Top 5 Cloud Security Data Breaches in Recent Years

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Cyber breaches aren’t a thing of the past. Ever since the pandemic, the world has seen massive security attacks, each of which continues to disrupt the functioning of enterprises and organizations functioning.

Despite moving to the cloud, there has been no respite from these imminent cyberattacks. The year 2021 promised relief, but it saw some of the biggest, unforgettable data breaches, which shook the foundation of security practices.

Here’s a list of the top five cloud security breaches which can’t go without a special mention:


1. Accenture

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In its Cyber Risk survey, the world’s first Cyber Resilience startup UpGuard discovered that Accenture left at least four AWS S3 storage buckets unsecured in 2017.

The breach included unbridled authentication details, confidential API data, digital certificates, decryption keys, user data, and meta info.

The security analysis by UpGuard discovered 137GB of data was available for public access. As a result, cyber attackers used this data to defame and extort money from users. Some compromised information also found its way onto the dark web.

In August 2021,…

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