Chegg Data Breach
Chegg experienced a data breach that was reported on April 28, 2018. Breach of Chegg exposing 39,721,127 records
Key Facts
- Organization
- Chegg
- Date Reported
- April 28, 2018
- Incident Type
- unauthorized access
- Severity Score
- 9/10
- Confidence Level
- high
- Tags
Source
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Understanding unauthorized access Incidents
Unauthorized access breaches occur when attackers gain entry to systems without permission through credential theft, vulnerability exploitation, or social engineering.