The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Paylocity Corporation on November 27, 2018. The breach occurred on November 1, 2018, due to inadvertent exposure of some personal information of Group 1 Automotive employees, including names and social security numbers, to another Paylocity client administrator. Approximately 1 or more individuals were potentially affected.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-142152
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/paylocity
"id": "pay308080525",
"linkid": "paylocity",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '1 or more',
'industry': 'Automotive',
'name': 'Group 1 Automotive',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Exposure',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1 or more',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2018-11-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-27',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Paylocity Corporation on November 27, 2018. '
'The breach occurred on November 1, 2018, due to inadvertent '
'exposure of some personal information of Group 1 Automotive '
'employees, including names and social security numbers, to '
'another Paylocity client administrator. Approximately 1 or '
'more individuals were potentially affected.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-11-27',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Paylocity Corporation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}