Cyber -Security Case Studies by Aylin Kirbas https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp en-us 2023-03-29 15:01:12 UTC 2023-03-31 15:28:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Home Depot Security Breach kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538350632 Who: More than 50 million people were affected including both American and Canadian citizens
What: Malware was used to breach self-pay kiosks to take credit card numbers, emails, addresses, etc... With investigation it was thought that the same malware used to breach Target was used for this attack.
Where: U.S. and Canada were affected. The hack doesn't have a certain place where it was suspected to take place.
When: April 14 and September 2nd, 2014
Why: To steal data and get access to the POS system]]> 2023-03-30 12:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538350632 Target Credit Card Breach kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538357453 Who: 40 million customers from target were affected by the hacker group. The hacker identified  as profile 958  and was pointed towards a Ukranian named Andrey Hodirevski.
What: 40 million credit and debit records were taken and 70 million customer records.
Where: U.S. Brazil and Russia.
When: November 2013.
Why: For customer data.
Outcome: Target corps chairman Gregg Steinhafel resigned after the breach and a settlement of 18.5 million was declared after the investigation. ]]> 2023-03-30 13:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538357453 Colonial Pipeline Attack kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538361956 Who: The group Darkside was identified as being the hackers behind this attack who was Russian-linked group. This attack affected the oil infrastructure and mostly affected the South-East of the U.S.
What: Through exposed passwords from a VPN account the group was able to threaten the supply of fuel distribution from this oil infrastructure
When: May 6, 2021
Where: Houston, Texas
Why: Threaten oil/fuel distribution in the U.S.]]> 2023-03-30 13:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538361956 Solar Winds/FireEye Breach kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538362365 Who: Up to 18,000 of their customers were hacked who were both in the US government and FireEye itself.
What: Tools used by the company to mimic cyberattacks to help protect customers were taken by malware.
When: Dec 8, 2020
Where: the U.S.
Why: Gain the tools that this company used to protect customers from cyber attacks.]]> 2023-03-30 13:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538362365 WannaCry kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538371371 Who: The wanna-cry ransomware crypto worm targeted computers that operated under the Microsoft windows system, encrypted the data, and requested payments with BitCoin currency. A hacking group called the Lazarus group was said to be behind this attack with ties to North Korea.
What: This attack encrypted the data, and requested payments with BitCoin currency.
When: May 2017
Where: Computers across 150 countries
Why: For bitcoin currency]]> 2023-03-30 13:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538371371 Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538377465 Who: 
On the 24th of November, 2014. An attack on the film studio of Sony Pictures Entertainment through malware, by a group of hackers known as the “Guardians of Peace” who are widely believed to be working with North Korea. Who was affected were the employees and their families. 
What: This group stole large amounts of sensitive data and information of the employees and Senior executives and leaked them to journalists with the intention to prevent the release of the political comedy film of their national leader
Where: North Korea affecting the U.S.
When: November 24th, 2014
Why: Outrage over the comedic film coming out 
]]> 2023-03-30 13:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538377465 2017 Equifax Data Breach kirbas2 https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538383480 Who: Affected 143 million people this attack was
What: Equifax trafficking a lot of personal data was under attack solely by the fact that their security officials had failed to install a new security system, and data was being taken undetected for months.
When: March of 2017
Where: Said to take place in China by a group of hackers.
Why: Take personal data]]> 2023-03-30 13:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kirbas2/60hf1xl65p1hixnp/wish/2538383480