On February 20, 2015, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Apparel, Inc., which occurred on December 10, 2014. The breach potentially exposed names, dates of birth, member ID/social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and employment information of employees, although the exact number of affected individuals is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48484
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-apparel
"id": "ame026072925",
"linkid": "american-apparel",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2014",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'American Apparel, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'member ID/social security '
'numbers',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'email addresses',
'employment information']},
'date_detected': '2015-02-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-02-20',
'description': 'A data breach involving American Apparel, Inc., potentially '
'exposed personal information of employees including names, '
'dates of birth, member ID/social security numbers, addresses, '
'phone numbers, email addresses, and employment information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'member ID/social security numbers',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'email addresses',
'employment information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-02-20',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Apparel Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}