The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Anchor Loans on December 9, 2016, which occurred on November 7, 2016. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information, but the number of individuals affected is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-65361
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/anchor-loans
"id": "anc1032072725",
"linkid": "anchor-loans",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Anchor Loans',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'email addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'bank account information']},
'date_detected': '2016-11-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-12-09',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to personal information including names, '
'addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank '
'account information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'email addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'bank account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-12-09',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Anchor Loans Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}