The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Bank of the West on July 16, 2014. The breach was related to an email scam that compromised the login credentials of two employees, potentially exposing customer names and Social Security Numbers, though no evidence of actual viewing or theft was confirmed.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-45891
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/bank-of-the-west
"id": "ban358080425",
"linkid": "bank-of-the-west",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2014",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Banking',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Bank of the West',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Scam',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2014-07-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-07-16',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Bank of the West on July 16, 2014. The '
'breach was related to an email scam that compromised the '
'login credentials of two employees, potentially exposing '
'customer names and Social Security Numbers, though no '
'evidence of actual viewing or theft was confirmed.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Scam'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Compromised Login Credentials'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-07-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Bank of the West Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Compromised Login Credentials'}