The California Office of the Attorney General reported a security incident at Global Payments, Inc. involving unauthorized access to payment card information. The breach potentially compromised personal information, including names and social security numbers, though the number of affected individuals is unknown. The report was made on July 30, 2012.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-32376
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/global-payments
"id": "glo905072525",
"linkid": "global-payments",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Global Payments, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Payment Card Information',
'Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-07-30',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Global Payments, Inc. experienced a security incident '
'involving unauthorized access to payment card information. '
'The breach potentially compromised personal information, '
'including names and social security numbers, though the '
'number of affected individuals is unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Payment Card Information',
'Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-07-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Global Payments, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}