The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. on December 1, 2020. The breach occurred on August 22, 2020, when a ransomware attack resulted in potential unauthorized access to personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, and income details of individuals, including at least 14 affected residents in Rhode Island.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-196639
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/long-and-foster-real-estate-inc
"id": "lon158072625",
"linkid": "long-and-foster-real-estate-inc",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "8/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 14,
'industry': 'Real Estate',
'name': 'Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'taxpayer identification numbers',
'income details']},
'date_detected': '2020-08-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-01',
'description': 'A ransomware attack resulted in potential unauthorized access '
'to personal information, including names, addresses, Social '
'Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, and income '
'details of individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'taxpayer identification numbers',
'income details']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-12-01',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}