Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Company experienced a data breach incident in October 2015.

The Dow Jones company reported that it has found evidence of unapproved access to its client payment system.

The exposed information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of current and past Dow Jones subscribers.

It was found over the course of the inquiry that contact and payment card details for fewer than 3,500 people have been accessed.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/41156/cyber-crime/russian-hackers-dow-jones.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dow-jones

"id": "dow1147101123",
"linkid": "dow-jones",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['3,500'],
                        'industry': 'Media',
                        'name': 'Dow Jones',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '3,500',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information',
                                              'Payment Card Information']},
 'date_detected': 'October 2015',
 'description': 'The Dow Jones Company experienced a data breach incident in '
                'October 2015. The company reported that it has found evidence '
                'of unapproved access to its client payment system. The '
                'exposed information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, '
                'and email addresses of current and past Dow Jones '
                'subscribers. It was found over the course of the inquiry that '
                'contact and payment card details for fewer than 3,500 people '
                'have been accessed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'payment card details'],
            'payment_information_risk': True,
            'systems_affected': ['client payment system']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Dow Jones Official Statement'}],
 'title': 'Dow Jones Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}