clixsense

ClixSense, a site that claims to pay users for viewing ads suffered a cyber attack in september in 2016.

The breach exposed Plaintext passwords, usernames, security answer, e-mail addresses, ssn, dob source code for site and a wealth of other personal information.

They immediately investigated the incident and asked them to change the password.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/plaintext-passwords-and-wealth-of-other-data-for-6-6-million-people-go-public/

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

"id": "cli0449622",
"linkid": "clixsense",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Advertising',
                        'name': 'ClixSense',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['usernames',
                                                         'email addresses',
                                                         'SSN',
                                                         'DOB'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['plaintext passwords',
                                              'usernames',
                                              'security answers',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'SSN',
                                              'DOB',
                                              'source code for the site',
                                              'other personal information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-09',
 'description': 'ClixSense, a site that claims to pay users for viewing ads, '
                'suffered a cyber attack in September 2016. The breach exposed '
                'plaintext passwords, usernames, security answers, email '
                'addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, source '
                'code for the site, and a wealth of other personal '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['plaintext passwords',
                                 'usernames',
                                 'security answers',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'SSN',
                                 'DOB',
                                 'source code for the site',
                                 'other personal information']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['asked users to change their '
                                       'passwords']},
 'title': 'ClixSense Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}