Cybersecurity Lessons From 3 Public Breaches

This article reviews high-profile security incidents to illustrate common failure modes: weak password practices (example: Trump's password being guessed), MFA bypass via stolen cookies and social engineering that led to EA Games losing 780GB of internal data, and cryptographic/key-management errors in Gemalto-produced Estonian ID cards affecting ~750,000 holders. The piece argues that human error and process failures are central risk factors and recommends layered defenses—strong password policies, resilient MFA, staff training, audits, and vendor oversight—to reduce exposure.