The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving NetGalley, LLC on December 23, 2020. The breach occurred on December 21, 2020, and involved the unauthorized access to a backup file of the NetGalley database, potentially exposing user profile information for an unknown number of individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197477
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/media-do-international
"id": "med316072625",
"linkid": "media-do-international",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown number of individuals',
'industry': 'Publishing',
'name': 'NetGalley, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'User Profile Information'},
'date_detected': '2020-12-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-23',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to a backup file of the NetGalley '
'database, potentially exposing user profile information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User Profile Information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-12-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'NetGalley Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}