PAR Electric Contractors, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. on February 5, 2018. The breach occurred on December 22, 2017, involving the theft of backup tapes containing personal information such as names, contact information, Social Security numbers, and payroll data of present and former employees. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-133549

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/par-electrical-contractors

"id": "par524072725",
"linkid": "par-electrical-contractors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Electrical Contracting',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft of Backup Tapes',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Contact Information',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Payroll Data']},
 'date_detected': '2018-02-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-02-05',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. on February '
                '5, 2018. The breach occurred on December 22, 2017, involving '
                'the theft of backup tapes containing personal information '
                'such as names, contact information, Social Security numbers, '
                'and payroll data of present and former employees. The number '
                'of individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Contact Information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Payroll Data']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-02-05',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}