Data breach

An event that puts an individual’s personal data at risk by making  them accessible or publicly available. Personal data include health or financial information, copies of identity documents, credit card data, etc. The main causes  of a data breach are typically cyber attacks, system vulnerabilities, and/or human errors.

SOURCE: The future of Cybersecurity in Italy: Strategic focus areas Projects and Actions to better defend our country from cyber attacks Laboratorio Nazionale di Cybersecurity CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l’Informatica