Uber Security Breach

This case study, written in 2009 is not the only case where a major data breach has occurred within organizations. In the late 2011 Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) was breached impacting up to 77 million user’s accounts including data on names, address and possibly credit card details. In late 2013 Target had a cyber-attack that compromised a large quantity of its data and had 110 million accounts compromised. Finally in September 2014 Apple had their iCloud server breached by hacking that compromised all the users of the online server. These occurrences still have some unanswered questions and several experts have yet to decipher the actual reason as to why the security breach occurred.

Throughout history, no single piece of technology has been so heavily relied upon such as the internet. Things such as the first car, the first telephone, and even the first airplanes were not as easily, or readily accessible as the Net is today. In all reality, the internet is the greatest and most useful tool that humanity has ever dreamt up. From instant transferring of data to endless sources of information, the Net not only connects all corners of the world, but makes each and every person more knowledgeable and self-aware. But as with all new and virtuous things, there is a darker and more dangerous side. The internet is a tool that consumes the intellectual, changing the way the brain functions and ultimately creating a reliance. This reliance is so severe that all of life’s functions depend on the internet without the same dependency being reciprocated. The relationship is one sided, where the Net has much to gain while the user has little. Furthermore, in its relatively new state, the internet is very obscure and has very questionable ethics. Although beneficial in specific cases, the internet affects one’s emotional state and latently mars cognitive function while creating a devastatingly powerful and coercive reliance.

In today’s digital world, most Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often, that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records, which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks, thieves steal employee laptops or disgruntled workers pilfer company information.

Information security refers to confidentiality (accessible only to authorized individuals), availability (available when requested by an authorized person), and integrity (only authorized removal or alteration of information) of information (Yngstrom and Carlsen, 1997). And information security is required to retain a balance between various users of information (Kranakis et al., 2008). Such protocols have been violated by Noodles & Company as the theft of credit and debit card information has jeopardized the customers’ sensitive financial information. Noodles & Company’s payment system was targeted (Reuters, 2016). In their attempt, the hackers tried and accessed to the company’s payment system. This access enabled the hackers to access the financial information of the company’s customers. Subsequently, it cannot be denied that the hackers may have used the customers’ debit and credit card information for drawing money from the customers or they may have sold to any anonymous third party. In other words, this access has made private and sensitive information a public or sellable item in the black market. Additionally, many customers may have lost hundreds of dollars.

Without the permission of the motor transportation industry, the government thinks Uber cannot achieve their requirements. Uber thinks that it’s ridiculous because it is not a taxi industry. They don't want to force to be a taxi industry. They think it is not fair for their rights. And although Uber had already applied the guarantee slip, the financial supervision council still has an apprehension of taking effect of on it. (Jbrett Gomez, 2015) Uber keeps giving indistinct answers to the requirements of the government. “We will pause our operations until the president and her government find a solution.” Damian Kassabgi, director of Uber's public policy said in the statement. Uber Taiwan hoped that President Ing-Wen Tsai can try to solve the problems and take action. (Shelley Shan, 2016) They hoped they can come back to Taiwan again at that time. The person calls Chen Tan Ho who is the minister of transportation and communication of Taiwan responded them e will accept Uber if Uber can reflect the incurred costs on its operation to fulfill the government’s requirement for safe and professional service. In brief, the government insists that they cannot ignore the safety and the risks that consumers might be exposed to if they choose Uber services. All of the problems caused Uber was forced to leave Taiwan in

Data breaches are probably most deadly and least aware of dangers we worry about. While data heists do lack the glamor of a bank heist or a casino robbery, it definitely has a lot more punch in terms of the damage that it can cause in everyday lives. In fact no Hollywood director would be half as interested in showing a nerdy guy sitting before his computer reading through infinite amounts of stolen information, as much as he/she would like to show a heist in a bank for it provides much more thrilling visuals. However we need to understand and recognize the disastrous power of data breaches to be personally aware and to demand protection from our favorite places of shopping, work, and leisure.

The internet is extremely important in people’s everyday lives, so much that majority of the world’s economy and its governments rely heavily on the web. Communication, information, work, education and health care are all at the top when it comes to being heavenly dependent on the internet. The birth of the Web opened up many opportunities, most of which have been positive. But with every light, there is a shadow. The Darknet, Darkweb, and the Deepweb. What do these names stand for? What is their capabilities? And what kind people run, explore and seek the services hidden in the shadow of the internet?

There are many pitfalls and perils on the Internet. Some of them are easy to avoid while other are not so obvious. Some of the Pitfalls and perils are annoying, while others are deadly to your computer. Still others are humorous and entertaining. There are many dangers on the Internet. This paper will try to cover some of them.

The Internet is a technology that has negative impacts on our daily lives. It has changed aspects of our life for the last 50 years, and it has demonstrated the considerable influence on people’s lives. Almost 3.2 billion people in the world use the internet. The Internet has gained acceptance across the globe, and it has also become a reason behind the critical changes in the modern society. Some of the changes are social isolation, health disorder, lack of privacy and internet addiction.

In today’s world Internet has become one of the most important mediums of communication. It has become the lifeline of our survival. It has removed the entire social, economic and physical barrier and has immense effect on our day to day activity.

Today, society is affected by the many advances in technology. These advances affect almost every person in the world. One of the prevalent advances in technology was the invention and mass use of the Internet. Today more than ever, people around the world use the Internet to support their personal and business tasks on a daily basis. The Internet is a portal into vast amounts of information concerning almost every aspect of life including education, business, politics, entertainment, social networking, and world security. (idebate.com) Although the Internet has become a key resource in developing the world, the mass use of Internet has highlighted a major problem, privacy and the protection of individual, corporate, and even government

The phenomenon of internet is henceforth taking part of our everyday life. Several of our activities have been altered due to this technology of communication. Internet is both a worldwide mechanism of distribution of information and a means of collaboration and interaction between persons and their computer, regardless of the geographic location. Concretizing the famous worldwide network of communications conceptualised by J.C.R. Licklider[1], internet was so on the rise that we cannot do without it anymore. This year, we count more than 3.14 billions of internet users[2]. Nonetheless, such a development of networks is not adjustment problems-free and it greatly needs protective measures of users’ data. Even though a majority of websites develop policies of respect for privacy and security of personal information, it remains numerous decencies. Otherwise, it is important to note the difference between the internet and the web; whereas the internet is a “massive network of networks” according to webopedia[3], the web, or World wide web, is a “way of accessing information” over the means of the internet. However, they are both concerned by privacy and ethical issues. Thus, this report will deal with both personal and ethical issues of websites and its similes with other innovations such as printing press and telephone but also the similes of feasible solutions.

Cyberspace is a non-physical environment created by computers interoperating on a network. People can interact in ways that are similar to reality, but does not require physical movement beyond typing. Advanced technology established this parallel world, ‘cyberspace’. This can be convenient for people to chat, shop, share, explore or research online, but it can also be a disadvantage at the same time. The prime examples of the disadvantages are, people are able to create fake, imaginative identities and use it to abuse others and this can lead to serious issues, such as sexual abuse or child grooming; and since, the Internet can be recognised as a parallel world to reality, this discourages people to have face-to-face human interaction. Consequently, cyberspace can be harmful to all people, because there are hardly any restrictions on the Internet. Technology inaugurated this and it is having an inimical influence on the majority of people who have access to the Internet on a daily basis.

In today’s world where the technology is at the forefront of our day-to-day lives, we engage in a myriad of social, economic and political transactions and interactions through cyberspace.

The Internet is a connection of computers across the world through a network. Its origin dates back to the 1960s when the U.S Military used it for research, but it became more available to the public from the late 1980s. The World Wide Web was created in 1989 and browsers began appearing in the early 1990s. Over the last 24 years, the Internet has enabled people to shop, play, do research, communicate and conduct business online. It has also become cheaper and faster in performing different tasks. As much as the Internet has done immeasurable good to society, it has also dominated people’s lives and brought with it an array of cybercrimes. According to Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way we Think,