The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Niche.com Inc. experienced a data breach on July 24, 2019. The breach involved an automated attack attempting to access user accounts using external username and password pairs, affecting 15 Rhode Island residents. Exposed information was limited to usernames and passwords, with no evidence of sensitive data compromise.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149877
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/nichesocial
"id": "nic256072925",
"linkid": "nichesocial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2019",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 15,
'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Niche.com Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Automated attack using external username and password pairs',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 15,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Low',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['usernames', 'passwords']},
'date_detected': '2019-07-24',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Niche.com Inc. experienced a data breach on July 24, 2019. '
'The breach involved an automated attack attempting to access '
'user accounts using external username and password pairs, '
'affecting 15 Rhode Island residents. Exposed information was '
'limited to usernames and passwords, with no evidence of '
'sensitive data compromise.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['usernames', 'passwords']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Niche.com Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}