Data breaches have affected our lives on multiple levels, from breaches of social apps like Ashley Madison, to breaches of retail stores like Target, to breaches of the companies we’ve historically trusted to keep our most personal information safe, like Equifax. Each of these hacks, upon being revealed, had a ripple effect on our economy and personal lives, hitting the stock market and forcing us to pay closer attention to how our personal information is being used, stored, and collected. Data breaches are possible because of our modern reliance on mass quantities of data and internet-based storage and interaction, which…
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