The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving LPL Financial on February 29, 2012. The breach occurred on February 6, 2012, due to the theft of an employee's desktop computer, potentially exposing personal information including names, Social Security numbers, and financial information of affected individuals; the number of affected individuals is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-22542
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lpl-financial
"id": "lpl604072725",
"linkid": "lpl-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'LPL Financial',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': "Theft of Employee's Desktop Computer",
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial information']},
'date_detected': '2012-02-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-02-29',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving LPL Financial on February 29, 2012. The '
'breach occurred on February 6, 2012, due to the theft of an '
"employee's desktop computer, potentially exposing personal "
'information including names, Social Security numbers, and '
'financial information of affected individuals; the number of '
'affected individuals is unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial information']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at LPL Financial',
'type': 'Data Breach'}