impacts and consequences of a cyber attack

impacts

denial of service

identity theft

data destruction

Impacts authorised users of a website

Identity theft is the theft of your personal details and used to commit fraud

this is where someone or something destroys your data making it no longer available

data manipulation

data is edited and changed to meet the requirements of the attacker

data theft

data theft is where someone steals your data e.g. your password this could result in them getting more information possibly leading to identity theft

consequences

financial

data

loss

disruption

reputation

could negatively affect you or your business reputation because the business would be seen as not trustworthy customers may not have full trust in you as they worry their personal data could be unprotectedandat risk

three main consequences from loss of data financial loss data loss and reputation loss

business can suffer financial loss of income or having to pay out a compensation, they could lose account details ,and if they lost personal details they bee at risk of identity theft

time delay in backups can result in data being lost also customers orders may be lost including those onlineand if a customers datahas been lost could result in identify theft

disruption can be operational financial or commercial disruption is caused by cyber attacks,, it affects operations by slowing down the running of a business,could result to loss of customer data in financial problems and in commercial could mean the buisness could not runproperly resulting in it to shut down

safety

safety can include individuals equipment and finances the three main consequences resulting from safety and security issues is individual equipment and finance