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Breaches happen and all too often we only here about the big companies. As a small business you are equally vulnerable. Some companies may be able to withstand the firestorm and financial impact one breach could cause. As a small company you may be handling personal and private information. This information is not limited to HIPPA and precautions must be taken to prevent <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2024, numerous companies across various sectors experienced significant data breaches. Notable incidents include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Snowflake Inc. Customers<\/strong>: Hackers affiliated with the group Scattered Spider breached over 100 customers of Snowflake, Inc., affecting organizations such as AT&T, Ticketmaster, Santander Bank, LendingTree, and Neiman Marcus. The compromised data varied and included personally identifiable information, banking records, digital event tickets, and customer call records.<\/div>\n
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National Public Data<\/strong>: This background check company suffered a breach exposing sensitive information of approximately 2.9 billion records, including full names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and phone numbers. The breach led to multiple lawsuits and the company’s eventual bankruptcy.<\/div>\n
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DISA Global Solutions<\/strong>: A provider of employee screening services, DISA reported that data on more than 3.3 million individuals was exposed. The breach was discovered over two months after the initial intrusion.<\/div>\n
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Holt Group<\/strong>: A machinery and construction corporation based in San Antonio; Holt Group experienced a data breach affecting 12,455 individuals. Compromised data included names, addresses, governmental IDs, and financial information.
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Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)<\/strong>: Over 1 million individuals had their personal information accessed due to a phishing campaign targeting IDHS employee accounts. Approximately 4,700 Social Security numbers were exposed.
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Total Tools<\/strong>: An Australian hardware chain, Total Tools faced a data breach affecting around 38,000 customers. Exposed information included names, email addresses, credit card data, login details, mobile numbers, and shipping addresses.
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Fidelity Investments<\/strong>: A data breach exposed details of thousands of customers. Although the data wasn’t misused, Fidelity offered free identity monitoring services to affected individuals.
Yahoo Finance
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Atlassian<\/strong>: The Australian software company experienced a data leak caused by stolen employee credentials, affecting 13,000 employee records and office floorplans.
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23andMe<\/strong>: The biotech company suffered a breach where customer accounts were accessed through a credential-stuffing attack, exposing genetic data, names, email addresses, and other personal information.
Tech.co
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T-Mobile<\/strong>: The telecommunications giant faced another data breach affecting around 800 customers, with contact information, ID cards, and Social Security numbers accessed.
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These incidents underscore the persistent challenges organizations face in safeguarding sensitive data against evolving cyber threats.     As a small business what are the most common reasons that happen to larger companies should I consider for my business?<\/p>\n

As a small business your number 1 threat start with your network, how you process payments, store client information and data and understanding what safeguards to take.    In the end, it starts with PCI DSS compliance.   <\/p>\n

Companies often fail to maintain PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliance<\/strong> for a variety of reasons, many of which stem from gaps in security practices, oversight, or resource allocation.<\/p>\n

As of the most recent data, it’s estimated that over 50% of businesses are not fully PCI DSS compliant<\/strong> \u2014 and the compliance rate has actually been declining<\/strong> in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\ud83d\udcca Some key stats from reports (like Verizon\u2019s Payment Security Report):<\/strong><\/div>\n
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