Canon U.S.A., Inc.

The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving Canon U.S.A., Inc. on November 25, 2020. The breach occurred between July 20, 2020, and August 6, 2020, due to unauthorized access involving ransomware, potentially affecting current and former employees and their beneficiaries. Compromised information may include names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, electronic signatures, and dates of birth.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-196551

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/canonusa

"id": "can1018072725",
"linkid": "canonusa",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "7/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'Canon U.S.A., Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "driver's license numbers",
                                              'financial account numbers',
                                              'electronic signatures',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-08-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-11-25',
 'description': 'The California Attorney General reported a data breach '
                'involving Canon U.S.A., Inc. on November 25, 2020. The breach '
                'occurred between July 20, 2020, and August 6, 2020, due to '
                'unauthorized access involving ransomware, potentially '
                'affecting current and former employees and their '
                'beneficiaries. Compromised information may include names, '
                "Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial "
                'account numbers, electronic signatures, and dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license numbers",
                                 'financial account numbers',
                                 'electronic signatures',
                                 'dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-11-25',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Canon U.S.A., Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}