CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Physical Theft of Sensitive Devices Company devices contain sensitive information, and when these devices fall into the wrong hands, they can be leveraged to facilitate security breaches, or identity theft, leading to data breaches.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Yahoo – 3, 000, 000, 000 records lost In 2013, hackers breached Yahoo’s system and leaked customer info from over 3 billion accounts. Fortunately, the stolen data didn’t include crucial information such as payment data, unhashed passwords, or bank account numbers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Weak and stolen credentials Stolen passwords are one of the simplest and most common causes of data breaches. Far too many people rely on predictable phrases like ‘Password1’ and ‘123456’, which means cyber criminals don’t even need to break into a sweat to gain access to sensitive information.