The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Pacific Specialty Insurance Company experienced a data breach involving employee email accounts between March 20 and March 30, 2019. The breach potentially exposed the personal information of 2,312 California residents, including names, Social Security numbers, and financial data. The breach notification was reported on January 24, 2020.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-186395
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pacific-specialty-insurance-company
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"linkid": "pacific-specialty-insurance-company",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2312,
'industry': 'Insurance',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Pacific Specialty Insurance Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2312,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial data']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-01-24',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Pacific Specialty Insurance Company experienced a data breach '
'involving employee email accounts between March 20 and March '
'30, 2019. The breach potentially exposed the personal '
'information of 2,312 California residents, including names, '
'Social Security numbers, and financial data. The breach '
'notification was reported on January 24, 2020.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial data']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-01-24',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Pacific Specialty Insurance Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}