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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)
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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

PII data at rest (i.e. in a database) must be encrypted.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 months ago

If the DB is running, it's not at rest. Clients side encrypted data would be the way.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I think my definition is pretty standard: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_at_rest

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 months ago

The catch is interpretation, which the wiki points out:

“Inactive data” could be taken to mean data which may change, but infrequently.

Any company like this one would consider this data "in use" but "inactive" because any person could need a loan at any point.

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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