The computer manufacturer Acer suffered a massive security breach, the data of 34,500 Acer customers have been hacked.
The compromised information included customer names, addresses, and credit card numbers including expiry dates and three-digit CVC security codes.
The company took immediate steps to remediate this security issue and they also reported this issue to credit card payment processor, and offered full cooperation to federal law enforcement.
Source: https://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/06/acer-34k-credit-cards-stolen-hack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/acer
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 34500,
'industry': 'Computer Manufacturing',
'name': 'Acer',
'type': 'Company'}],
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'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
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'addresses',
'credit card numbers',
'expiry dates',
'three-digit CVC security '
'codes']},
'description': 'Acer suffered a massive security breach affecting 34,500 '
'customers, compromising names, addresses, and credit card '
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'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer names',
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'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True, 'remediation_measures': True},
'title': 'Acer Customer Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}