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US 12,596,981 B1Granted
Pre-data breach monitoring
AssigneeConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
InventorsMichael John Dean, Mark Joseph Kapczynski
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Abstract
A method for providing pre-data breach monitoring provides information to businesses that is useful to predict portions of the company data that may not be secured well enough and other risks associated with data breaches, such as employees that may not be trustworthy.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- retrieving information identifying each of a plurality of individuals associated with an entity;
- scanning a plurality of data sources for information regarding the plurality of individuals associated with the entity, wherein the plurality of data sources that are scanned include one or more dark web data sources that are accessible via particular browsing software, wherein automatically scanning the one or more dark web data sources comprises:
- executing a particular browser that is configured to access dark address space that is not accessible via a standard browser configured to access public internet data sources;
- and
- scanning at least a subset of the dark address space accessed via execution of the particular browser for at least a portion of data regarding the plurality of individuals;
- generating a score for at least one of (a) a particular individual of the plurality of individuals or (b) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the score is generated based at least in part on each of two or more categories of information found during the scanning of the plurality of data sources;
- and
- based at least in part on the score, providing a notification to at least one of (i) the particular individual or (ii) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the notification includes an indication of whether at least one of the scanning or the score suggests a likelihood that personal information has been compromised.
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A computing system comprising:
- memory;
- and
- a hardware processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions to:
- retrieve information identifying each of a plurality of individuals associated with an entity;
- scan a plurality of data sources for information regarding the plurality of individuals associated with the entity, wherein the plurality of data sources that are scanned include one or more dark web data sources that are accessible via particular browsing software, wherein automatically scanning the one or more dark web data sources comprises:
- executing a particular browser that is configured to access dark address space that is not accessible via a standard browser configured to access public internet data sources;
- and
- scanning at least a subset of the dark address space accessed via execution of the particular browser for at least a portion of data regarding the plurality of individuals;
- generate a score for at least one of (a) a particular individual of the plurality of individuals or (b) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the score is generated based at least in part on each of two or more categories of information found during the scanning of the plurality of data sources;
- and
- based at least in part on the score, provide a notification to at least one of (i) the particular individual or (ii) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the notification includes an indication of whether at least one of the scanning or the score suggests a likelihood that personal information has been compromised.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:
- retrieving information identifying each of a plurality of individuals associated with an entity;
- scanning a plurality of data sources for information regarding the plurality of individuals associated with the entity, wherein the plurality of data sources that are scanned include one or more dark web data sources that are accessible via particular browsing software, wherein automatically scanning the one or more dark web data sources comprises:
- executing a particular browser that is configured to access dark address space that is not accessible via a standard browser configured to access public internet data sources;
- and
- scanning at least a subset of the dark address space accessed via execution of the particular browser for at least a portion of data regarding the plurality of individuals;
- generating a score for at least one of (a) a particular individual of the plurality of individuals or (b) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the score is generated based at least in part on each of two or more categories of information found during the scanning of the plurality of data sources;
- and
- based at least in part on the score, providing a notification to at least one of (i) the particular individual or (ii) the entity associated with the plurality of individuals, wherein the notification includes an indication of whether at least one of the scanning or the score suggests a likelihood that personal information has been compromised.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.