Cisco Systems, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on October 25, 2016, that Cisco Systems, Inc. experienced a data breach on August 18, 2016. The breach involved a security setting error on the Cisco Professional Careers mobile website, potentially exposing job application-related personal information including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and other sensitive data. Approximately individuals were affected.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64548

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

"id": "cis747072825",
"linkid": "cisco",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Cisco Systems, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Security Setting Error',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'emails',
                                                         'phone numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-08-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-10-25',
 'description': 'A data breach occurred at Cisco Systems, Inc. due to a '
                'security setting error on the Cisco Professional Careers '
                'mobile website, potentially exposing job application-related '
                'personal information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'emails',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'other sensitive data'],
            'systems_affected': ['Cisco Professional Careers mobile website']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-10-25',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Cisco Systems Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Security Setting Error'}