On February 17, 2020, the California Attorney General reported that Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co. Ltd. experienced a data breach on November 4, 2019, affecting 1,214 California residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account, potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, and, in few cases, medical information.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-187404
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pacific-guardian-life
"id": "pac442072525",
"linkid": "pacific-guardian-life",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1214,
'industry': 'Insurance',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co. Ltd.',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1214,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Medical information']},
'date_detected': '2020-02-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-02-17',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account, "
'potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, and, in '
'few cases, medical information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Medical information']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-02-17',
'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}