American Apparel, Inc.

American Apparel, Inc.

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'}
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