Brown-Forman Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Brown-Forman Corporation on August 25, 2020. The breach occurred on July 28, 2020, and involved a cyber attack that compromised personal information about current and former employees, as well as certain beneficiaries. Approximately, the data included names, Social Security Numbers, email addresses, home addresses, job titles, and salary information, although the number of affected individuals was not specified.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193435

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/brown-forman

"id": "bro740080425",
"linkid": "brown-forman",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "4/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Beverage',
                        'name': 'Brown-Forman Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'home addresses',
                                              'job titles',
                                              'salary information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-25',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Brown-Forman Corporation on August 25, 2020. '
                'The breach occurred on July 28, 2020, and involved a cyber '
                'attack that compromised personal information about current '
                'and former employees, as well as certain beneficiaries. '
                'Approximately, the data included names, Social Security '
                'Numbers, email addresses, home addresses, job titles, and '
                'salary information, although the number of affected '
                'individuals was not specified.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'home addresses',
                                 'job titles',
                                 'salary information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-25',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Brown-Forman Corporation',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}