The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Employer Leasing Company experienced a data breach involving sensitive information made temporarily accessible via a Google search between September 14, 2017, and September 18, 2017. Approximately 817 California residents were affected, with compromised data including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, Driver’s License numbers, and health insurance information. Employer Leasing provided notification to these residents on November 7, 2017, and January 16, 2018, respectively.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-132930
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/employer-services-group
"id": "emp930072825",
"linkid": "employer-services-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 817,
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Employer Leasing Company',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Exposure via Google Search',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 817,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Driver’s License numbers',
'health insurance information']},
'date_detected': '2017-09-14',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-07',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Employer Leasing Company experienced a data breach involving '
'sensitive information made temporarily accessible via a '
'Google search between September 14, 2017, and September 18, '
'2017. Approximately 817 California residents were affected, '
'with compromised data including names, addresses, Social '
'Security numbers, Driver’s License numbers, and health '
'insurance information. Employer Leasing provided notification '
'to these residents on November 7, 2017, and January 16, 2018, '
'respectively.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Driver’s License numbers',
'health insurance information']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Employer Leasing Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}