The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving Catholic United Financial on October 6, 2017. The breach occurred on November 12, 2016, due to SQL injection attacks that compromised the personal information of approximately 127,310 members, including Social Security numbers. This breach exposed sensitive personal data, potentially leading to identity theft and financial fraud for the affected individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-102483
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/catholicunitedfinancial
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"linkid": "catholicunitedfinancial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 127310,
'industry': 'Finance',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Catholic United Financial',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'SQL Injection',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 127310,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information, Social '
'Security numbers'},
'date_detected': '2017-10-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-10-06',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach incident involving Catholic United Financial on '
'October 6, 2017. The breach occurred on November 12, 2016, '
'due to SQL injection attacks that compromised the personal '
'information of approximately 127,310 members, including '
'Social Security numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information, Social Security '
'numbers'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-10-06',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Catholic United Financial',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'SQL Injection'}