A data breach is a form of cyberattack that involves a system security violation where sensitive, protected, or confidential data is accessed by unauthorised individuals. Data breaches may occur from a variety of circumstances, such as an accidental, human error from within an organisation or via insider threats, such as negligent users, criminal or malicious insiders, or inside attackers that have stolen user credentials, or external cyberattacks wherein hackers view, copy, transmit, steal, and/or use data that belongs to another party.
To find out more of if you believe you have been a victim of a data breach, contact: assistance@cybersecurity.com.au.