Using MIS (10th Edition)
Using MIS (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134606996
Author: David M. Kroenke, Randall J. Boyle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.8, Problem 4SGDQ

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Data Breach:

A security event of unintentional release of secures or confidential data is transmitted or stolen or used by untrusted surroundings is referred as “data breach”.

  • Most data breaches involved in unstructured data such as files, sensitive data or documents.
  • There is a list of data breaches, has been collected using various sources, which includes government news, reports, articles, and so on.
  • One the data breaches from the list is “Home Depot”.

Home Depot:

The “Home Depot” is a retailing American home development company, which sells construction goods, tools, and services.

  • It is one of the largest home development retailer company, which is organized in warehouse style contains wide range of stores.

Data Breaches at Home Depot:

Home Depot declared that about 56 million customers credit/debit card might be breached in a data theft on its payment system in U...

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