Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out? (2016)

The telecommunications company TalkTalk admitted that its data breach last year resulted in criminals using customer information to commit fraud. All this makes data a toxic asset, and it continues to be toxic as long as it sits in a company’s computers and networks. The Ashley Madison data breach was such a disaster for the company because it saved its customers’ real names and credit card numbers.

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