Cyber Security Incident Report: Analysis of Thomas Cook's Data Breach

This report provides an analysis of the cyber security incident that occurred at Thomas Cook, focusing on the data breach and its implications. The report delves into the specifics of the incident, including how the breach occurred and the vulnerabilities that were exploited. It examines the ethical, social, and legal issues that arose from the incident. The report also highlights the importance of security measures such as strong encryption algorithms, and the role of ethical considerations and legal frameworks in preventing and mitigating cyber attacks. Additionally, the report analyzes the impact of the incident on customers and the company, as well as the importance of incident response and recovery strategies. The report also emphasizes the need for organizations to proactively address potential security threats and vulnerabilities to protect sensitive customer data.

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Computer system and security
• Security incident in Thomas cook
• The deliberate and malicious attempt
which is being made by individual for
breaching information system of firm
is referred to as cyber attack. The
attack has been occurred in Thomas
Cook where names, flight details and
email addresses of customers are
exposed. The Norwegian security
researcher named Roy Solberg, have
accessed data of customers via usage
of vulnerabilities that exist within
systems of Thomas Cook. It was
identified that less then 100 bookings
were accessed and only Solberg have
exploited security issues. The attack
took place due to Norwegian site
airshoppen of Thomas Cook where
customers were able to buy duty-free
and upgrades items.
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• Ethical, social and legal issues
Ethical, social and legal issues
In context of ethical and social aspects the
details of customers of Thomas Cook have
been compromised and this included all the
details from 2013. It became necessary for
firm to inform their customers about the
same like what is being accessed by
intruders.
Impact of legal, ethical and social aspects
on cyber security incidents
The influence that is being created by these
aspects is wide and it becomes for firm to
deal with these in effectual manner.• References
• The process or state to protect and
recover devices, programs and
network from any kind of cyberattack
is known as cyber security. The
practice is being utilized by
enterprises and individuals for
protecting against any unauthorized
access to computerized systems along
with data centers. By opting for
relevant strategies and policies
Thomas Cook might have prevented
their system from getting attacked.
Firm must have utilized strong
encrypting algorithms that would have
aided them within preventing access
to the information.
• Security and privacy issues of modern
technologies
• Security & privacy issues of modern
technologies
• With rapid evolution of technology,
people have become more dependent
on this aspect and tends to learn more.
This makes them to conduct activities
which are not ethically appropriate
and are termed as cyber attack. The
security issues are:
• Unauthenticated access
• Identity theft
• Virus, malware or worms attack
• Data breach
• The security incident where
information is accessed by individuals
without any kind of authorization is
called data breach. In Thomas Cook