Johnson & Johnson

The home addresses of hundreds of Irish people had been published online in a data breach by a pharmaceutical company.

The error left people vulnerable to hackers as the company also shared email addresses that may be linked to other online accounts.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hundreds-left-vulnerable-to-hackers-after-johnson-and-johnson-data-blunder/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/johnson-&-johnson

"id": "joh202818522",
"linkid": "johnson-&-johnson",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Hundreds',
                        'industry': 'Pharmaceutical',
                        'location': 'Ireland',
                        'type': 'Pharmaceutical Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Hundreds',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Home addresses',
                                              'Email addresses']},
 'description': 'The home addresses of hundreds of Irish people had been '
                'published online in a data breach by a pharmaceutical '
                'company. The error left people vulnerable to hackers as the '
                'company also shared email addresses that may be linked to '
                'other online accounts.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Home addresses', 'Email addresses']},
 'title': 'Pharmaceutical Company Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}