Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

The California Attorney General reported that Advance Auto Parts experienced a data breach on March 7, 2016, due to a phishing-type attack, exposing employee information including names, Social Security numbers, and gross wages for 2015. The breach affected an unknown number of individuals, and the company is offering identity protection services to those impacted.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60518

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/advance-auto-parts

"id": "adv439072625",
"linkid": "advance-auto-parts",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Advance Auto Parts',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'gross wages for 2015']},
 'date_detected': '2016-03-07',
 'description': 'The California Attorney General reported that Advance Auto '
                'Parts experienced a data breach on March 7, 2016, due to a '
                'phishing-type attack, exposing employee information including '
                'names, Social Security numbers, and gross wages for 2015. The '
                'breach affected an unknown number of individuals, and the '
                'company is offering identity protection services to those '
                'impacted.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'gross wages for 2015']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Advance Auto Parts Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}