First Data Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that First Data Corporation experienced a data breach involving approximately 15,399 California residents. This incident, disclosed on May 11, 2012, involved the unauthorized sharing of personal information related to approximately 108,500 merchants, including their names, addresses, and social security numbers, with external firms for verification and anti-fraud services.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-23158

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/first-data-corporation

"id": "fir208072525",
"linkid": "first-data-corporation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 15399,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'First Data Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Sharing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 108500,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-05-11',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'First Data Corporation experienced a data breach involving '
                'approximately 15,399 California residents. This incident, '
                'disclosed on May 11, 2012, involved the unauthorized sharing '
                'of personal information related to approximately 108,500 '
                'merchants, including their names, addresses, and social '
                'security numbers, with external firms for verification and '
                'anti-fraud services.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'First Data Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}