General Mills, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving General Mills, Inc. on January 12, 2023. The breach, which occurred between November 18 and December 31, 2022, compromised the names and full dates of birth of approximately 18,268 users. This incident highlights the vulnerability of personal information and the importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=14516

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/general-mills

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"linkid": "general-mills",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Food and Beverage',
                        'name': 'General Mills, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
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                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names', 'full dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-12',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving General Mills, Inc. on January 12, '
                '2023. The breach, which occurred between November 18 and '
                'December 31, 2022, compromised the names and full dates of '
                'birth of approximately 18,268 users.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'full dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-12',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at General Mills, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}