The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving LPL Financial LLC on November 17, 2018. The breach occurred on November 1, 2018, and was caused by unauthorized access to a user's account of their service provider, Capital Forensics, potentially exposing personal information including names, account numbers, and Social Security Numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-141893
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lpl-financial
"id": "lpl814072625",
"linkid": "lpl-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2018",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'LPL Financial LLC',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Account Numbers',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2018-11-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-17',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving LPL Financial LLC on November 17, 2018. The '
'breach occurred on November 1, 2018, and was caused by '
"unauthorized access to a user's account of their service "
'provider, Capital Forensics, potentially exposing personal '
'information including names, account numbers, and Social '
'Security Numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Account Numbers',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'User Account'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Unauthorized Access to User '
'Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-11-17',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at LPL Financial LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'User Account'}