Watch How to Overcome a Data Breach with this UWaterloo & Virginia Tech video!

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Daphne Yao

Target and Equifax had one of the biggest data breaches ever, with hackers stealing millions of customers’ credit card information. Within a click, these esteemed companies lost their reputations and customer faith overnight. What surprised many was the nature of these attacks. Rather than infiltrating from the main systems, some of these attacks happened through a third-party vendor. For instance, Target's data breach occurred through their HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system. As well, Target and Equifax are high-profile and large companies— so how come these attacks happen? Is there technology in place that can protect a company's information such as customers' credit card information? What can company executives, researchers, and the public do to overcome data breaches?

Back in December 2021, Virginia Tech’s Daphne Yao hosted our CPI Talk: Data Breaches and Multiple Points to Stop. She analyzed the Target and Equifax Data breaches and advised how we can prevent, detect, or stop a data breach!

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"Researchers have the power to bring transparency and the science to this field. We can open source our solution. We can do measurement in a very neutral and objective way like what we did on payment card industry data security standards" - Daphne Yao in her CPI Talk: Data Breaches and Multiple Points to Stop Them