Rite Aid Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on October 1, 2018, that Rite Aid Corporation experienced a data breach on August 30, 2018. The breach involved the inadvertent inclusion of Rite Aid associates' personal information, such as names, contact information, and Social Security numbers, in a file sent to Empower Retirement due to a programming update. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-140275

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/riteaid

"id": "rit424080525",
"linkid": "riteaid",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Rite Aid Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Data Exposure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Contact Information',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2018-08-30',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-10-01',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
                'October 1, 2018, that Rite Aid Corporation experienced a data '
                'breach on August 30, 2018. The breach involved the '
                "inadvertent inclusion of Rite Aid associates' personal "
                'information, such as names, contact information, and Social '
                'Security numbers, in a file sent to Empower Retirement due to '
                'a programming update. The number of affected individuals is '
                'currently unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Contact Information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-10-01',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Rite Aid Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Programming Update Error'}