PLS Financial Services, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving PLS Financial Services, Inc. on September 18, 2013. The incident was discovered on July 26, 2013, and potentially affected 34 individuals due to an inadvertent access issue caused by a website programming change. Information that may have been compromised includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and Social Security numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42722

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pls-financial-services

"id": "pls152072725",
"linkid": "pls-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2013",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 34,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'PLS Financial Services, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Access Issue',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 34,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'e-mail addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2013-07-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-09-18',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving PLS Financial Services, Inc. on September '
                '18, 2013. The incident was discovered on July 26, 2013, and '
                'potentially affected 34 individuals due to an inadvertent '
                'access issue caused by a website programming change. '
                'Information that may have been compromised includes names, '
                'addresses, e-mail addresses, and Social Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'e-mail addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-09-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'PLS Financial Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Website Programming Change'}