Plains Commerce Bank

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Plains Commerce Bank on May 27, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to ten employee email accounts between December 10, 2020 and January 15, 2021, which may have exposed personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, loan information, and financial account information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-541365

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/plains-commerce-bank

"id": "pla335072725",
"linkid": "plains-commerce-bank",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Banking',
                        'name': 'Plains Commerce Bank',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Financial Information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-27',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to ten employee email accounts '
                'potentially exposing personal information including names, '
                'addresses, Social Security numbers, loan information, and '
                'financial account information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Loan information',
                                 'Financial account information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-05-27',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Plains Commerce Bank Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts'}