Johnson Matthey, Inc.

On March 18, 2024, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Johnson Matthey, Inc. The breach occurred on February 15, 2024, and involved personal information of employees, including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, which may have been stored without access controls since 2020; however, there is no evidence of unauthorized access to the files.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-582607

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/johnson-matthey

"id": "joh251080525",
"linkid": "johnson-matthey",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Johnson Matthey, Inc.', 'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2024-03-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-03-18',
 'description': 'A data breach involving personal information of employees, '
                'including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, '
                'which may have been stored without access controls since '
                '2020.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Lack of access controls'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-03-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Johnson Matthey, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Lack of access controls'}