BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.

The California Attorney General reported that BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. experienced a data breach on July 12, 2021, due to a coding error that exposed personal information in a publicly accessible cloud storage folder. The breach potentially affected personal information (PI) and protected health information (PHI) of individuals, but the specific number of affected individuals is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-543955

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/backnine-insurance

"id": "bac313072725",
"linkid": "backnine-insurance",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2021",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance and Financial Services',
                        'name': 'BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, '
                                'Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Coding Error',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information (PI)',
                                              'Protected Health Information '
                                              '(PHI)']},
 'date_detected': '2021-07-12',
 'description': 'BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. experienced a '
                'data breach on July 12, 2021, due to a coding error that '
                'exposed personal information in a publicly accessible cloud '
                'storage folder.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information (PI)',
                                 'Protected Health Information (PHI)']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'BackNine Insurance and Financial Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Publicly Accessible Cloud Storage Folder'}