Analysis of Recent Data Breaches, Solutions, and Prevention Techniques

This report examines several recent and significant data breaches, including the WannaCry ransomware attack, the Neiman Marcus cyber attack, the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center data breach, the Target data breach, and the Facebook data breach scandal. Each case is analyzed to understand the nature of the breach, the affected systems, and the impact on users. The report highlights the methods used by attackers and the types of data compromised, such as customer credit card information, medical records, and user profiles. Furthermore, the report outlines various measures and solutions to prevent and mitigate cyber attacks, including the use of strong passwords, two-factor authentication, user training, licensed software, encryption, biometric procedures, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, and network monitoring systems. The report concludes with a call to action for individuals and organizations to adopt these security measures to protect their data and systems.

RECENT COMPUTER
RECENT DATA BREACHES AND SOLUTIONS
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Recent Data
breaches:
WannaCry
Ransomwar
e
WannaCry - Ransomware
Occurred May 12th 2017
Affected computer systems in over 150 countries
worldwide through the Internet
Began by affecting systems in Ukraine including
government and major business systems including a
major telecommunications company
Spread to other countries including Russia, China, US,
UK, India,
Encrypted information in affected computer
The hackers behind the attack demanded ransom in
form of Bitcoin to decrypt info
Affected computers with outdated Windows 7 OS

Recent Data
breaches:
Neiman
Marcus
Cyber
Attack
Occurred February 2014
Hackers were able to intrude and
access customer credit card records
belonging to Neim Marcus Retal Shop
Attack was not detected until after 8
months
Hackers accessed over 9000 user
records

Recent Data
breaches:
Bronx-
Lebanon
Hospital
Center Data
Breach
Breach occurred May 2017
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, New York
was penetrated and thousands of medical
records illegally accessed
The leaked data included patient names,
physical addresses, religion, social security
numbers, diagnosis reports, HIV statuses,
domestic violence reports, addiction history
and sexual assault reports
A report indicated that the server had been
left in a misconfigured state and hence was
highly exposed

Recent Data
breaches:
Target Data
Breach
Occurred November 2013
Attackers were able to access millions
of customer debit and credit cards
information
Debit and credit cards of about 110
million shoppers, who visited the retail
shop at the time of the attack were
compromised
The attackers accessed and stole data
with a capacity of 11 gigabytes

Recent Data
breaches:
Facebook
Data Breach
Scandal
Occurred April 2018
Cambridge Analytica an analyst firm
accessed user data belonging to millions
of users by using an app attached to
Facebook
Analytica developed a personality test
for users whose motive was to harvest
chunks of user data without their
knowledge
The app was used to access user profile
including names, pictures, account ID,
friends, gender, location and more

Measures
against
Cyber
Attacks
Strong and regularly updated passwords
Two Factor Authentication
Authorized access
User training/ sensitization
Licensed and updated software applications
Encryption
Biometric procedures
Intrusion detection systems
Anti-virus software's
Network monitoring systems etc.

References
BBCNews, 2017. Cyber-attack: Europol says it was
unprecedented in scale. [Online]
Available at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39907965
Cohen, J. K., 2017. 7,000+ people affected in New York hospital
data breach: 4 things to know. [Online]
Available at: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-
information-technology/7-000-people-affected-in-new-york-
hospital-data-breach-4-things-to-know.html
Elgin, B., Dune, L. & Michael, R., 2014. Neiman Marcus Hackers
Set Off 60,000 Alerts While Bagging Credit Card Data. [Online]
Available at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-
21/neiman-marcus-hackers-set-off-60-000-alerts-while-bagging-
credit-card-data
[Accessed 1 May 2018].
Kassner, M., 2015. Anatomy of the Target data breach: Missed
opportunities and lessons learned. [Online]
Available at: https://www.zdnet.com/article/anatomy-of-the-
target-data-breach-missed-opportunities-and-lessons-learned/
[Accessed 1 May 2018].