The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Cole Taylor Mortgage on April 3, 2014. The breach occurred on February 7, 2014, due to an inadvertent technical error by a third-party vendor, potentially exposing personal information including names, addresses, social security numbers, and loan information, but the number of individuals affected is UNKN.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-44701
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"id": "boc721080425",
"linkid": "bochat-&-bochat-pc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2014",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Cole Taylor Mortgage',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Technical Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security numbers',
'loan information']},
'date_detected': '2014-02-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-04-03',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Cole Taylor Mortgage on April 3, 2014. The '
'breach occurred on February 7, 2014, due to an inadvertent '
'technical error by a third-party vendor, potentially exposing '
'personal information including names, addresses, social '
'security numbers, and loan information, but the number of '
'individuals affected is UNKN.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security numbers',
'loan information']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Inadvertent technical error by a '
'third-party vendor'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-04-03',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Third-party Vendor',
'title': 'Cole Taylor Mortgage Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Inadvertent Technical Error'}