BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. on October 11, 2018. The breach occurred on June 18, 2018, and resulted from a phishing attack that may have exposed personal information, including Social Security Numbers and health insurance policy numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-140662

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/biomarin

"id": "bio353072525",
"linkid": "biomarin",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Pharmaceutical',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                              'health insurance policy '
                                              'numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2018-10-11',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-10-11',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. on October 11, '
                '2018. The breach occurred on June 18, 2018, and resulted from '
                'a phishing attack that may have exposed personal information, '
                'including Social Security Numbers and health insurance policy '
                'numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                 'health insurance policy numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-10-11',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}