October’s daily data breach headlines were somewhat quieter than September, which had many data breaches. The trend amongst October’s data breaches all involved unauthorized access. Secondly, based on press releases, the breaches were all reported very quickly.
Cathay Pacific
Date Discovered: 10/24/18
# of records: 9,400,000
How the breach happened: Unauthorized access detected
Type of Data involved: Passenger name, nationality, date of birth, phone number, email; address, passport number, identity card number, frequent flyer programme membership number, customer service remarks and historical travel information
Healthcare.gov
Date Discovered: 10/19/18
# of records: 75,000
How the breach happened: Anomalous activity detected
Type of Data involved: Personal details
Girl Scouts
Date Discovered: 10/1/18
# of records: 2,800
How the breach happened: Unauthorized email account access detected
Type of Data involved: Personal details
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