Watch this video titled “Can we make Encryption that’s Unbreakable?” https://www.ted.com/talks/john_prisco_can_we_make_encryption_that_s_unbreakable

The speaker shows a diagram at (2:09) of the records stolen since 2013 from the many famous companies around the world. What are your thoughts about it and the general idea of making encryption “Foolproof”? Share some other articles you searched online that gives any detailed information on the many attacks on those companies.

After seeing the graphic in the TEDx talk, I was taken aback not only at the scale of these attacks but also by the fact that this has been a decade-long issue for businesses. Data breaches that result in hundreds of millions of accounts being compromised come from practices like a lack of encryption or little to no layers of protection for data. However, while the idea of encryption being “foolproof” is optimistic, it’s not a realistic goal. It isn’t realistic due to challenges like cybercriminals eventually learning exploits, quantum computing cracking the keys in minutes, and any security feature having foundational vulnerabilities.

An example of a company having foundational vulnerabilities is Yahoo. The company had a data breach in 2013 that compromised 3 billion accounts. The group of attackers got in by exploiting poor cookies to impersonate anyone they wanted and steal all of the data. This attack resulted in a cost of $4.48 billion for Verizon when buying Yahoo.

https://bpbonline.medium.com/yahoo-data-breach-what-actually-happened-54cf8f3f7c93