Kimberly-Clark Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Kimberly-Clark Corporation on November 2, 2017. The breach occurred on October 18, 2017, involving an organized effort to access registered accounts on the Kimberly-Clark website using compromised credentials, potentially exposing account profile information such as names, email addresses, and dates of birth. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-103174

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kimberly-clark

"id": "kim859072625",
"linkid": "kimberly-clark",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Consumer Goods',
                        'name': 'Kimberly-Clark Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Compromised Credentials',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Email Addresses',
                                              'Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2017-10-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-02',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Kimberly-Clark Corporation on November 2, '
                '2017. The breach occurred on October 18, 2017, involving an '
                'organized effort to access registered accounts on the '
                'Kimberly-Clark website using compromised credentials, '
                'potentially exposing account profile information such as '
                'names, email addresses, and dates of birth. The number of '
                'individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email Addresses', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'motivation': 'Unknown',
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-11-02',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Kimberly-Clark Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak or Stolen Credentials'}