KUSC

KUSC

On July 11, 2016, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that KUSC experienced a data breach due to ransomware malware affecting its contractor, Comnet Marketing Group. The incident resulted in the deletion of a storage system containing customer demographic data and credit card information, although KUSC has no evidence that the credit card data was accessed by unauthorized users.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62772

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

"id": "kus549080425",
"linkid": "kusc",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "4/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'KUSC',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer demographic data',
                                              'Credit card information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-07-11',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-07-11',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'KUSC experienced a data breach due to ransomware malware '
                'affecting its contractor, Comnet Marketing Group. The '
                'incident resulted in the deletion of a storage system '
                'containing customer demographic data and credit card '
                'information, although KUSC has no evidence that the credit '
                'card data was accessed by unauthorized users.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer demographic data',
                                 'Credit card information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Storage system']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-07-11',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'KUSC Data Breach Due to Ransomware',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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