MANAGE & LEAD CYBER SECURITY
WHERE DOES YOUR STOLEN DATA GO ?
By : Olga Detrixhe
COVID-19 played into the hands of cybercriminals . People work remotely and spend more time on devices ; commerce has transitioned to online . It is easy to choose convenience over security .
There is much information going around about the types of scams and breaches . Today , we want to look at where your data goes when it gets stolen . Notice it says " when " – not " if ." Every cyber security professional will agree that if you use the Internet , some form of your data has most likely been stolen . If it has not , it will be . Those data breaches you read about every day . The Dark Web is where most of that data ends up . Yours , too ! So , you may hear about the XYZ breach , but let ' s face it , while it ' s a bit creepy , most of us don ' t feel any repercussions from it . Your bank account is not immediately robbed , and nobody shows up at your doorstep . So , all of it seems a bit far away and intangible . The problem is that most of us don ' t see the connection between that data breach and other things that may end
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