The California Office of the Attorney General reported on May 1, 2024, that Phoenix Business Consulting experienced a data breach due to a misconfiguration that made personal information publicly available online between November 12, 2023, and December 4, 2023. The compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, potentially affecting individuals associated with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-584717
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/phoenix-business-consulting-europe
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"linkid": "phoenix-business-consulting-europe",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Individuals associated with the '
'Los Angeles Unified School '
'District',
'industry': 'Consulting',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Phoenix Business Consulting',
'type': 'Business'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misconfiguration',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2024-05-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-05-01',
'description': 'A data breach at Phoenix Business Consulting exposed personal '
'information due to a misconfiguration, making it publicly '
'available online.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Misconfiguration'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-05-01',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Phoenix Business Consulting Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Publicly available data'}