The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Global Payments Inc. on July 3, 2012. The breach potentially compromised personal information from a subset of merchant applicants, including names and social security numbers, though it is unclear if this information was accessed by unauthorized parties. Specific details about the number of individuals affected and the method of the breach are not provided.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-32155
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/global-payments
"id": "glo334080525",
"linkid": "global-payments",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2012",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Global Payments Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'social security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2012-07-03',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-07-03',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Global Payments Inc. on July 3, 2012. The '
'breach potentially compromised personal information from a '
'subset of merchant applicants, including names and social '
'security numbers, though it is unclear if this information '
'was accessed by unauthorized parties. Specific details about '
'the number of individuals affected and the method of the '
'breach are not provided.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'social security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-07-03',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Global Payments Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}