The California Office of the Attorney General reported that inVentiv Health, Inc. experienced a data breach due to a phishing email incident on June 2, 2016. The breach potentially compromised employees' W-2 data, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary information, affecting an unknown number of individuals. The breach was reported on July 21, 2016.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62962
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/inventiv-health
"id": "inv558080425",
"linkid": "inventiv-health",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'inVentiv Health, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing Email',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['W-2 data']},
'date_detected': '2016-06-02',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-07-21',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'inVentiv Health, Inc. experienced a data breach due to a '
'phishing email incident on June 2, 2016. The breach '
"potentially compromised employees' W-2 data, including names, "
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary information, '
'affecting an unknown number of individuals. The breach was '
'reported on July 21, 2016.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Salary information']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'inVentiv Health, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}