Gyft, Inc.

Gyft, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Gyft, Inc. experienced a data breach beginning on October 3, 2015, and continuing through December 18, 2015, potentially affecting user information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and gift card numbers. About the response, Gyft forced users whose passwords may have been compromised to reset their passwords and logged out other affected users.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-59990

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

"id": "gyf446072825",
"linkid": "gyft",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Gyft, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'phone numbers',
                                                         'email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Gift Card Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2015-10-03',
 'date_resolved': '2015-12-18',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Gyft, Inc. experienced a data breach beginning on October 3, '
                '2015, and continuing through December 18, 2015, potentially '
                'affecting user information such as names, addresses, dates of '
                'birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and gift card numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'gift card numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Forced password reset for compromised '
                                       'users',
                                       'Logged out other affected users']},
 'title': 'Gyft, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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