The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving 7-Eleven, Inc. on August 9, 2016. The breach occurred on June 13, 2016, affecting the personal information of approximately 7,820 employees, including names, physical addresses, Social Security Numbers, and telephone numbers. The breach was caused by incorrect employee information being sent to a local franchise store database.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-63282
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/7-eleven
"id": "7-e521072625",
"linkid": "7-eleven",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'California',
'name': '7-Eleven, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Incorrect Data Transfer',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 7820,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Physical Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Telephone Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2016-06-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-08-09',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving 7-Eleven, Inc. on August 9, 2016. The breach '
'occurred on June 13, 2016, affecting the personal information '
'of approximately 7,820 employees, including names, physical '
'addresses, Social Security Numbers, and telephone numbers, '
'and was caused by incorrect employee information being sent '
'to a local franchise store database.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Physical Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Telephone Numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-08-09',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': '7-Eleven Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}