The names, home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of 1000 employees of the biggest aerospace and defense contractor in the United States were accidentally disclosed by Boeing.
More than 6,000 Boeing employees, including senior executives, program managers, and government relations staff, had substantial personal information exposed in publicly accessible files held by the digital consultant IMGE.
Although the names of some of the files suggest they were made around the beginning of 2018, it is unknown how long they were available to the general public.
A firm representative said that the information was made public due to human error on the part of the website's vendor.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/boeing
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"linkid": "boeing",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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'location': 'United States',
'name': 'Boeing',
'size': 'Large',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Home Addresses',
'Phone Numbers',
'Email Addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'description': 'The names, home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses '
'of 1000 employees of the biggest aerospace and defense '
'contractor in the United States were accidentally disclosed '
'by Boeing. More than 6,000 Boeing employees, including senior '
'executives, program managers, and government relations staff, '
'had substantial personal information exposed in publicly '
'accessible files held by the digital consultant IMGE.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Home Addresses',
'Phone Numbers',
'Email Addresses']},
'motivation': 'Accidental',
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'title': 'Boeing Employee Data Disclosure Incident',
'type': 'Data Leak'}