Investigators ultimately found.
Cyber security breach 2017.
The equifax data breach occurred between may and july 2017 at the american credit bureau equifax private records of 147 9 million americans along with 15 2 million british citizens and about 19 000 canadian citizens were compromised in the breach making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft.
Given the costs of the biggest cyber security breaches of 2017 medical facilities would do well to invest in their own digital health.
Jay clayton chairman of the sec issued a statement about cybersecurity and included details of a 2016 data breach.
The first six months of 2017 have seen an inordinate number of cybersecurity meltdowns.
The number of high profile international breaches has been a wake up call this year to businesses that security is a top level item nunnikhoven said.
Here are the biggest data breaches and cyber attacks reported in 2017 and what they can teach your small business about network security.
It s only july and already there s been viral.
A proactive plan such as a thorough cyber security threat mitigation plan in the first place is so much more cost effective.
The breach first came to light publicly on sept.
Equifax data breach 145 5 million accounts credit reporting agency equifax aggregates financial data on more than 800 million consumers and 88 million businesses worldwide.
It affects the bottom line.
Cyber security breaches survey 2017 a survey detailing business action on cyber security and the costs and impacts of cyber breaches and attacks.
The breach compromised the personal information including social security numbers birth dates addresses and in some cases drivers license numbers of 143 million consumers.
And they weren t just your standard corporate breaches.
7 2017 when equifax issued its first breach notification saying that the incident had begun earlier that year.