On April 16, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation experienced a data breach on March 19, 2020. The breach involved unauthorized possession of a drive containing client data, potentially exposing personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-189177
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lincolnfinancial
"id": "lin241072525",
"linkid": "lincolnfinancial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'bank account information']},
'date_detected': '2020-03-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-04-16',
'description': 'Unauthorized possession of a drive containing client data, '
'potentially exposing personal information such as names, '
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account '
'information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'bank account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-04-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}