Gannett Company, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Gannett Company, Inc. on April 28, 2017. The breach, discovered on March 30, 2017, involved a phishing attack that compromised employee email accounts, potentially exposing names, contact information, Social Security numbers, and other personal data, although the number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67895

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

"id": "gan652072825",
"linkid": "gannett",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media',
                        'name': 'Gannett Company, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'contact information',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'other personal data']},
 'date_detected': '2017-03-30',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-04-28',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Gannett Company, Inc. on April 28, 2017. The '
                'breach, discovered on March 30, 2017, involved a phishing '
                'attack that compromised employee email accounts, potentially '
                'exposing names, contact information, Social Security numbers, '
                'and other personal data, although the number of individuals '
                'affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'contact information',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'other personal data']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Gannett Company, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}