The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving QVC, Inc. on November 17, 2016. Limited personal information, including email addresses and passwords, was unintentionally sent to marketing partners due to a technical setting in QVC's tracking technology.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64962
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/qvc-studios-&-bruce-foods-corp.
"id": "qvc446072825",
"linkid": "qvc-studios-&-bruce-foods-corp.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2016",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'QVC, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unintentional Data Transfer',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email Addresses', 'Passwords']},
'date_detected': '2016-11-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-11-17',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving QVC, Inc. on November 17, 2016. Limited '
'personal information, including email addresses and '
'passwords, was unintentionally sent to marketing partners due '
"to a technical setting in QVC's tracking technology.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email Addresses', 'Passwords']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-11-17',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'QVC Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Technical Setting in Tracking Technology'}