The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Professional Finance Company, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on February 26, 2022, affecting personal information of individuals. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, accounts receivable balances, payment information, and social security numbers, but did not compromise medical records or financial account information. The breach was reported on July 1, 2022.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-554844
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/professional-finance-company-inc.
"id": "pro048072825",
"linkid": "professional-finance-company-inc.",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Professional Finance Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'accounts receivable balances',
'payment information',
'social security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2022-02-26',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-07-01',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Professional Finance Company, Inc. experienced a ransomware '
'attack on February 26, 2022, affecting personal information '
'of individuals. The incident potentially exposed names, '
'addresses, accounts receivable balances, payment information, '
'and social security numbers, but did not compromise medical '
'records or financial account information. The breach was '
'reported on July 1, 2022.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'accounts receivable balances',
'payment information',
'social security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-07-01',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Professional Finance Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}