Unauthorized access to certain Avid employee email accounts of Avid Technology and compromised certain customers' information.
After an extensive programmatic and manual review of the impacted account the company offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring and restoration service to all the affected individuals.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/avid-technology-reports-a-breach-that-they-discovered-in-2018/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/avid-technology
"id": "avi2122231122",
"linkid": "avid-technology",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Avid Technology',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer Information']},
'description': 'Unauthorized access to certain Avid employee email accounts '
"of Avid Technology and compromised certain customers' "
'information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer Information'],
'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered two years of complimentary '
'credit monitoring and restoration '
'service to all affected individuals']},
'title': 'Unauthorized Access to Avid Employee Email Accounts',
'type': 'Data Breach'}