Dynavax Technologies Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Dynavax Technologies Corporation on July 24, 2020. The breach occurred on February 28, 2020, due to a phishing email incident that compromised an employee's email account, although there is no evidence of misuse of personal information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192386

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/dynavax-technologies

"id": "dyn225072525",
"linkid": "dynavax-technologies",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Biotechnology',
                        'location': 'California, USA',
                        'name': 'Dynavax Technologies Corporation',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'date_detected': '2020-07-24',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-24',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Dynavax Technologies Corporation on July 24, '
                '2020. The breach occurred on February 28, 2020, due to a '
                "phishing email incident that compromised an employee's email "
                'account, although there is no evidence of misuse of personal '
                'information.',
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing Email'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Phishing Email'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-07-24',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Dynavax Technologies Corporation',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}