Personal data leak is the scourge of our time, which becomes more and more dangerous with each subsequent development, leading humanity into the bosom of digital storage. And if still 15 years ago, the maximum that could be freely available is mobile phone numbers and email addresses, then today, at that moment, when most personal data is stored digitally, fraudsters may well get passport data, residence addresses, registration and even payment details, which can be used without the knowledge of the owner.
Concerning, as well as against the background of the introduction of the practice of widespread use of digital signatures, in the modern world, the problem of personal data leaks has become the most acute.
How it all started?
InfoWatch's analytical center 2018 reported on 270 cases of leakage of confidential information from various companies and organizations, while almost 40% fell on state and municipal organizations.
The main reason for such incidents is the negligence of the personnel of organizations and their illiteracy in information security issues., which accounted for almost 80% cases. And only a little more 20% incidents occurred due to external interference. And, according to experts, these external interventions were successful only in small companies, eg, microfinance organizations, who cannot afford their own developments in the field of information security or implementation of software from other IT companies into their digital infrastructure. What is there to hide, most of these organizations do not set themselves such tasks.
AT 2019 year about massive leaks, kind of, forgot, but it was not there. Thunder struck in the summer, when Alfa-Bank, proud of one of the best software development teams, leaked the database almost in 55 thousand users. Besides, together with the clients of Alfa-Bank, the data of users of Home Credit Finance appeared on the network (ХКФ) and OTP Bank…
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