Avention Media

Avention suffered a security data breach, which resulted in unauthorized access to certain employee information, including Social Security numbers, by an unknown source.

They immediately launched an investigation, hired a leading cybersecurity firm, and contacted federal law enforcement.

Avention sent the breach notice to the affected individuals so that they can protect themselves and provided three free years of identity theft protection services, including insurance for losses and credit monitoring.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/double-whammy-avention-investigating-two-data-breaches-involving-employee-info/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/aventionmedia

"id": "ave174323522",
"linkid": "aventionmedia",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Avention', 'type': 'Company'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'breach notice to affected individuals',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'employee information']},
 'description': 'Avention suffered a security data breach, which resulted in '
                'unauthorized access to certain employee information, '
                'including Social Security numbers, by an unknown source. They '
                'immediately launched an investigation, hired a leading '
                'cybersecurity firm, and contacted federal law enforcement. '
                'Avention sent the breach notice to the affected individuals '
                'so that they can protect themselves and provided three free '
                'years of identity theft protection services, including '
                'insurance for losses and credit monitoring.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'employee information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': True},
 'investigation_status': 'investigation launched',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'breach notice to affected individuals',
              'incident_response_plan_activated': True,
              'law_enforcement_notified': True,
              'recovery_measures': ['three free years of identity theft '
                                    'protection services',
                                    'insurance for losses',
                                    'credit monitoring'],
              'third_party_assistance': 'leading cybersecurity firm'},
 'title': 'Avention Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}