Best Buy Co., Inc.

On April 13, 2018, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Best Buy Co., Inc. that occurred between September 26, 2017, and October 12, 2017, due to a cyberattack involving malware on the vendor [24]7.ai. Approximately 8,390 Washington residents were affected, with compromised information including cardholder names, addresses, and payment card information. Best Buy is providing identity theft services, including credit monitoring, at no cost for one year.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9562

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/best-buy

"id": "bes912080425",
"linkid": "best-buy",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "9/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8390,
                        'industry': 'Retail',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Best Buy Co., Inc.',
                        'type': 'Retail'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8390,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['cardholder names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'payment card information']},
 'date_detected': '2018-04-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-04-13',
 'description': 'A data breach involving Best Buy Co., Inc. occurred between '
                'September 26, 2017, and October 12, 2017, due to a '
                'cyberattack involving malware on the vendor [24]7.ai. '
                'Approximately 8,390 Washington residents were affected, with '
                'compromised information including cardholder names, '
                'addresses, and payment card information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['cardholder names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'payment card information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-04-13',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Best Buy Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}