What are public data breaches?

Data breaches are security incidents that occur when cybercriminals access, steal and use information without prior authorisation. Cybercriminals often share this information and make it accessible to the public. Sometimes this includes personal information such as email addresses, passwords, mobile phone numbers, etc.

Cyber Guardian monitors whether your employees' personal data (such as email addresses and passwords) are included in databases that have been made publicly available by cybercriminals. We will alert you if we detect breaches that could compromise the security of your company. You can consult all the information in the "Data breaches" section.

Many applications that we use in our daily lives, such as our email, are accessed through a username and password. Very often, the username is an email account and unfortunately many people reuse the same passwords. If this information falls into the hands of cybercriminals, it would allow them to access any application or system that is accessible using the same username and password.