Prof. predicts more, larger data leaks – PNW Pioneer

A PNW cybersecurity professor says that data leaks like the latest AT&T data injury are less surprising and widespread.

In March, AT&T announced that data from around 73 million former and current users were entered on the dark web. The data contained the personal information of customers, including social security numbers and passcodes.

“I'm not surprised [this happened]“, Said Charles Rabello Decastro, a professor who teaches courses in cyber security and computer forensics. “[It’s] Not only with AT & T. There are other companies that are probably violated at the moment who don't know.

“Safety violations just don't happen and then they will find out,” he said. “Many security violations can take two years before a company finds out that they have been attacked. It is what we call an advanced threat. ”

In 2023 alone, AT & T competitor T-Mobile reported three separate data injury attacks that were affected by over 37 million T-Mobile users. In a 2023 with study, it was found that the number of data has more than tripled between 2013 and 2022.

It also reported that the number of incidents increases.

“When viruses were created for the first time, it was a joke that [people] played against each other, ”said Decastro, who had spent years in law enforcement authorities before becoming a teacher. “Then came a point where viruses were destructive. Now it's a money earning matter. Data is worth money.

“Think about what other information telephone companies or another company have,” he said. “When I have in charge of the recording of a person, I get where they were, who they write. [who] They call … and some of these places record their conversations. ”