{"id":60066,"date":"2019-01-21T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=60066"},"modified":"2019-01-21T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:01:02","slug":"data-breaches-desensitized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/data-breaches-desensitized\/","title":{"rendered":"There Are so Many Things Wrong with This…."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Public – Completely Desensitized to Breaches<\/h3>\n

Over the weekend, I came across this article,\u00a0How to Stop Worrying\u00a0About Every “Mega” Password Breach That Comes Along.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 Now, to be fair, if users actually read the article — it’s not as bad as the title depicts.\u00a0 But in a world where people read titles and maybe a meta description if they’re feeling ambitious — a title like this can easily skew readers into believing data breaches are either being sensationalized or are not important.\u00a0 Either way, it’s a problem and data breaches\u00a0are not to be taken lightly.<\/p>\n

However, it’s an uphill battle to maintain public concern for a topic that, as of late, has become a normal news story.\u00a0 The sensation has been removed.\u00a0 Meaning, the public has begun tuning it out because it’s just more gibber-gabber that they’ve heard 100 times already.\u00a0 This in itself should be highly alarming considering data breaches may include email addresses, passwords, or worse — personal identifiable data.\u00a0 If we as the public continue to disregard the latest security breaches, then who are we to demand better from businesses who are supposed to be securing our data, to begin with?\u00a0 We cannot, without being giant hypocrites.<\/p>\n

Taking Control<\/h4>\n

When was the last time you changed your email, online banking, or login password?\u00a0 When was the last time you saved a user name and password to your browser so you didn’t have to remember it every time?\u00a0 What about your email address — have you checked to ensure it has not been compromised?\u00a0 Now, what about your credit?\u00a0 Have you pulled a free report recently to confirm there hasn’t been any irregular activity?\u00a0 And what about those bank statements — are you checking them to confirm your purchases are all legitimate?<\/p>\n

Long story short, security breaches should be taken seriously, and the public needs to hold themselves accountable for their role in their online data security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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