California State University Data Breaching at Dixons Carphone

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Look for several breaches of personally identifiable information that occurred a few years ago. Find an example of one that has occured and report on the following:

1. Summarize the breach involving the loss of PII or credit card data and what data was stolen in a brief paragraph. When did it occur? How many records and what type were lost? How quickly did the company notify the affected individuals (this might not be revealed right away - maybe look at multiple sources)?

2. Discuss the ramifications of the breach. How much did it cost, or is it estimated to cost, the company? If this is a publicly-traded company, check the stock prices at the time. Was their stock impacted?

3. Discuss the company's response to the breach in terms of the three theories discussed in the lecture (shareholder, stakeholder, and societal). Which was impacted and why?

Must be in APA and provide references

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Running head: DATA BREACHING OF PII

Data Breaching of PII: Dixons Carphone
Institutional Affiliation
Students Name
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DATA BREACHING OF PII

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Data Breaching of PII: Dixons Carphone
Data breaching has been a rising global issue with the growing digital culture that
almost every company has adopted. Personal Identifiable Information (PII) has always been
the target by hackers during breaching. Many data breaches have occurred in the 21st century
that have affected global companies. In the first six months of this year 2019, more than 4.1
billion records were exposed due to data breaches (Winder, 2019). Several theories have been
used to explain data breaching responses and the ramifications involved after data breaching.
In 2018, Dixons Carphone Corporation was affected by a hacking attack, which exposed PII
of their 10 million clients, whereby the ramifications were adverse. Thus, the paper will
discuss the breaching of Dixons Carphone, the ramifications involved, and how the company...


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