California Department of Business Oversight

The California Department of Business Oversight reported a data breach on April 2, 2015, involving the inadvertent disclosure of personal identifying information, specifically Social Security numbers, due to a failure to redact information properly. The breach occurred on January 5, 2015, but the number of individuals affected is currently unknown, and no specific information regarding the types of compromised data beyond Social Security numbers was provided.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-49208

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/californiadfpi

"id": "cal059080525",
"linkid": "californiadfpi",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2015",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
                        'location': 'California, USA',
                        'name': 'California Department of Business Oversight',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2015-01-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-04-02',
 'description': 'The California Department of Business Oversight reported a '
                'data breach involving the inadvertent disclosure of personal '
                'identifying information, specifically Social Security '
                'numbers, due to a failure to redact information properly.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Failure to redact information '
                                           'properly'},
 'title': 'California Department of Business Oversight Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Failure to redact information properly'}