Calpine Corporation

Calpine Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Calpine Corporation experienced a data breach on February 9, 2016, when an employee's laptop containing confidential employee information was stolen. Approximately 500 individuals were potentially affected, with the exposed information including names, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and payroll data.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60083

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

"id": "cal923072725",
"linkid": "calpine",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Energy',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Calpine Corporation',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 500,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Bank account details',
                                              'Payroll data']},
 'date_detected': '2016-02-09',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Calpine Corporation experienced a data breach on February 9, '
                "2016, when an employee's laptop containing confidential "
                'employee information was stolen. Approximately 500 '
                'individuals were potentially affected, with the exposed '
                'information including names, Social Security numbers, bank '
                'account details, and payroll data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Bank account details',
                                 'Payroll data']},
 'motivation': 'Unknown',
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Calpine Corporation',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unsecured Laptop'}
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