Backcountry Gear

Backcountry Gear

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Backcountry Gear on July 28, 2014. The breach occurred due to malware installed on April 27, 2014, potentially compromising customer payment card information between April 27 and July 17, 2014. The specific number of individuals affected is unknown, and the types of information compromised included customer names, mailing addresses, purchase information, and credit or debit card numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46047

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/backcountry-gear-ltd

"id": "bac816072925",
"linkid": "backcountry-gear-ltd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'E-commerce',
                        'name': 'Backcountry Gear',
                        'type': 'Retail'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                              'mailing addresses',
                                              'purchase information',
                                              'credit or debit card numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2014-07-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-07-28',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Backcountry Gear on July 28, 2014. The '
                'breach occurred due to malware installed on April 27, 2014, '
                'potentially compromising customer payment card information '
                'between April 27 and July 17, 2014. The specific number of '
                'individuals affected is unknown, and the types of information '
                'compromised included customer names, mailing addresses, '
                'purchase information, and credit or debit card numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                 'mailing addresses',
                                 'purchase information',
                                 'credit or debit card numbers'],
            'payment_information_risk': True},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-07-28',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Backcountry Gear Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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