Areas

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Areas experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to personal information through an email phishing scheme on April 29, 2016. The breach potentially affected personal details including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, although the number of affected individuals is unknown. Areas has taken steps to ensure system integrity and offered credit monitoring services.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-61634

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/areas-usa-inc-

"id": "are934072525",
"linkid": "areas-usa-inc-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Areas', 'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-04-29',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Areas experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access '
                'to personal information through an email phishing scheme on '
                'April 29, 2016. The breach potentially affected personal '
                'details including names, addresses, and Social Security '
                'numbers, although the number of affected individuals is '
                'unknown. Areas has taken steps to ensure system integrity and '
                'offered credit monitoring services.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Phishing'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Ensured system integrity',
                                       'Offered credit monitoring services']},
 'title': 'Areas Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}