PSS World Medical, Inc.

PSS World Medical, Inc.

The New Hampshire Attorney General reported on September 15, 2008, that PSS World Medical, Inc. experienced unauthorized access to its career board website, potentially affecting approximately 116 New Hampshire residents. The compromised personal information may include names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers, but there is no evidence of misuse of the data.

Source: https://www.doj.nh.gov/citizens/consumer-protection-antitrust-bureau/security-breach-notifications

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pss

"id": "pss503071125",
"linkid": "pss",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2008",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 116,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'New Hampshire',
                        'name': 'PSS World Medical, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 116,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         "driver's license "
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information']},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2008-09-15',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to the career board website of PSS World '
                'Medical, Inc., potentially affecting approximately 116 New '
                'Hampshire residents. Compromised personal information may '
                "include names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license "
                'numbers, and Social Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 "driver's license numbers",
                                 'Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': 'Career Board Website'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2008-09-15',
                 'source': 'New Hampshire Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'PSS World Medical, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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