Data breach - Everything about Data Breach and Tips to protects your data from Data breach :

Data breaches are becoming common these days due to advancements of the Tech Industry and wide access to learning of hacking skills. Hacking has become a trend in Tech Industry. Hacking has become root cause to causing data breaches. Every second day hackers are getting over and trying to hack our personal Instagram accounts and obtain our sensitive information like bank details. Hackers have proven their intelligence by hacking over the twitter account of Famous persons like Elon Musk.

Recently in May 2021, Data breach occured in Dominos Database that lead to leaking of over 13 Terabytes of data. Dominos used to obtain your information of Location (Latitude/Longitude details) ,saved credit cards, saved address. Number of Pizza's ordered throughout etc. 

Lets understand why Data breaches occur.

and How data breaches occur? 

Whenever you sign up for something like for Google, Google asks you about your Name, Age/ Date of birth and if possible contact number of you this data acquired by Google is stored by the Google in its database in united states. This data is stored atmost security under their servers .These Servers are high security servers which cannot be reached by the Search Engines (That is places on the internet that can't be accessed by the normal people like Confidential Areas in reality).

 Previously, the data was used to be leaked by ex-employee of the company. Now due to advancements, these high security server addresses are being obtained by hacking. 

 

How to check if your data has been breached before?

First thing you have to do there is website by a funny name Havibeenpwned (haveibeenpwned.com) which helps in discovering whether your data is breached and what type of data was leaked in the data breach.

What do these hackers do with your data ?

Hackers obtain your data and keep it on darkweb for sale . If new company is just starting out and is in need of your data to generate leads for their Business expansion.

Your data for them is like a lottery for them .A bunch of leads for their Expansion.

How do you protect your information fram Data breach : 

01. Use Two contact numbers, primary and secondary number, you can give your primary number to the personal contacts and Secondary number for ecommerce and other websites .Thus thing helps you in securing your primary number from breaches. Same Analogy goes with the email , Apply this to email as well.

02. When a website is asking you email and Phone number but just need it for sign up for one-time use of their online tool for OTP messages then for temporvary emails (https://10minutemail.com/) and mobile numbers ( https://sms24.me/) for you which are available online and made specifically for sign-ups.

03. Do not sign up for websites which are asking you card number for sign-ups ( Like some companies provide trial on the basis of card details)

If the site is authenticated, Then go for it , Otherwise don't.

04. Do not share your e-commerce website login I'd with anyone. As you may have stored your sensitive information there.

05. Educate your kids not to share any kimd of data with the strangers. Hackers have started to call kids like they have just won prize (PS5 , Barbie house , brand new iPhone etc) from XYZ website .To recieve the prize, they should immediately share their Adress , Email id ,contact number , Name of their parents to get it delivered to the house. Beware of these people.

These are the ways by which you can protect your data , Even if the data breach occurs you are absolutely "SAFE" .