Both 2020 and 2021, as well as what we experienced in 2022, In terms of cyber security, these have been extremely disastrous years. If the trend was already increasing in the past decade, the growth has been even more pronounced in recent years. In this way, we have seen all kinds of companies and public entities fall victim to attacks that in many cases have resulted in more than notorious data exfiltration.
A recent example of this can be found in American division of Samsungwhich issued a message to its users informing them of a security issue that occurred in late July and was discovered in early August on 4. This incident led to a leak of information between employees,names, contact and demographic information, dates of birth and product registration information«. The company assured its customers that the breach did not affect Social Security numbers or credit card numbers stored in the system.
As always with this type of data breach, the point is that the users whose data has been compromised have been compromised carefully analyze all communications you receive from now on. It is true that since critical data such as card numbers and social security numbers have not been leaked, the risks are not as high, but with enough personal information, attackers can already conduct phishing and hacking campaigns.
And exactly in this sense, the company warns the user. Samsung advises those affected by the breach to be aware of phishing programs, keep a close eye on their credit profiles (and even provides some suggestions for getting free credit reports online), read the FAQ for safety tips, and read the company’s privacy policy.
It’s not Samsung’s first security problem in 2022, In March, the tech company announced that hackers had exposed internal company data affecting Galaxy smartphones. «We do not currently anticipate any impact on our business or customers. We have implemented measures to prevent further such incidents and will continue to serve our customers 24/7.the company said.
Big tech companies have been around for a while one of the priority targets of cybercriminals, so it is common to see their names associated with events of this type. Of course, the speed and level of response once an incident occurs is key.
