The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Northgate Gonzalez, LLC experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to an employee's email account between January 7, 2019, and January 7, 2020. The breach was reported on July 17, 2020, and potentially affected individuals' names, addresses, and other unspecified information. Northgate Gonzalez is providing 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192131
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/northgatemarket
"id": "nor459080525",
"linkid": "northgatemarket",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Northgate Gonzalez, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Other unspecified information']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-17',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account between "
'January 7, 2019, and January 7, 2020.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Other unspecified information']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Northgate Gonzalez Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}