Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands suffered a data security incident in October 2020 that affected some of its information.

The incident included the name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, financial account information, limited health information related to other aspects of an individual’s employment with Acuity.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/acuity-brand-press-release-addresses-two-hacking-incidents-from-2020-and-2021/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/acuitybrands

"id": "acu212581222",
"linkid": "acuitybrands",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Manufacturing',
                        'name': 'Acuity Brands',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['name',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'number',
                                                         'driver’s license '
                                                         'number'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': ['Sensitive', 'Confidential'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['name',
                                              'Social Security number',
                                              'driver’s license number',
                                              'financial account information',
                                              'limited health information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-10',
 'description': 'Acuity Brands suffered a data security incident in October '
                '2020 that affected some of its information. The incident '
                'included the name, Social Security number, driver’s license '
                'number, financial account information, limited health '
                'information related to other aspects of an individual’s '
                'employment with Acuity.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name',
                                 'Social Security number',
                                 'driver’s license number',
                                 'financial account information',
                                 'limited health information']},
 'title': 'Acuity Brands Data Security Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}