Pivotal Software, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Pivotal Software, Inc. on March 30, 2016. The breach occurred on March 22, 2016, due to an email phishing scam that resulted in the exposure of personal information, including names, addresses, income information, and Social Security Numbers of affected employees. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60798

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pivotal-software-inc.

"id": "piv107072625",
"linkid": "pivotal-software-inc.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Software',
                        'name': 'Pivotal Software, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Income Information',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-03-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-03-30',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Pivotal Software, Inc. on March 30, 2016. '
                'The breach occurred on March 22, 2016, due to an email '
                'phishing scam that resulted in the exposure of personal '
                'information, including names, addresses, income information, '
                'and Social Security Numbers of affected employees. The number '
                'of individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Income Information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Phishing Scam'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Email Phishing Scam'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-03-30',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Pivotal Software, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Phishing Scam'}