The California Attorney General reported on April 11, 2016, that Bristol Farms experienced a data breach on March 30, 2016, involving unauthorized access to employee information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and compensation details. Approximately 1,000 employees were affected, and the company is offering two years of complimentary identity protection services.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60914
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/bristolfarms
"id": "bri540072725",
"linkid": "bristolfarms",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Bristol Farms',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'compensation details']},
'date_detected': '2016-03-30',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-04-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee information, including names, '
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and compensation details.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'compensation details']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-04-11',
'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Bristol Farms Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}