Breach of Ethics is a Growing Concern in Today's Digital World

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Breach of Ethics is a Growing Concern in Today's Digital World
Cyberspace is the name of the virtual world comprising computers and technology. Cyberspace and the internet have made it easier for people worldwide to communicate differently. Be it entertainment or formal business meetings, or even the buying and selling products, and everything is at our fingertips. Even banking systems have become computerized and store data on hard drives and the internet. With every transaction we make on the internet, we leave behind an electronic trail of data. Organizations that we interact with and the government all construct databases to document our daily activities (Quinn 228). A constant rise in technology results in constant improvement and up-to-date security systems to protect the electronic data trails and keep mutual trust between interactive parties on the internet. With advancements in technology every day, it is becoming increasingly important for people to understand the safety hazards taking place on the internet. These hazards mainly revolve around access to information about a person without the individual's consent. It is a breach of privacy and a violation of the general code of conduct and ethics.
Cyberspace attacks are the efforts of hackers to hijack people's data utilizing cyberspace. Hackers try to find new ways to break into security systems to hack users' data and personal information. It can be detrimental to the masses and have dangerous consequences. Hackers try to find ways that benefit themselves at the cost of another's property and details. Although cyberspace itself does not exist in any physical form, severe consequences are associated with such issues, such as the Twitter hacking and Marriot Hotel chain data hacking that took place in the previous years.
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The first event which will be part of the discussion is the major Twitter Hacking of 2020. The event took place on 15 July 2020. Many famous people's Twitter accounts got hacked, such as Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. These are just a few prominent names from the list.
Several tweeters observed a suspicious tweet from Elon Musk as Elon Musk's account posted a tweet saying that he was feeling charitable and would doubt any donations made to a specific bitcoin account. It can be considered a form of identity theft as the hackers used the website to access personal details and accounts of famous people (Quinn 110). Initially, people did not suspect any unusual activity because charitability is something that many famous personalities were engaging in, considering the world's situation due to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
Suspicion arose when several famous accounts posted the same tweet with the exact bitcoin account details, which led to Twitter suspending all activities and accounts to access the problem. It was an attempt by Twitter to ensure the hackers do not gain access to any other individual accounts and make sure none of the private details of the people come out in the public eye. By the time Twitter understood the issue, $70,000 had already been donated to the bitcoin account.
Twitter revealed that the hack was made possible by manipulating Twitter employees a...