The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving FlexShopper, LLC on October 3, 2017. The breach, discovered on August 30, 2017, potentially exposed the personal information of approximately 16,550 California residents, including names, email addresses, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial information.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-102351
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/flexshopper
"id": "fle656072625",
"linkid": "flexshopper",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 16550,
'name': 'FlexShopper, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 16550,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'email addresses',
'passwords',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial information']},
'date_detected': '2017-08-30',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-10-03',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving FlexShopper, LLC on October 3, 2017. The '
'breach, discovered on August 30, 2017, potentially exposed '
'the personal information of approximately 16,550 California '
'residents, including names, email addresses, passwords, '
'addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security '
'numbers, and financial information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'email addresses',
'passwords',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-10-03',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'FlexShopper, LLC Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}