The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Bank of the West on February 5, 2014. The breach, discovered on December 19, 2013, involved unauthorized access to a retired internet application for job listings and applications, potentially exposing user names, passwords, and personal information such as names, addresses, social security numbers, and driver's license numbers. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-44030
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bank-of-the-west
"id": "ban049072425",
"linkid": "bank-of-the-west",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Banking',
'name': 'Bank of the West',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security '
'Numbers',
"Driver's License "
'Numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['User names',
'Passwords',
'Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
"Driver's License Numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2013-12-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-02-05',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to a retired internet application for job '
'listings and applications, potentially exposing user names, '
'passwords, and personal information such as names, addresses, '
"social security numbers, and driver's license numbers.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User names',
'Passwords',
'Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
"Driver's License Numbers"],
'systems_affected': ['Retired Internet Application for Job '
'Listings and Applications']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-02-05',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Bank of the West Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Retired Internet Application'}