The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by Lamps Plus, Inc. on March 23, 2016. The breach occurred on February 11, 2016, and involved unauthorized access to employees' W-2 forms, potentially affecting personal information including Social Security numbers. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60670
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lamps-plus
"id": "lam239080425",
"linkid": "lamps-plus",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'Lamps Plus, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'},
{'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'Pacific Coast Lighting, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['W-2 forms'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['W-2 forms',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2016-02-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-03-23',
'description': "Unauthorized access to employees' W-2 forms, potentially "
'affecting personal information including Social Security '
'numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['W-2 forms', 'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Lamps Plus, Inc. and Pacific Coast Lighting, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}