New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG)

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on January 23, 2012, that New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) experienced a data breach on January 5, 2012. The breach involved unauthorized access to a customer information system, potentially exposing Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial institution account numbers. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-22146

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/nyseg

"id": "nys814072825",
"linkid": "nyseg",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Energy',
                        'location': 'New York',
                        'name': 'New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG)',
                        'type': 'Utility Company'},
                       {'industry': 'Energy',
                        'location': 'Rochester',
                        'name': 'Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E)',
                        'type': 'Utility Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'financial institution account '
                                              'numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2012-01-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-01-23',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to a customer information system, '
                'potentially exposing Social Security numbers, dates of birth, '
                'and financial institution account numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'financial institution account numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Customer Information System']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-01-23',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at NYSEG and RG&E',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}