Cloud Computing Data Breaches in News Media: Disclosure of Personal and Sensitive Data

David Kolevski, Katina Michael, Roba Abas, Mark Freeman

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Cloud computing has changed how businesses adopt information and communication technology (ICT) services that can be provisioned dynamically, providing more capacity and capability as required without the huge upfront capital expenditure. As consumers continue to use more and more online self-service portals, they increasingly leave digital footprints and personally identifiable information (PII) behind. Hackers, cloud configuration vulnerabilities, insider attacks, and accidental information security leaks are commonplace today, affecting tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of end-users. This article recounts the story of three of the most significant data breaches internationally, Sony PSN (2011), eBay (2014) and Yahoo! (2014), through the lens of news media at the height of the data breaches. The article captures a variety of cloud computing stakeholder perspectives, identifying key socio-technical considerations that need to be addressed over the longer term for the protection of the end-user, and the continuous improvement of cloud services.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISTAS 2022 - IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022
Subtitle of host publicationDigital and Societal Transformations
EditorsT V Gopal, Laurie Lau, Lennon Chang, Greg Adamson
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665484107
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Hong Kong
Duration: Nov 10 2022Nov 12 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings
Volume2022-November

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS 2022
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/10/2211/12/22

Keywords

  • cloud computing
  • consumers
  • data breaches
  • disclosure
  • eBay
  • fraud
  • identity theft
  • misuse of data
  • personally identifiable information
  • privacy
  • security
  • Sony
  • stakeholders
  • value chain
  • Yahoo!

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Social Sciences

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