Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Rent-A-Center, Inc. on April 25, 2012. The breach occurred on April 1, 2012, when various electronics and a server containing customers' personal information, including names and Social Security numbers or driver's license numbers, were stolen. This incident resulted in the leak of personal information of customers, which is a significant impact as it involves customer data leaks.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-23053

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/rent-a-center

"id": "ren057080525",
"linkid": "rent-a-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Rent-A-Center, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft of Electronics and Server',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "Driver's license numbers"]},
 'date_detected': '2012-04-01',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-04-25',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Rent-A-Center, Inc. on April 25, 2012. The '
                'breach occurred on April 1, 2012, when various electronics '
                "and a server containing customers' personal information, "
                "including names and Social Security numbers or driver's "
                'license numbers, were stolen.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "Driver's license numbers"],
            'systems_affected': ['Server']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-04-25',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Rent-A-Center, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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