HSBC

The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving HSBC Finance Corporation on April 10, 2015. The breach involved personal information from customer mortgage accounts that was inadvertently made accessible via the Internet, including names, Social Security numbers, and account numbers. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-49318

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

"id": "hsb909072725",
"linkid": "hsbc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'HSBC Finance Corporation',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Internet Exposure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'Account numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2015-04-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-04-10',
 'description': 'The California Attorney General reported a data breach '
                'involving HSBC Finance Corporation on April 10, 2015. The '
                'breach involved personal information from customer mortgage '
                'accounts that was inadvertently made accessible via the '
                'Internet, including names, Social Security numbers, and '
                'account numbers. The number of individuals affected is '
                'unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Account numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-04-10',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'HSBC Finance Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}