Edgewood Partners Insurance Center

Edgewood Partners Insurance Center

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) experienced a data breach when five password protected unencrypted laptops were stolen from their San Francisco office on July 17, 2013. The incident potentially affected the personal information of employees and their dependents, including names, addresses, dates of birth, benefits information, Social Security numbers, and limited health information. The breach was reported to the agency on September 6, 2013.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42623

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/epicinsurancebrokers

"id": "epi431080425",
"linkid": "epicinsurancebrokers",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'location': 'San Francisco, CA',
                        'name': 'Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC)',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'None',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Dates of Birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Health Information']},
 'date_detected': '2013-07-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-09-06',
 'description': 'Five password protected unencrypted laptops were stolen from '
                "EPIC's San Francisco office, potentially affecting personal "
                'information of employees and their dependents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Benefits Information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Limited Health Information']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'EPIC Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unencrypted Laptops'}
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