Payday lending firm Moneytree targeted by a scam incident on March 2016.
The scammers compromised Social Security numbers, salary, address information Company’s payroll including Team Member names, home addresses, social security numbers, birthdates and W2 information.
The Moneytree immediately investigated the incident and took preventive steps to enhance the security.
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/thieves-phish-moneytree-employee-tax-data/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/moneytree
"id": "mon01919522",
"linkid": "moneytree",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2016",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Payday Lending',
'name': 'Moneytree',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers',
'Team Member names',
'home addresses',
'birthdates',
'W2 information'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'salary',
'address information',
'Team Member names',
'home addresses',
'birthdates',
'W2 information']},
'date_detected': 'March 2016',
'description': 'Payday lending firm Moneytree targeted by a scam incident on '
'March 2016. The scammers compromised Social Security numbers, '
'salary, address information Company’s payroll including Team '
'Member names, home addresses, social security numbers, '
'birthdates and W2 information. Moneytree immediately '
'investigated the incident and took preventive steps to '
'enhance the security.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'salary',
'address information',
'Team Member names',
'home addresses',
'birthdates',
'W2 information']},
'investigation_status': 'Completed',
'motivation': 'Data Theft',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Enhanced security measures'},
'threat_actor': 'Scammers',
'title': 'Scam Incident at Moneytree',
'type': 'Scam'}