The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported on January 9, 2023, that NortonLifeLock Gen Digital experienced a data breach, where unauthorized third parties likely accessed customer usernames and passwords for accounts created before December 1, 2022. The breach began around December 1, 2022, and potentially exposed customer first names, last names, phone numbers, and mailing addresses. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.
Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-01-09-nortonlifelock-gen-digital-data-breach-notice-consumers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/nortonlifelock
"id": "nor153072525",
"linkid": "nortonlifelock",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Cybersecurity',
'name': 'NortonLifeLock Gen Digital',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['first names',
'last names',
'phone numbers',
'mailing addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['usernames',
'passwords',
'first names',
'last names',
'phone numbers',
'mailing addresses']},
'date_detected': '2023-01-09',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-09',
'description': 'Unauthorized third parties likely accessed customer usernames '
'and passwords for accounts created before December 1, 2022. '
'The breach potentially exposed customer first names, last '
'names, phone numbers, and mailing addresses.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['usernames',
'passwords',
'first names',
'last names',
'phone numbers',
'mailing addresses']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-09',
'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized third parties',
'title': 'NortonLifeLock Gen Digital Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}