DAC

DAC

DAC Group, a Toronto-based digital & content marketing agency has suffered a security breach that exposed data of 93,000 customer accounts.

The incident exposed personal details such as password (encrypted), first and last name, geolocation, username, and other data related to roles in the website itself while among the 93K accounts there were more than 77K accounts that belong to State Farm users.

They immediately investigated the incident and enhanced their development server.

Source: https://www.hackread.com/dacgroup-hacked-state-farm-accounts-leaked/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dac-group

"id": "dac25727522",
"linkid": "dac-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 93000,
                        'industry': 'Marketing',
                        'location': 'Toronto',
                        'name': 'DAC Group',
                        'type': 'Digital & Content Marketing Agency'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'encrypted passwords',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 93000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['first and last name',
                                                         'geolocation',
                                                         'username'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal details',
                                              'encrypted passwords',
                                              'geolocation',
                                              'user roles']},
 'description': 'DAC Group, a Toronto-based digital & content marketing '
                'agency, suffered a security breach that exposed data of '
                '93,000 customer accounts. The incident exposed personal '
                'details such as password (encrypted), first and last name, '
                'geolocation, username, and other data related to roles in the '
                'website itself. Among the 93K accounts, there were more than '
                '77K accounts that belong to State Farm users. They '
                'immediately investigated the incident and enhanced their '
                'development server.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['password (encrypted)',
                                 'first and last name',
                                 'geolocation',
                                 'username',
                                 'roles in the website']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['enhanced their development server']},
 'title': 'DAC Group Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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