Imagine practicing social distancing and staying at home only to get a virus still. You wash your hands and use hand sanitizer so much you don’t use lotion anymore. You did everything right. But you were still susceptible the entire time. Let’s find out why data breach is more dangerous than the Coronavirus.

If you don’t think data breaches are a huge deal, ask yourself why are the board of directors from fortune 500 companies saying it’s a top priority during the pandemic?

Within the past month, over 66 million Americans filed for unemployment, while others are working from home. As a result, millions of people are at home, giving away data being distracted on the internet. Data breaches, unfortunately, aren’t popular topics on social media despite affecting millions.

Our data will be valuable if we alive or not while dying from coronavirus is used to instill fear. Not enough people have died from the virus to say its a population control, but the fear of it can be used. The coronavirus can be used to instill fear to implement the agenda that was thought us with the help of data breaches.

Last month, Marriott’s data breached exposed the records of 5.2 million guests. Including their home addresses and phone numbers  

The world’s largest domain, Godaddy, suffered a breach in October of 2019 yet wasn’t realized until last week.  Over 28,000 accounts were compromised. Currently, a hacker group is selling 73 million users’ data online. The breach included ten companies and 30 million members from the dating site Zoosk.

Dating app MobiFriends also was data breached for 3.6 million viewers in April 2020. 

AS MORE DATA FLOWS FROM YOUR BODY AND BRAIN TO SMART MACHINES. IT WILL BE EASY FOR CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MANIPULATE YOU.”-YUVAL HARARI

Only 4.12 million confirmed cases of Coronavirus, which isn’t even close to the number of data hackers getting your information. The lack of urgency to the data breach as compared to Coronavirus is life and death. However, being place in quarantine makes us more susceptible to a data breach. 

Who is receiving our stolen data? What future purpose does it serve? 

Former FBI’s most wanted hacker Kevin Mitnick’s Art of invisibility book is an excellent starting point for those wanting to protect their data. But most people are indifferent about data protection. There are several examples in our review of the book where people took advantage of stolen data that would force readers to reconsider.

Usually were distracted while in our homes to what is going on outside in the real world. Currently were distracted while inside our homes to what is happening inside our homes. The information on the recent data breaches is readily available despite the numerous ignorance by the masses of people to it.

The issues are more significant than hackers, though. Facebook has been accused allegedly of selling its data in the past. While Tik Tok has accused of discriminating against “unattractive” users. Also, Tik Tok reportedly shared a private user video publicly. All with the motive to increase viewership. This is why data breach is more dangerous than the coronavirus

The motive behind the hacking and breaching of data has sadistically evolved. Hackers want your data as do the very companies you use daily.

Furthermore, what’s even more ironic is the paradox between our relationship with data and our phones. It will power for one to not be attached to their cell phones. Yet we’re not connected to our data. Viewing the lives of others through social media can impact our mental health negatively. But were oblivious when it comes to giving away our information and to whom.

Perhaps this lack of connection to our data proves that humans aren’t as connected to our phones as we lead ourselves to believe. Just because data breaches don’t headline the news doesn’t, it’s unimportant.

Ironically our data is a part of us because it contains information about us, sensitive information. Let’s say our data is a representation of our body in the digital world. Cybersecurity is the immune system that protects our data. When businesses are infected(hacked), and we lose our data, our digital energy is being used for an ulterior motive. Why else would someone intend to hack and steal our information? 

Furthermore, the average time it takes to become aware of a breach is seven months. And who knows who and what is receiving our information and why?

The healthcare industry is generally the most affected by data breaches and represent over 42% of all data breach cases. 91% of all health care industries have reported at least one data breach within two years. 

Unlike a stolen credit card, medical information is permanent, not temporary. 

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the hospitality industry the hardest. 

Data Breaches will cost the health care industry 4.9 billion by 2019

In conclusion, cybersecurity is just as critical as our immune system. Hospitals are spending millions to fight and protect data breaches, yet most hospitals are overlooking cybersecurity. Staff shortages and lack of profit are just some of the reasons hospitals aren’t invested in cybersecurity as they should be. And this is why data breach is more dangerous than the coronavirus.

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