Hatched : The Data Theft Story
(by Saurabh Singh Rajput, Second Year CSE, VNIT) "There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that don't know they have be en hack ed." What if I tell you that presently at this exact moment your credit card name,number,password each and every bank detail, would be on sale on dark-web where any random stranger can buy this details in exchange of some bitcoins or money and can use the card for his/her personal use Or Would you believe if I tell you that till the time you end up reading this whole sentence at least 400 new data thefts would have occurred. That’s right because every second 64 records are being stolen and the world has no clue about it. Before going into the technical knowledge of the topic let’s understand what “Data Theft!!” actually means. Do you remember the English series “F-R-I-E-N-D-S” episode in which “Rachel’s” credit card gets stolen, or the scene in the movie “THE SOCIAL NETWORK”in which Mark Zucker...