The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving MJ Insurance on December 27, 2018. The breach occurred on September 26, 2018, when unauthorized access was gained to an employee's email account, potentially affecting 1,732 California residents. Compromised information included first and last names, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers, although no financial account information was involved.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-143317
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mj-&-associates-insurance-services
"id": "mj-448072625",
"linkid": "mj-&-associates-insurance-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1732,
'industry': 'Insurance',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'MJ Insurance',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1732,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['first and last names',
'dates of birth',
"driver's license "
'numbers',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information']},
'date_detected': '2018-09-26',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-12-27',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account, "
'potentially affecting 1,732 California residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'dates of birth',
"driver's license numbers",
'Social Security numbers']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-12-27',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'MJ Insurance Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}