Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

eBay Data Breach

One of the real-life examples describing the need for information and network security within the corporate network is eBay data breach. eBay is well-known online auction platform that is widely used all over the world. eBay announced its massive data breach in 2014 which contained sensitive data. 145 million customers were estimated having data loss in this attack.According to eBay, the data breach compromised the following information including:

Customers' names

Encrypted passwords

Email address

Postal Address

Contact Numbers

Date of birth

Google Play Hack

A Turkish Hacker, “Ibrahim Balic” hacked Google Play twice. He conceded the responsibility of the Google Play attack. It was not his first attempt; he acclaimed that he was behind the Apple's Developer site attack. He tested vulnerabilities in Google's Developer Console and found a flaw in the Android Operating System, which he tested twice to make sure about it causing crash again and again.

The Home Depot Data Breach

Theft of information from payment cards, like credit cards is common nowadays. In 2014, Home Depot’s Point of Sale Systems were compromised. A released statement from Home Depot on the 8 of September 2014 claimed breach of their systems.