- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
-
1 Data Stories -
2 Blind Data -
3 The Nature of Data -
4 Gridlock -
5 In Data We Trust -
6 How to Lose (and Regain) 3.6 Billion Euros -
7 Harmonizing Data is Hard -
8 Open-and-Shut Case -
9 The Politics of Building Civic Tech -
10 So More Trumps Better? -
11 Hustling for Funding -
12 The Secret Science of Formulas -
13 The End of the Data Lifecycle -
14 Traces and Shadows -
15 Recommended Life -
16 The Quantified Self -
17 Fighting Fires -
18 Management Through Metrics -
19 Guinea Pigs -
20 Big Brother is Watching and Controlling You -
21 Security Theatre -
22 When a Country Ignores Its Own Data -
23 Data Theft -
24 Data for the People, by the People -
25 Black Data Matter -
26 A Matter of Life and Death -
27 Data Futures - Notes
- Index
Data Theft
Data Theft
This chapter details the consequences of data breaches for a company and its customers. Someone has discovered that the company has stored personal details of customers in an unencrypted database on an insecure server located somewhere in Idaho. Unfortunately, an enterprising hacker has put up the entire database for sale on the dark web. The company suspects that somebody probably fell for a phishing attack, then someone got in and dismantled their cybersecurity. As it turns out, other companies, governments, and city administration have all been victims of data breaches. Data breaches could cost companies millions as customers could sue them for identity theft.
Keywords: data breaches, personal details, personal data, unencrypted database, hackers, dark web, phishing attack, cybersecurity, identity theft
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
-
1 Data Stories -
2 Blind Data -
3 The Nature of Data -
4 Gridlock -
5 In Data We Trust -
6 How to Lose (and Regain) 3.6 Billion Euros -
7 Harmonizing Data is Hard -
8 Open-and-Shut Case -
9 The Politics of Building Civic Tech -
10 So More Trumps Better? -
11 Hustling for Funding -
12 The Secret Science of Formulas -
13 The End of the Data Lifecycle -
14 Traces and Shadows -
15 Recommended Life -
16 The Quantified Self -
17 Fighting Fires -
18 Management Through Metrics -
19 Guinea Pigs -
20 Big Brother is Watching and Controlling You -
21 Security Theatre -
22 When a Country Ignores Its Own Data -
23 Data Theft -
24 Data for the People, by the People -
25 Black Data Matter -
26 A Matter of Life and Death -
27 Data Futures - Notes
- Index
