On January 22, 2018, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving National Stores, Inc., which occurred between July 16 and December 11, 2017, due to malware affecting point of sale systems. The breach potentially exposed payment card information, including names, card numbers, expiration dates, and security codes, but the specific number of affected individuals remains unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-133027
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/national-stores-inc
"id": "nat722080425",
"linkid": "national-stores-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'National Stores, Inc.',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malware',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Payment card information',
'Names',
'Card numbers',
'Expiration dates',
'Security codes']},
'date_detected': '2018-01-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-01-22',
'description': 'A data breach involving National Stores, Inc. occurred '
'between July 16 and December 11, 2017, due to malware '
'affecting point of sale systems. The breach potentially '
'exposed payment card information, including names, card '
'numbers, expiration dates, and security codes.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Payment card information',
'Names',
'Card numbers',
'Expiration dates',
'Security codes'],
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Point of Sale Systems'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-01-22',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'National Stores, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Point of Sale Systems'}