What are sensitive breaches?

Summary of the Article

Sensitive data breaches occur when databases storing information are not adequately protected. This can happen due to weak or no encryption, software flaws, or accidental data uploads to incorrect databases.

There are three types of breaches, including material breaches, minor breaches, and repudiation.

Examples of breaches include stolen user credentials, phishing attacks, business email compromise, and supply chain attacks.

The most common types of data breaches are stolen information, password guessing, recording keystrokes, phishing, malware or virus attacks, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Examples of sensitive data include genetic data, biometric data, health-related data, and data related to a person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

Sensitive information includes biometric data, medical information, personally identifiable financial information (PIFI), and unique identifiers such as passport or Social Security numbers.

There are four types of contract breaches: anticipatory, actual, minor, and material breaches.

The two main types of security breaches are exploit attacks targeting system vulnerabilities and weak passwords or malware attacks through phishing emails or compromised websites.

A breach of contract can either be an actual breach when one party refuses to fulfill the terms or an anticipatory breach when a party states in advance that they will not meet the contract’s terms.

The number one cause of security breaches is weak credentials, such as stolen or easily guessable passwords.

Some of the top five causes of data breaches include weak and stolen credentials, back doors and application vulnerabilities, malware, social engineering, and improper configuration or user error.

Questions:

1. What is a sensitive data breach?
   A sensitive data breach occurs when a database containing information is not adequately protected, leading to unauthorized access or exposure of sensitive data.
2. What are the three types of breaches?
   The three types of breaches are material breaches, minor breaches, and repudiation breaches.
3. What are examples of breaches?
   Examples of breaches include stolen user credentials, phishing attacks, business email compromise, and supply chain attacks.
4. What are the most common breaches?
   The most common types of data breaches are stolen information, password guessing, recording keystrokes, phishing, malware or virus attacks, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
5. What are examples of sensitive data?
   Examples of sensitive data include genetic data, biometric data, health-related data, and data related to a person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
6. What is an example of sensitive information?
   Sensitive information includes biometric data, medical information, personally identifiable financial information (PIFI), and unique identifiers such as passport or Social Security numbers.
7. What are the 4 types of breach?
   The four types of contract breaches are anticipatory, actual, minor, and material breaches.
8. What are the two main types of security breaches?
   The two main types of security breaches are exploit attacks targeting system vulnerabilities and weak passwords or malware attacks through phishing emails or compromised websites.
9. What are the two types of breach?
   The two types of breaches in contract law are actual breach and anticipatory breach.
10. What is the #1 cause of security breaches?
    The number one cause of security breaches is weak credentials, such as stolen or easily guessable passwords.
11. What are three of the top five causes of breaches?
    Three of the top five causes of data breaches are weak and stolen credentials, back doors and application vulnerabilities, and malware.