Records on the Dark Web
India's largest bank found 3,897 of its customers' records in a dark-web data set, and the source of the data is still under investigation.
Key terms
AP Cybersecurity alignment
- 2.1.D.2An asset is anything valuable. Assets include financial resources, intellectual property, data, digital infrastructure, physical property, and reputation.Learning objective: Describe the risk assessment process.
- 2.1.D.5The severity of an attack is often measured by financial cost, which can also include reputational and operational impacts.Learning objective: Describe the risk assessment process.
- 5.1.C.1Data security risks can involve a compromise of confidentiality when unauthorized persons can access sensitive data, integrity when data can be manipulated or altered from its intended state, and availability when data can be…Learning objective: Assess and document risks from application and data vulnerabilities.
AP Networking alignment
- 1.3.A.1Digital and physical attacks are designed to gain unauthorized access to accounts, data, or devices. Unauthorized access can result in exposure of sensitive or personal information, including financial records, health data,…Learning objective: Identify the impacts of digital and physical attacks on individual devices.
- 4.1.A.2Violations of the CIA triad often occur together, resulting in greater impact. Understanding the full scope of an incident requires investigating what happened, who was affected, and how data or services were impacted.…Learning objective: Identify evidence of compromised confidentiality, integrity, or availability.