The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. on March 17, 2017. The breach, which occurred on March 3, 2017, involved the fraudulent acquisition of W-2 information, including names, Social Security numbers, wage information, and mailing addresses. Affected individuals include an unknown number of employees.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67004
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-tire-distributors
"id": "ame331072525",
"linkid": "american-tire-distributors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Automotive',
'name': 'American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Fraudulent Acquisition',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'Social Security '
'numbers',
'mailing addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['W-2 information']},
'date_detected': '2017-03-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-03-17',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. on '
'March 17, 2017. The breach, which occurred on March 3, 2017, '
'involved the fraudulent acquisition of W-2 information, '
'including names, Social Security numbers, wage information, '
'and mailing addresses. Affected individuals include an '
'unknown number of employees.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'wage information',
'mailing addresses']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-03-17',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}