Premier America Credit Union

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Premier America Credit Union on September 22, 2016. The breach occurred on June 29, 2016, when a departing employee emailed personal information to an outside account, potentially affecting member data such as names and social security numbers. Approximately affected data types include members' names, addresses, and either their social security number or employer identification number.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64011

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/premier-america-credit-union

"id": "pre012072825",
"linkid": "premier-america-credit-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Premier America Credit Union',
                        'type': 'Credit Union'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Employer Identification '
                                              'Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-09-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-09-22',
 'description': 'A departing employee emailed personal information to an '
                'outside account, potentially affecting member data such as '
                'names and social security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Employer Identification Numbers']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error by Departing Employee'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-09-22',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Departing Employee',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Premier America Credit Union',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}