On November 20, 2018, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving R.R. Bowker LLC. The breach, which occurred from May 1, 2018 to October 23, 2018, involved unauthorized code on the checkout page of www.myidentifiers.com potentially capturing customer payment card information. The specific number of individuals affected is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-141950
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bowker
"id": "bow500072525",
"linkid": "bowker",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown',
'industry': 'Publishing',
'name': 'R.R. Bowker LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized code on checkout page',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Payment card information'},
'date_detected': '2018-10-23',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-20',
'description': 'Unauthorized code on the checkout page of '
'www.myidentifiers.com potentially captured customer payment '
'card information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Payment card information',
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Checkout page of www.myidentifiers.com'},
'motivation': 'Financial gain',
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-11-20',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at R.R. Bowker LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Website vulnerability'}