.